OREANDA-NEWS. September 27, 2012. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has obtained the status of the representing partner of the "Sochi 2014" Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay. An appropriate trilateral agreement was signed on September 21 with the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) at the site of a five-star hotel Radisson Blu Resort & Congress Centre Sochi. The same status of the representing partner has been given to Coca-Cola Company – the general sponsor of the Games and the oldest partner of the International Olympic Movement. Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the "Sochi 2014" Organizing Committee; Aleksey Sokolov, Deputy Director General of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, and Zoran Vucinic, President of Coca-Cola Company in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, put their signatures in the document. RF Vice President Dmitry Kozak was present as a guest at the the agreement signature ceremony. In accordance with the signed document, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company shall be the Representing Partner and provide the organizers and participants of the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay with insurance coverage of motor vehicles, cargo, as well as life and health insurance including accident risk.The Olympic Torch Relay will last 123 days. It will start on October 7, 2013 in Moscow and will finish on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. The route length is 65,000 km, which is more than the Equator length. The Olympic Torch will be brought almost all around Russia, in 83 RF constituent entities. 14,000 torch-bearers and 30,000 volunteers from different Russian regions will take part in the event. During the Relay, the Olympic Torch will be taken to the North Pole, down to the bottom of the Baikal Lake, up to Mount Elbrus, and even to the space from Baikonur station. On February 7, 2014, on the Olympic Games opening day, the Torch will arrive in Sochi. The Paralympic Torch Relay will start no later than February 26, 2014 and finish on March 7, 2014, on the opening day of the Paralympic Games in Sochi. To support this ambitious project, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company is planning to use its regional network, including 83 branches across the country. The insurance company will create the festive atmosphere on the way of the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay, and hold entertainment events, which millions of Russians will be able to take part in.According to Aleksey Sokolov, Deputy Director General of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay is an outstanding event not only for Russia, but for the whole world as well; it has long ago become more than just a sporting event and acquired international importance uniting people from all the continents of the planet. We are glad to support the Relay and give everyone who wishes a chance to join to the forthcoming Olympic Games, feel their extraordinary spirit, inspire oneself with optimism and positive attitude to struggle honestly and win brilliant victories. We offer to all our employees, partners, clients, all Russians an opportunity to join the Relay and probably get the only chance in their life to bear the Torch with the Olympic Flame. It is extremely pleasant that Ingosstrakh Insurance Company supports the Olympic Games for the second time in our country during 65 years of its history. 32 years ago, the company was the title insurer of the Olympic Games-80. We treasure our traditions and believe we will fulfill all the obligations undertaken with honor, and present a holiday to the people, which they will remember for many years to come."Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the "Sochi 2014" Organizing Committee, noted that participation of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company would have a positive effect upon the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay, as the insurance company has got a very broad regional network. It will be the longest relay by route length and duration for the whole history of the Olympic movement, and we're planning 95 % of Russia's inhabitants to feel their involvement in such a great sporting event. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company is a well-known brand in Russia, which will help attract Russians' attention to the Relay even in the remotest territories of our vast Motherland."

We would like to remind you that Ingosstrakh Insurance Company is the Partner and Official Insurer of the 22nd Olympic and 11th Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi, the Olympic and Paralympic Committees of Russia (till 2016), the Russian Olympic and Paralympic teams (as relates to every team of the Olympic Games 2012, 2014, and 2016) in the ‘Insurance’ category.