OREANDA-NEWS  On 21 November was announced, that according to preliminary statements, the aggregate written premium for 9 months 2008 on direct insurance contracts entered by the branch of Ingosstrakh in Chelyabinsk amounts to RUR 393.614 mln, which is 68% higher than the premium collected over the same period of Year 2007.

The size of written premium in voluntary insurance other than life insurance was reported to amount RUR 367.65 mln (+67%), including RUR 159.538 mln (+48%) in private insurance, RUR 204.351 mln (+101%) in property insurance and RUR 3.761 mln in liability insurance. The size of written premium in compulsory motor third party liability insurance was RUR 25.964 mln (+98 %).

The payments made by IJSC Ingosstrakh in Chelyabinsk under direct insurance contracts in January-September 2008 amounted to RUR 176.232 mln, including RUR 91.156 mln in voluntary private insurance, RUR 70.194 mln in property insurance and RUR 0.062 mln in voluntary liability insurance. Compulsory motor third party liability insurance payments made amounted to RUR 14.82 mln.

The most dynamic areas of business for the Chelyabinsk Branch of IJSC Ingosstrakh during the first nine months of the year were voluntary health insurance, motor hull and property insurance.