OREANDA-NEWS. July 18, 2007. Since 01 August 2007, in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Directors of IC "ROSNO Ukraine" and upon mutual consent, Mr. Konstantin Bergmann’s assignment as a General Manager of ROSNO Ukraine is terminated. The Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Hannes Chopra has expressed gratitude to Mr. Konstantin Bergmann for the excellent work and for the results achieved by the latter in Allianz Group and ROSNO, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

Mr. Bergmann will return to Germany to examine further career opportunities offered him by Allianz SE.

As was initially planned, Mr. Bergmann’s two-year contract will expire on 01 August 2007. His high professionalism and longstanding experience in the insurance field have enabled Konstantin Bergmann to make certain important strategic decisions, which secured the company’s current achievements in the Ukrainian market.

Less than in two years of Konstantin Bergmann’s leadership, IC "ROSNO Ukraine" rose to 25th position in the Insurance Top rating, opened regional offices in all key Ukrainian regions, and established partner relations with banks and car dealerships throughout the country. Today, ROSNO Ukraine is among the most rapidly growing insurance companies in Ukraine.

Since 01 August, everyday corporate management duties will be performed by the currently formed Administrative Board, which will preliminarily comprise Mr. Pavel Litvin, Sales Director of ROSNO Ukraine, Ms. Oksana Rudenko, Insurance Director of ROSNO Ukraine, and Ms. Yekaterina Trubitsina, Financial Director of ROSNO Ukraine. In the interim, Mr. Pavel Litvin will be an Acting General Manager of the company. The formation of the Administrative Board will be finally completed by mid-September. The company will provide additional information as soon as the new General Manager is appointed.

Mr. Konstantin Bergmann was born on 12 August 1975. Since 1993, he worked as an insurance broker in Deutscher Herold, Generali, WWK, and Allianz; since 1997, he was a transportation loss and accident loss settlement expert in Allianz Koeln; since 2000, he has been creating and implementing the call-centre in Allianz Koeln; since 2001, he was the Project Manager (due diligence) in ROSNO; since 2002 , he was the deputy Director of Motor Insurance Centre in ROSNO; since 2003, he was the Director of Motor Insurance Centre in ROSNO, since May 2005, he worked as the Director of ROSNO Representative Office; since September 2005, he worked as the General Manager of the SLC "ROSNO Ukraine". Married, two children.

The subsidiary liability company IC "ROSNO Ukraine" was registered on 30 August 2005. The company is owned by the leading Russian insurer OJSC "ROSNO". Presently, over 100 employees work for ROSNO Ukraine. ROSNO Ukraine is a universal company possessing licenses for 29 types of insurance and operating in the risk insurance field. Among the company’s clients are both individuals and legal entities.

As of 31 December 2006, the company collected about 59.226 mln hryvnias of insurance premium, while reserves equalled 36,816 mln hryvnias and insurance compensations amounted to 7,285 mln hryvnias.

ROSNO Ukraine is a member of the Ukrainian League of Insurance Companies, and since June 2006 it is an associate member of the Ukrainian Motor Transport Insurance Bureau.