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“TAS” Insurance Group (hereinafter – “TAS” IG JSC (private)) paid for losses to its clients about UAH 1.3 million under voluntary medical insurance contracts in October 2009. Out of all people who contacted “TAS” IG JSC (private) for assistance with medical treatment, 1.5 thousand clients were confirmed as infected with acute respiratory viral infection (ARVI) or flue (20 suffered from complications - pneumonia).

The biggest number of insured persons’ application fell on the last week of October. At that time the assisting service of “TAS” IG JSC (private) was contacted by 500 people per day. Around half of the contacting person asked a question: “How can I protect myself from flue?” Approximately the same number of applying persons insured under voluntary medical insurance contracts was fixed in the first week of November.

‘In many insurance companies epidemic diseases (including ARVI and flue) are not considered insured events,’ CEO of “TAS” IG JSC (private) Dmitriy Gritsuta says. ‘In our company, flue and ARVI are insured events irrespective of the fact if the outbreak has been announced or not. Upon occurrence of such events, servicing of people with this diagnosis is delivered in full scope. We provide consulting, diagnostic and medical support. Our company has done its best to provide our corporate clients with necessary preventive medication at the outbreak time. It is evident that insurance premiums under voluntary medical insurance contracts will increase at least by 20-25% compared to 2008, and we forecast further growth of demand for this insurance type in 2010.’