OREANDA-NEWS. October 11, 2012. On October 3 this year, in The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow hotel, the 8th yearly forum of Russian large business Expert-400 was held. Within the framework of the event, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was awarded the prize for public availability.

For the 7th year in a row Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has been given the prize in this category by the experts. According to Dmitry Grishanov, General Director of Expert RA rating agency, “Ingosstrakh Insurance Company not only takes the leading positions in the national insurance market but is the most active player of the information field. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was one of the first Russian insurance companies to implement the advanced practice of preparing and disclosing the information on IFRS, getting independent rating scores and creating the risk management system. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has been taking measures for years to increase the general level of insurance culture of the population and popularize insurance, in particular by broadcasting a traditional specialized program at Echo of Moscow radio station and publishing materials in the same-name column of Arguments and Facts weekly newspaper. It is the only insurance company organizing a yearly insurance education web-seminar for regional journalists."

The results of the analysis held by The Medialogy information and analytical system also prove public availability of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company and the high level of the company's work in public relations. According to the results of the first half of 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has taken the first place in the media information favored index ranking with a great advantage over its opponents.

It is worth recalling that the insurance company's activity has been recognized by a great many prizes and awards. In June 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was named the winner of the 8th yearly public award in the field of finance, The Financial Elite of Russia 2012, in the Reliability and The Employer of the Year at the Financial Market – Insurance categories. The company has been recognized the winner of the competition for the 7th year in a row. Moreover, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company has obtained the platinum diploma of the Russian Union of Journalists and the Financial Press Club within the framework of the competition For Informational Availability. In May 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was named the winner of the national professional award Financial Olympus 2011 in the Major Insurance Company nomination, in the Result and Success category. It is worth mentioning that in 2011, the prize was won by Ingosstrakh Insurance Company in the same nomination, and in 2009 – in the Motor Vehicle Insurer nomination, in the Dynamics and Efficiency category. In April 2012 Ingosstrakh Insurance Company became the winner of THE BRAND OF THE YEAR/EFFIE 2011 competition. The insurance company has already been named the winner of THE BRAND OF THE YEAR/EFFIE 2007, 2009, and 2010. It is the only Russian insurance company to have been included in the ranking of 40 most expensive Russian brands regularly since 2005. Besides, on September 2012, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company obtained the certificate of corporate social responsibility rating: REPUTATION rating agency gave the highest AAA(s) level to the insurance company.