OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2011. Novgorod branch of ROSNO’s North-Western Directorate has concluded animal insurance contracts with Novgorodskiy Bekon Ltd., a large agricultural enterprise based in Velikij Novgorod. The contractual insurance amount is 94,490,308 roubles, reported the press-centre of ROSNO.

The insurance coverage applies to breeding hogs of "Big White" breed (5,017 animals) aged 6-9 months, as well as breeding boars of "Big White" breed (63 animals) and "Landras" (6 animals), aged 8-9 months. These animals are kept in a reproducing facility with capacity of five thousand sows in Chechulinskoye settlement of the Novgorod Region.

The livestock has been insured against the risk of loss, forced extermination as a result of infectious disease or accident, sunstroke or heatstroke, freezing, sudden poisoning with toxic agents, collision with transport vehicles, fire, lightning stroke, explosion, natural disasters, or unlawful third party actions. The contracts have been concluded for 1 year.