YEREVAN, January 13. /ARKA/. On Wednesday, insurance company “ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA” made the first compensation payments of Mandatory Car Insurance in the amount of 9 million drams.

Payments are made according to agreed declarations which don’t require additional documentation. Maximum amount is 200 thousand drams and minimum – 30 thousand drams.

Majority of insured (about 98%) preferred to get compensation in cash. Five insured cars have been already sent to repair to organizations with which the company had signed contracts.

24-hour contact-center of the company started its operation on January 1, 2011 and the first insurance case was registered at midnight. During the past eleven days the company received 814 calls (in average 74 calls daily) and 234 insurance cases were registered (in average 21 car accidents daily).

The highest number of car accidents was registered on January 1 (35 accidents) and January 11 (49 accidents).

Close joint stock insurance company ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA was established in May 2008. It is operating on the basis of the license № 0009 for implementation of “non-life insurance” provided by the Armenian central Bank on May 20, 2008. The company is within the group ROSGOSSTRAKH (Russia).

Charter capital of the company is 2.13 billion drams (6 million US dollars). Board of the company consists of leading specialists and management of ROSGOSSTRAKH.

ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA covers the whole territory of Armenia. It has 10 offices in Yerevan and 11 – in large regional centers. ($1 – 364.07 drams). --0--