Who we are

The Slovak Insurance Bureau is a legal entity established by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 381/2001 Coll. on compulsory contractual insurance of liability for damage caused by the operation of a motor vehicle and on amendment and supplementation of certain acts.

One of our main tasks as the Slovak Insurance Office is to administer the insurance guarantee fund, from which damages caused by uninsured vehicles are covered.

As the Slovak Insurers' Bureau, we also keep a register of liability insurance and carry out border insurance. We represent insurers in international institutions dealing with liability insurance, conclude agreements with insurers' offices of foreign states, entities responsible for compensation of damages in the Member States, information centres of the Member States, and provide the tasks resulting from these agreements.

We cooperate with state authorities in matters relating to liability insurance, participate in the prevention of damage in road transport and carry out the activities of an information centre. To this end, we keep a liability insurance register at the request of the injured party and, on the basis of the data provided by the injured party, provide information on how to assert and settle his or her claim for compensation.

Last but not least, we provide the information needed in particular in the event of accidents, namely whether the party involved in the accident has compulsory insurance and with which insurer.

Our tasks

The Slovenská kancelária poisťovateľov (Slovak Insurers' Bureau):

• administrates the Insurance Guarantee Fund
• underwrites border insurance
• represents Insurers in international institutions dealing with liability insurance,
• concludes agreements with Insurers Bureaux of foreign countries, entities liable for loss indemnification in the Member States and the information centres of the Member States and secures the fulfilment of tasks resulting from these agreements,
• co-operates with government agencies in respect of issues concerning liability insurance,
• takes part in the prevention of losses in road traffic,
• acts as an information centre and maintains a liability insurance register (hereinafter the Register) to this end,
• informs, at the request of the Injured Party and based on data disclosed by the Injured Party, about ways of filing and settling claims for indemnification.

The Slovenská kancelária poisťovateľov has been established by virtue of the Act No. 381/2001 on Compulsory MTPL Insurance and on changes in, and amendments to, some laws.