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PZU (PZU) — the future bets
Insurance economics turn on the expense ratio as much as on claims — and Poland's largest customer base has the most to gain from cheaper service.
PZU's digital bet is unglamorous and measurable: move customers into mojePZU, the group's app and portal, and serve them at a fraction of the cost of an agent visit or a call. The target is 8 million clients using digital services by 2027, up from roughly 5 million today, and the leading indicator is already moving — 46,3% of medical appointments were being scheduled through remote channels by mid-2026, against 42,2% a year earlier1.
For an insurer, this is where operating leverage actually lives. Insurance economics turn on the expense ratio as much as on claims, and a company with the largest customer base in Poland has the most to gain from serving that base more cheaply. Digital also feeds the other bets: an app that holds the policy, books the doctor and settles the claim is how health subscriptions get sold to existing motor and life customers without a new sales force.
The honest limits are two. Insurance is bought rarely and claimed on rarer still, so engagement is structurally lower than a bank's app can achieve — and PZU's agent network, one of the moat's genuine assets, has an interest in not being disintermediated. Watch the digital client count against the 8 million goal, and watch the group's administrative expense ratio: rising digital adoption that does not show up as lower costs would mean PZU is running two distribution systems instead of replacing one.
Remote booking already at 46,3% and climbing, with a credible path from five to eight million digital clients — genuine operating leverage for the company with Poland's largest customer base. It widens only if the expense ratio actually falls; running the app alongside an undiminished agent network would add cost rather than remove it.
The leading indicator for a target of 8 million digital clients by 2027, up from about 5 million — operating leverage for the company with Poland's largest customer base. Watch the administrative expense ratio: rising digital adoption that does not lower costs means two distribution systems, not one.
Source: PZU results presentation ↗- Reported46,3% of medical appointments booked through remote channels, up from 42,2%; 8 million digital clients targeted by 2027 from about 5 million.PZU disclosures — 46,3% of medical appointments scheduled through remote channels including mojePZU (up from 42,2% in June 2025); target of 8 million clients using digital services by 2027, from about 5 million currently — 2026-2027 · publ. 2026 · source ↗