The Social Insurance Supervision Department of the FSC announced the results of the supplementary pension insurance activity for the first nine months of 2021. The information was obtained on the basis of the reports and references submitted by the pension insurance companies to the Financial Supervision Commission. The data on distribution of insured persons by sex and age in the supplementary pension insurance funds as of 30.09.2021 have also been published.

The total number of insured persons in the four types of supplementary pension insurance funds as of 30.09.2021 is 4,827,412 people, increasing compared to 30.09.2020 by 0.37 per cent.

As of 30.09.2021, net assets in the amount of BGN 18,833,129 thousand have been accumulated in the supplementary pension insurance funds. Compared to the first nine months of 2020, the net assets of pension funds increased by 14.41 percent.

The total revenues of the pension insurance companies for the first nine months of 2021 amount to BGN 248,545 thousand. The net financial result of the companies as of 30.09.2021 amounts to BGN 73,702 thousand.

In September 2021, the first persons insured in the universal pension funds reached retirement age. For the due payments to these persons in September 2021 from the universal pension funds BGN 334 thousand were set aside for lifelong pensions, BGN 824 thousand for deferred payments and BGN 7 thousand for one-off payments. The funds set aside for lifelong pensions and deferred payments go to funds for payment of lifelong pensions and funds for deferred payments, from where the respective payments will be made. More data on the activity of the payment funds will be announced as of 31.12.2021.

Information on the results of the supplementary pension insurance activity for the first nine months of 2021 and on the insured persons and the accumulated funds in the supplementary pension insurance funds as of 30.09.2021 by sex and age are available in the section: Social Insurance activity / Statistics / Statistics and analysis.