The sale and purchase agreement was signed on October 7, MTI recalled. The transaction still requires approval from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). 

It was announced on October 7 that the board of directors of CIG Pannónia Life Insurance had decided to purchase peers MKB General Insurance and MKB Life Insurance.

CIG Pannónia Life Insurance reportedly acquired 98.97% of the shares of MKB Life Insurance, while subsidiary CIG Pannónia First Hungarian General Insurance will purchase 98.98% of the shares of MKB General Insurance from Versicherungskammer Bayern.