Green Card Bureau

Guarantee Fund

The Slovenian Insurance Association (formerly the Slovenian Insurance Bureau) is the commercial interest association of Slovenian insurance companies. It was founded in 1992. The Association's activities and basic goals are set out in its Statutes. Membership of the Association is open to insurance companies involved in contract insurance which are registered in the Republic of Slovenia. Association membership is also open to other organisations where this is in the interests of the Association.

The Association represents the common or individual interests of members and performs the tasks laid down by Slovenian regulations and international agreements. The SIA issues consent for the performance of other insurance transactions to individuals and organisations which have established business relations with any of its members; it resolves certain compensation claims; it collects, processes, publishes and supplies joint statistical data on insurance activities and their importance for the Slovenian economy; at the same time it organises educational seminars for members and performs other tasks of common importance. At present, the tasks are carried out by a 12-member professional service on the basis of resolutions of standing committees, committees and divisions and bodies of the Association, such as the assembly, council and the director.

One of the most important tasks of the SIA is the fulfilment of obligations from international treaties and agreements concerning insurance issues not within state competence. One example is the Uniform Agreement between Bureaux, which concerns the so-called green card - an international document on the insurance of motor vehicles against liability for damages caused to third parties in domestic and foreign traffic. The duties deriving from this agreement are carried out by the Green Card Bureau, which is an independent organisational unit of the Association with its own management body, professional service and head of the professional service.

Membership of the Association is voluntary and has grown continuously since it was established. The Association currently has 16 members.