YEREVAN, September 4. / ARKA /. Representatives of ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA insurance company travelled to Armenia’s second largest town of Gyumri to visit the local Fridtjof Nansen Children Care and Protection Center as part of a charity event, the press service of the company said today in a press release.

"In the run-up to another schooling year each student of the boarding school received a personalized gift. This year employees of ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA were the first to visit the institution for a charity event. The children were encouraged by the meeting and welcomed the guest by singing and reciting," according to the press release.

"Charity has never been perceived as a duty. It stems from human love and their warm attitude to children,’ the head of the institution, Anahit Karapetyan, said in words of gratitude.

Head of the company’s Gyumri branch, David Farzadyan, congratulated the children on behalf of all the employees of the company on a new academic year and presented the gifts. He said that children living in institutions really need serious attention and that ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA provides all possible assistance in a bid to ease their problems.

The closed joint stock company ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA was established in May 2008. It operates under license APO #0009 for  the implementation of ‘non-life insurance", issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia on May 20, 2008. The company is part of ROSGOSSTRAKH group of companies (Russia).

The authorized capital of the company is worth 4.5 billion drams. Its Board consists of leading experts and top managers of ROSGOSSTRAKH. ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA is represented in all the cities of the Republic of Armenia, running 47 offices, including 18 branches and 13 sales offices in Yerevan and 34 in major regional centers and cities.

In December 2011, ROSGOSSTRAKH ARMENIA was the first insurance company in Armenia to receive the certificate of compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2008 from the Moody International.-0-