OREANDA-NEWS. Upon initiative of the General Manager Mr. Hannes Chopra and in accordance with the resolution issued by ROSNO’s senior management, the company has founded the Allianz Champions Club for Russia and CIS. The new entity aims to bring together the real stars of the insurance business, which would be able to share knowledge, cooperate and spend leisure time with their peers, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

Each year, beginning from 2007, the Club’s founders will be using the newly developed requirements and criteria to name the 40 best salespersons from all Allianz subsidiaries (ROSNO, IC Progress-Garant, IC Medexpress, SAK Allianz, IC Allianz ROSNO Life, IC Allianz Ukraine and IC ATF Polis), to be awarded membership in the Club for the entire duration of the next respective year. Each year, the membership will be revised and updated. Those salespersons who win for 5 consecutive years will be named the Club Seniors and will get permanent membership in the Allianz Champions Club for Russia and CIS.

The Club members will participate in unique events held on a quarterly basis in different countries. During their foreign trips, the participants will be meeting together to discuss the issues important for their respective companies, and will formulate the decisions which will serve as cornerstones for implementation of new projects to improve the Group’s performance. While travelling throughout the world, the Champions will become acquainted with, and will talk to, their peers from over 70 countries. Also, the Club members will be involved in the Group’s most significant projects.

Mr. Hannes Chopra, ROSNO’s General Manager, commented on the new Club as follows: "Membership in the Champions Club means recognition of the salespersons’ immense professionalism and excellent performance by the company’s management, as well as by the entire group of Allianz subsidiaries in Russia and CIS. As you know, we aspire to become the best financial services provider in Russia and CIS. One of the ways to achieve this goal is to increase the number of universal agents and shift to a whole new level of customer service. In Russia and CIS, Allianz offers every possible insurance service. Furthermore, our universal agents must be able to develop professional solutions for any client and any issue. Undoubtedly, this is very convenient for our clients, since we enable them to satisfy all of their needs via one "personal" agent, whether in car insurance, real estate insurance, family savings or protection against business risks.