OREANDA-NEWS. On 26 May 2009 was announced, that the branch of IJSC Ingosstrakh in St. Petersburg had entered into a Voluntary Health Insurance Contract to provide health insurance coverage to the employees of John Deere Forestry in St. Petersburg. The Contract is entered for 1 year. The total insurance amount for all employees of the Company’s operation in St. Petersburg is RUR 400 mln.

The insurance program stipulates outpatient, dental care, scheduled and emergency inpatient services through medical facilities in St. Petersburg and other regions of Russia.

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