Slovak state-owned social insurance provider Socialna Poistovna achieved a surplus of EUR 30.8mn for the first half of 2012, Webnoviny.sk reported. The company reported EUR 3.246bn in revenues and EUR 3.215bn in expenses for H1. Socialna Poistovna has received EUR 890mn from the state budget so far this year. The amount of insurance payments and pension contributions that Socialna Poistovna collected during the first six months of 2012 was by EUR 100mn higher compared to the same period last year and by EUR 84.1mn more than projected. |
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