OREANDA-NEWS. On 28 August 2008 was announced, that according to preliminary statements, the aggregate written premium on direct insurance contracts entered by the branch of Ingosstrakh in Krasnoyarsk in 1H 2008 amounts to RUR 374.1 mln, or 47.3% higher than in the same period of Year 2007.

The size of written premium in voluntary insurance other than life insurance was reported to amount RUR 268.35 mln (+52.1%), including RUR 119.2 mln (+34.4%) in private insurance, RUR 146.5 mln (+73.3%) in property insurance and RUR 2.65 mln in liability insurance. The size of written premium in compulsory motor third party liability insurance was RUR 105.8 mln (+36.3%).

The payments made by IJSC Ingosstrakh in Krasnoyarsk under direct insurance contracts in 1H 2008 amounted to RUR 178.2 mln, including RUR 50.65 mln in voluntary private insurance and RUR 57.75 mln in property insurance. Compulsory motor third party liability insurance payments made amounted to RUR 69.8 mln.

‘The most dynamic area of business for the Krasnoyarsk Branch of IJSC Ingosstrakh in 1H was property insurance where the size of written premium increased by more than 73%, says Director of IJSC Ingosstrakh in Krasnoyarsk Sergey Shashko. - Such effect is primarily the result of the increasing number of insurance contracts for mortgaged property of legal entities, insurance of motor vehicles (hull insurance) and the growing scope of mortgage insurance in our region. The company plans to proceed with further improvement of its operating parameters and is planning to open its office in Norilsk.’