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BUCHAREST, 2 November 2026 - Hellas Direct ranked 49th in Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions 2027, the Financial Times ranking produced in partnership with Statista, which recognises 300 European companies for their outstanding revenue growth over the past decade.
Between 2015 and 2025, Hellas Direct recorded a compound annual revenue growth rate (CAGR) of 47.79%, with revenues increasing from €5.99 million to €297.73 million, according to the ranking. This represents an almost 50-fold increase over ten years.
Now in its third edition, Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions recognises companies that have achieved exceptional long-term revenue growth, with a focus on organic business expansion.
The recognition adds another milestone to Hellas Direct's growth story. In 2025, the company was named among the Financial Times' 1,000 Fastest Growing Companies in Europe for the fifth time. Its latest inclusion among Europe's top 50 Long-Term Growth Champions reflects the company's ability to build on that momentum over a much longer period.
"Being recognised for fast growth once is exciting. Being recognised repeatedly, and now for long-term growth, means something different," said Alexis Pantazis, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Hellas Direct. "It tells us that the model we started building more than a decade ago has been able to keep evolving and scaling. We have entered new markets, launched new products and served more customers, while staying focused on the same idea: using technology and data to make insurance work better for people."
"As we grow, we can offer more to our customers," added Emilios Markou, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Hellas Direct. "Growth has never been an end in itself for us. What matters is using that growth to build better products, make insurance simpler and solve real problems people face in their everyday lives. That is where we see the biggest opportunity for the next chapter of Hellas Direct."
The next chapter: Making motor insurance more accessible and flexible
Since launching in 2012, Hellas Direct has grown to serve more than 1.5 million customers across Greece and Romania. Combining insurance with technology and data, the company has continued to develop new products and digital experiences designed to make insurance simpler, more flexible and more accessible.
That growth is also creating opportunities to rethink how insurance is designed, purchased and paid for, making it easier for customers to access the protection they need.
In Romania, where motor insurance is at the core of its business, Hellas Direct is focusing on removing some of the traditional barriers associated with buying insurance, particularly when it comes to affordability and payment flexibility.
A key example is FlexiPay, which allows drivers to get cover for the whole year while spreading the cost across 12 monthly instalments. With just a debit card, customers benefit from 100% approval of the FlexiPay payment plan, without loans or credit checks. A simple, one-time setup, automated monthly payments and reminders make managing insurance easier and more predictable.
FlexiPay reflects Hellas Direct's broader approach to product innovation: identifying everyday frustrations and using technology to offer simpler, more practical solutions. By making the cost of car insurance easier to manage, the company aims to give Romanian drivers greater flexibility and control over how they pay for their cover.
In Greece, Hellas Direct is also expanding its proposition beyond traditional insurance, developing a broader ecosystem of mobility and home-related services. These include marketplace and financing solutions around car ownership, alongside new digital experiences designed to make home insurance simpler and more accessible.
Across both markets, the company continues to invest in technology, product development and customer experience, with a focus on making insurance fit more naturally into people's everyday lives.
The latest Financial Times recognition comes as Hellas Direct continues to invest in its next stage of growth across Greece and Romania, building on its insurance foundations while expanding its products, digital capabilities and customer proposition.
The Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2027 ranking was published online by the Financial Times on 28 October 2026. The accompanying special report is scheduled for publication on 11 November 2026.
About Hellas Direct
Hellas Direct is a digital-first insurance company using technology and data to make insurance simpler, more affordable and accessible. Launched in 2012, the company serves more than 1.5 million customers across Greece and Romania. Hellas Direct continues to invest in technology, product development and customer experience as it grows across its markets.