VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP: Results 1st - 3rd Quarter 2012

VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP IN 1ST - 3RD QUARTER OF 2012

Increase in group premiums to EUR 7.4 billion (plus 9.2 percent)

- Dynamic CEE: premiums growing by 14.1 percent
- Poland: premiums exceed one-billion-euro threshold

Group profit (before taxes): EUR 443.2 million (plus 7.0 percent)

- Significant increase in profit in CEE by 18.6 percent

Combined ratio at 96.9 percent despite severe weather damage
Vienna Insurance Group strengthens market leadership