02/07/11 - Uzbekinvest expands activities

Дата публикации: Jan 19, 2012 10:16:12 PM

National Export-Import Insurance Company Uzbekinvest held a seminar on the role of insurance in providing financial services to small businesses and private entrepreneurship.

Minimization of business risks and potential losses is one of the effective mechanisms that can support small businesses and private entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan.

Considering that 2011 was proclaimed the Year of Small Business and Private Entrepreneurship, intensifying activities in insurance of small business is one of the priorities of the country’s insurers today.

These and other issues were the main topic of discussion at the seminar, which gathered deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, representatives of the Ministry of Economy, State Customs Committee, State Insurance Inspectorate under the Finance Ministry, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other organizations.

Director general of Uzbekinvest F.Saidahmedov noted his company had set the goals to expand insurance of the small business and modernize the existing insurance products to match them to the preferences of the small businesses.

Today, Uzbekinvest offers more than 70 kinds of insurance services, 21 of them focused on insurance coverage for small businesses and private entrepreneurship.

The company has 14 territorial branches and over 80 insurance offices throughout Uzbekistan. This year, 4 new insurance offices started activity in Samarkand, Kashkadarya and Syrdarya regions and Tashkent city.

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