OREANDA-NEWS. March 31, 2008. Founded in the summer of 2007, the Russian branch of Mondial Assistance Group has started operation, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

Mondial Assistance Group has been present in Russia and CIS since 1996, and it has solid experience in cooperating with the Russian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek insurance companies with regard to service support of the insurance programs covering citizens traveling abroad, and also in terms of technical assistance to car drivers in and outside Russia.

Mondial Assistance Group is the worldwide leader in assistance and travel insurance. Today, Mondial Assistance Group is present in 29 countries. Thanks to its well-developed branch structure, cooperation with 240 correspondents, and an extensive network of business partners and service providers, whose number exceeds 400,000, Mondial Assistance annually processes over 10,000,000 applications related to various assistance services.

"The decision to open a Mondial Assistance branch in Moscow, taken with the purpose of implementation of the Group’s development strategy, has been possible thanks to the Group’s constantly growing business volume in this region. Russia and CIS countries have always been, and will remain, one of Mondial Assistance Group’s strategically important development priorities worldwide", said Mr. Remi Grenier, President of Mondial Assistance Group.

In the short-term perspective, the Russian branch of Mondial Assistance will focus on expanding cooperation with its business partners in Russia and CIS countries and developing new service products in such segments as travel insurance and road assistance.