Insurance and e-insurance call

16 April 2019

The state Duma approved a number of amendments to the law on OSAGO

Amendments to the legislation on compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of vehicles have already passed the second reading by the state Duma of the Russian Federation. A new amendment of equal rights electronic and paper insurance policies. The Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted that the initiative is comprehensive and will facilitate the lives of drivers? You no longer have to carry paper policy with them, it is enough to know the unique number of the insurance contract, to identify the insurer and confirm the accuracy of the policy.
In addition, the communication DG explains: "the Bill changes the rules of the compensation insurance companies to spending on compensation of drivers that were injured in an accident provoked by pedestrians." So that now claim to pedestrians will only be possible if the pedestrian, who became the culprit of the accident, was not injured.

Vyacheslav Volodin said: "we receive a lot of complaints from relatives of the victims pedestrians on the requirements of the insurance companies to compensate them for the cost of repair. It is unfair when people who have lost a loved one, require payment of repair of the car that caused the tragedy."
In addition, customs officers can check for insurance or international insurance policies from entering Russia on their cars to foreigners.
Volodin said that: "to Recover from the uninsured responsible for the accident without Russian citizenship damages in an accident is very difficult. So that this provision is particularly relevant in relation to citizens of neighboring Russia countries, which have simplified procedure of crossing the border."