OREANDA-NEWS  On 08 September was announced, that the aggregate written premium on direct insurance contracts entered by St. Petesrburg branch of Ingosstrakh in 1H 2008 amounts to RUR 1 065 mln, or 11.5% higher than in the same period of Year 2007.

The size of written premium in voluntary insurance other than life insurance was reported to amount RUR 987 mln (+11.5%), including RUR 220 mln (+53.4%) in private insurance, RUR 728 mln (+2.4%) in property insurance and RUR 39 mln in liability insurance. The size of written premium in compulsory motor third party liability insurance was RUR 78 mln (+11.1%).

The payments made by IJSC Ingosstrakh in St. Petesrburg in under direct insurance contracts in January-June 2008 amounted to RUR 655 mln, including RUR 42 mln in voluntary private insurance, RUR 569 mln in property insurance and RUR 7 mln in voluntary liability insurance. Compulsory motor third party liability insurance payments made amounted to RUR 37 mln.