Asirom pays 80,000 euros in flood damages

Insurance company Asirom will pay more than 80,000 euros (300,000 RON) in damages as a result of last week”s floods, a preliminary report shows. Asirom had received 64 claims from customers insured against floods by Tuesday and expects to see more over the next few days. “Our initial estimates for the cases we were notified of show that damages do not exceed 200-300,000 RON. I am convinced, however, that more will follow in the next few days, meaning our current total is only provisional,” said Ovidiu Vadean, head of Asirom”s claims department. From the total claims submitted, 58 are from Bucharest, with the rest from towns in the counties of Ilfov (Bragadiru, Ciorogarla and Domnesti) and Constanta (Costinesti). The claims insurers will settle after the last wave of floods add up to 10 million euros in indemnities (for policy holders affected by the floods in the spring and summer of this year). Other insurers besides Asirom that will settle large claims include Allianz-Tiriac and Omniasig, both of which sold the largest number of fire and natural disaster policies. ZF