OREANDA-NEWS. October 31, 2012. An awarding ceremony for the winners of the Company of the Year Award 2012 was held in Radisson Royal Hotel. The award was established by the Company weekly business magazine of the Rodionov Publishing House (IDR) and is held for the 13th time. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company became the winner of the Award in the category Application of Innovative Technologies within the Program for Enhancing Customer-Oriented Approach.

Every year, leaders of the core industries of the Russian economy — finance, real estate, trading, production, etc. — participate to win the Award. In September, voting for the Award nominees was held on the web-site of the Company magazine. At the second stage, a jury of experts joined the evaluation; the jury was comprised of professionals and specialists from various business areas. Forty-eight Russian companies became the finalists of the competition. Along with Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, other two major federal insurance companies contended for the prize in the insurance categories.

According to Ilya Solomatin, Vice President of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, “winning this Award once again confirmed that the company had chosen a correct direction in its work with customers and partners. It was long ago that high competition level in the domestic insurance market entered the area of quality and convenience of services provided. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company is constantly working on enhancing services within the client-oriented approach program. Today, the insurer does its best to offer most up-to-date and ground-braking products to its clients. As such, for instance, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company launched a mobile application for Android and iPhone which allows users of smartphones and communicators to order an insurance policy for a vehicle, property or travellers from any part of the world. The app is also useful for informing the insurer about a road traffic accident and getting a detailed instruction on how to behave when an insured event occurs. And, of course, we are especially pleased that Ingosstrakh Insurance Company received this honorable award on the year of its 65th anniversary from the date of incorporation.”

Let us remind that the insurer’s activity has been honored by many prizes and awards. In October 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was awarded by the Expert RA rating agency as the most transparent company. In June 2012, the company was recognized laureate of the 8th Annual Public Financial Award “Financial Elite of Russia 2012” in the categories Reliability and Employer of the Year in the Financial Market — Insurance. The company has been laureate of this contest for the 7th year in a row. In addition, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company received a platinum diploma from the Union of Journalists of Russia and Financial Press Club within the All-Russian Competition “For Informational Transparency.” In May 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company became the winner of the National Professional Award “Financial Olympus 2011” nominated as the Largest Insurance Company in the category Result and Success. It is worth mentioning that in 2010, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was awarded a prize in the same category, while in 2009, it was nominated as Automobile Insurer in the category Dynamics and Efficiency. In April 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company became a laureate at the contest BRAND OF THE YEAR/EFFIE 2011. The insurer had already won contests BRAND OF THE YEAR/EFFIE in 2007, 2009 and 2010. This is the only insurance company in Russia to be constantly represented in the ranking of 40 most expensive Russian brands since 2005. Moreover, on September 17, 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company received a certificate on assigning a rating of corporate social responsibility. The REPUTATION rating agency awarded the insurer with the highest grade AAA(s).