OREANDA-NEWS. March 17, 2010. Transsiberian Re will be a major sponsor of All-Ukraine academic insurance competition which is held to find out talented young people, to stimulate creative education and improve its quality. By Order of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1052 of November, 20, 2009, Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics is the basic institution for the Insurance Competition to be run in.

There will be two stages of the Competition. The first stage will take place on March, 25 and will be to take 150-question online test on www.forinsurer.com. The students with the highest test scores will be invited to participate in the second and final stage of the competition which will be in April, 19-21 in Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.

The event will take place for the third time. Last year 1252 students from 135 high schools of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus took an online test. This year, the organizers are planning to expand the geography of the Competition by inviting students from other CIS countries, as well as Eastern European countries. Moreover, students are admitted from not only economic, but also technical, pedagogical, agricultural, transport and medical high schools where there are insurance departments.

Additional information for the Russian-speaking students can be found on website of Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics. The Competition is held with support of League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine, as well as “Strakhova sprava” and “Financial services” magazines.

Transsiberian Re constantly supports talented students. As an example, in 2005 Corporation sponsored the international contest of essays, the winners of which were awarded in Minsk (Republic of Belarus). Besides, students of economic institutions have their externship regularly at different offices of the Corporation. As a result, knowledge and experience, acquired at Transsiberian Re helped to prepare graduate and Doctor’s theses.