OREANDA-NEWS. September 10, 2008. ROSNO’s Saratov branch has held a conference "Claims Processing and Loss Reimbursement in Cargo Transportation" under the auspices of the Russian national program, which provides for convocation of 20 similar conferences in 12 Russian cities, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

The main purpose of the event is to present a unique and exhaustive information on any issue related to insurance of cargo transportation, damage evaluation, and claim processing procedure. Since the cargo transportation process involves two parties — shippers and carriers — ROSNO has held the conference in a two-stage mode, inviting the shippers’ representatives and carriers.

In his speech, Mr. Mikhail Tarasov, the manager of the perspective development division in ROSNO’s Large Business Insurance Department, provided examples of losses incurred during cargo transportation and told about the principles, specifics and terms of cargo insurance. Along with ROSNO’s representatives, speeches at the Saratov conference were made by Mr. Alexander Venediktov and Ms. Olga Starkova (Saratov customs office) and Mr. Farid Husainov (Privolzhskaya Railway, branch of OJSC Russian Railways).

The reports made by the speakers aroused great interest in the conference participants who asked questions related to the principal need to insure cargo and to the advantages of obtaining insurance coverage in ROSNO.

This year, Saratov has also hosted conferences dedicated to voluntary medical insurance and insurance of construction and assembly risks, arranged by ROSNO’s experts for senior managers of enterprises and organizations in various economic sectors.