OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 March 2009 was announced, that the city of Kazan hosted a ceremony dedicated to the “Silver Umbrella” Volga Region National Prize awarded for insurance activities. The Nizhny Novgorod Branch of IJSC Ingosstrakh became the winner as the “Best branch of an insurance company” based on the 2008 results. Denis Morozov, Director of the Nizhny Novgorod branch was awarded the main prize – a figure of the Silver Umbrella and an honorary diploma. This was the first time that the branch contested for the Volga Region National Prize.

“Ingosstrakh’s Branch in Nizhny Novgorod has made significant progress in the past two years with its collected premiums growing by 149% in 2008 as compared to its 2006 figures. The Branch opened new sales offices and expanded its presence in the Nizhny Novgorod insurance market”, says Valentin Kochkin, director of Ingosstrakh’s Volga regional center. “The company’s reliability, high quality of customer assistance, high professional level of its employees and management allowed the Nizhny Novgorod branch to ensure high deliverables and win the prize”.

Another winner of the contest in the category “The best director of insurance company’s branch” was Ildar Kamaletdinov, director of the Kazan Branch of Ingosstrakh. For many years of his management of Ingosstrakh’s Kazan Branch he built a professionally trained team capable of solving any task and render services as a first class company of international level. Ingosstrakh’s Branch in Kazan became one of the best company’s subdivisions in Russia. The Silver Umbrella prize was conferred upon Ildar Kamaletdinov for the systemic approach combined with the flexible response to market changes, unconventional solutions and high professional level.