OREANDA-NEWS. On 11 July 2008 was announced, that the branch of Ingosstrakh-M in Samara won tender and signed contract for compulsory medical insurance for the employees of the Samara branch of VolgaTelecom. 4 631 employees are covered by the insurance contract.

Key criteria for choosing the winner were business reputation of the insurer, experience, professional insurance rating, period of claim settlement, period of issuing of insurance policies.

ОАО VolgaTelecom is one of the largest telecom operators in Russia that was founded in 2002, when, during reform of electric communications sector, 10 regional operators in the Volga Federal District joined Nizhny Novgorod operator – OAO VolgaTelecom.

Ingosstrakh-M was established in 2004 to provide compulsory medical insurance in the regions of Russia. It holds the license of the Federal Insurance Surveillance Service С # 3837 77 for compulsory and voluntary medical insurance, insurance of medications during outpatient treatment on preferential terms.

Ingosstrakh-M works in 20 regions of the Russian Federation and is in top ten in terms of premium collected for compulsory medical services insurance.