OREANDA-NEWS. July 31, 2009. According to the preliminary data for the 1st half of the year 2009, ROSNO’s North-Western Directorate paid 8,092,763 million roubles in St. Petersburg to the clients whose cars had been covered under MOD insurance contracts against the risk of car theft, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

Overall, during this period, the insurance company ROSNO paid about 91 million roubles for the stolen cars covered by MOD insurance contracts.

In the 6 months of 2009, the following car models and brands were most frequently stolen in St. Petersburg:
Car brand, model                    % of total settled losses from stolen cars
Mitsubishi Lancer                    16,6 %
Honda CR-V                            10 %
Mitsubishi Outlander                 6,6 %
Subaru Forester                       6,6 %

As compared to the year 2008, the list of the most frequently stolen cars has slightly changed: Mitsubishi Lancer (30% vs. 16.6%) and Toyota Land Cruiser (3.7%, not represented in the current rating) were stolen less frequently. At the same time, the following models were stolen more frequently: Mitsubishi Outlander (4.5% vs. 6.6%) and Subaru Forester (5.2% vs. 6.6%).

Mr. Georgy Mayorov, head of the MOD Compensations Division, North-Western Directorate, ROSNO, notes: "Precise determination of the factors affecting the frequency of stealage of certain car models or brands is quite difficult. There are some car categories which are popular among criminals; also, certain models are „fashionable“ in certain time periods. Among the stealers of St. Petersburg, Mitsubishi Lancer is still the most popular car model. I can suggest that this popularity results from the car’s technical outfit, design, and active promotion. The statistics shows that, regardless of the car brand or model, the most reliable anti-theft systems are Navigator, Caesar, and Arcan".

Among the largest payments made by North-Western Directorate in the 1st half of 2009 is the insurance compensation of over 3,400,000 roubles paid for the stolen BMW X6.