Charges premiums of insurance companies in Siberia, I half fell 36% - up to 49 billion rubles

Collection of premiums of insurance companies operating in the territory of Siberian Federal District (SFD) in the first half of 2009 fell by 36% over the same period last year - up to 49 billion rubles, told reporters on Tuesday the head of the Federal Service for Insurance Supervision (FSIS) of the SFD Yuri Sidorenko. "Collection of premiums in the first half of 2009, all market participants, and regional and branch offices of companies amounted to 49 billion rubles, which is 36% below the same period last year. This is a very great fall. It is not received complaints that insurers decline to pay . Everything is in normal mode, "- said Sidorenko. He explained that this drop is mainly occurred due to the reduction of corporate sales. "Legal entities around 25% stopped working with insurance companies. Employees of many organizations also stopped getting insurance coverage," - says Sidorenko. According to him, insurance premiums in the first six months in Siberia, fell by 22%. "This suggests that insurers fulfill its commitments. And basically, at 98%, the contracts are responsible for a year" - he said. Sidorenko said that in Siberia currently operates 67 regional insurance companies. On October 1 they will be 10 less, because some insurance companies engaged in compulsory health insurance in order to survive merge with a major Moscow. "More recently, regional organizations, registered in the SFO, was 95 and now 67. Not all voluntarily leave" - ??he acknowledged. In turn, the director of the Siberian regional center of Ingosstrakh Victor athletes reported that in a crisis, life insurance as a form of insurance, has suffered the greatest losses. "In general, the life insurance market has fallen by 24%. It touched and Ingosstrakh. Life insurance goes by the wayside," - said the athletes. With regard to competition, insurance companies in crisis, he noted the development trends of price dumping. "We have tendency of dumping rooted in our market and continue to develop. Here we have to watch the balance of organization of the insurer. If there are losses, and prices are falling, it is necessary to draw conclusions. Now the trend of dumping following common sense" - says athletes. According to him, "dumping today those who would be bankrupt tomorrow." Currently the market is working in Siberia 523 regional branches of insurance companies headquartered in other regions, mainly in Moscow. Since the beginning of the year is reinforced registration of insurance brokers. Now they were 12. Portal Bank.ru Materials Rihanna.