OREANDA-NEWS. June 1, 2012. Results of the To London with Visa campaign held among the Ingosstrakh Insurance Company clients holding cards of IPS Visa, Worldwide Sponsor of the Olympic Games for more than 25 years already, were summarized. The name of the winner awarded with the main prize – a trip for two to 2012 Summer Olympic Games Opening in London – was announced.

The winner was Vladimir Teplyashov from Astrakhan who bought a CNC insurance policy by his Visa card at a local Ingosstrakh office. Along with the tickets to the Olympic Games Opening, the winner will get a pre-arranged flight and accommodation in the capital of Great Britain.[1]

To participate in the campaign, it was enough that holders of Visa cards used them to pay for Ingosstrakh insurance services for a sum of not less than 1,000 rubles from April 10 till May 10, 2012. During transaction, the card holder automatically became a campaign participant.

Clients of Ingosstrakh who paid by Visa cards for voluntary auto insurance programs (CNC or VTPL), property insurance, voluntary health insurance and travel insurance at the insurer’s offices and on the company website http://www.ingos.ru took part in the campaign.

The drawing of the lottery prize fund was held on May 16, 2012. The number of participants totaled over 3,000 people from 20 cities all over Russia, from Saint Petersburg to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

“With the help of the lottery ‘To London with Visa’ we wanted to show the advantages of using Visa cards in everyday life, including payment for insurance services, and offer Visa card holders an opportunity to make an unforgettable trip to 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. The winner will be able to see the picturesque opening ceremony with his/her own eyes and welcome the athletes of the Russian team, as well as representatives of the other countries, – says Stephen Parker, General Director of Visa in Russia, CIS and South-European states. – Many years of support provided to Olympic Games by Visa Company help to attach lots of fans to Olympic ideas globally, and demonstrate the advantages of Visa cards for customers. We do hope that this campaign will become another impulse for Visa card holders in Russia to use these more frequently at retail and service outlets."

Deputy General Director of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, Alexey Sokolov, pointed out, "Being a Partner and Official Insurer of Olympic Games in Sochi, we are very pleased to cooperate and participate in national promotional activities by Visa, namely hold joint lotteries and campaigns for our customers providing a chance to win valuable prizes from the Worldwide Sponsor of the Olympics.”

The history of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has been closely connected with support to the Olympic movement. The company was an official insurer of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, and 30 years later, received a status of the Partner and Official Insurer of the 22nd Winter Olympic and 11th Paralympic Games of 2014 in Sochi. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company is also a partner of the Russian Olympic and Paralympic Committees (by the end of 2016) and a partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Russian teams (for every Olympic team of 2012, 2014 and 2016 respectively) in the category “Insurance.”

By the end of 2020, Visa is an exclusive payment sponsor and the only official payment card accepted at the Olympic facilities. Visa will also sponsor the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang-gun, and 2020 Olympic Games.