

YEREVAN, February 4, /ARKA/. Cascade Insurance company closed last year with a 66.6 million Drams of net profits, its deputy executive director Levon Mamikonian told ARKA.
‘All our expectations came true, moreover, our net profits rose from 48 million Drams in the first 9 months of 2009 to 66.6 million at the end of the year,’ he said.
He said the company’s assets grew last year by 48% to 1.9 billion Drams, liabilities to 686.5 million Drams and the charter capital to 1.2 billion Drams.
Cascade Insurance plans to improve the quality of services, expand its agents network and join the mandatory insurance of vehicles which the government wants to introduce.
Cascade Insurance was registered in 2002. Sixty-five percent of its shares are held by Cascade Capital Holding and 25% by the European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD). M.M. -0-
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| Market exchange rates 12/03/2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currency | Symbol | Unit | Rate | Changes |
| USA Dollar | USD | 1 | 392.62 | 1.21 |
| Euro | EUR | 1 | 540.01 | 5.34 |
| Russian Rоublе | RUR | 1 | 13.40 | 0.11 |
| Favorable еxchange rates of banks 12/03/2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Currency | Buy | Sell |
| USD | 391.5 Armenian Development Bank |
394 ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK Araratbank Byblos Bank Armenia Conversebank ProCreditBank “ArmSwissBank” |
| Euro | 534 "VTB Bank (Armenia)" ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK Ameriabank Prometey Bank “ArmSwissBank” |
541 ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK Cascade Bank “ArmSwissBank” |
| RUR | 13.2 "VTB Bank (Armenia)" Ardshininvestbank BTA Bank Prometey Bank |
13.35 ProCreditBank |
| Macroeconomics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Term | Figures |
| economic growth,% | 2009-12 | 85.6 |
| GBP, billion AMD | 2009-12 | 3165.5 |
| inflation, % | 2010-01 | 101.7 |
| Budget deficit (proficit), bln AMD | 2009-12 | 148.3 |
| trade deficit, mln USD | 2009-12 | -2606.4 |
| foreign trade turnover, mln USD | 2009-12 | 4001.9 |
| foreign trade turnover, % | 2009-12 | 73 |
| Gross External Reserves, mln. USD | 2009-12 | 2003.41 |
| Monetary base, billion AMD | 2009-12 | 511.7 |
| Money supply, billion AMD | 2009-12 | 815 |
| Financial market | ||
|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Term | Figures |
| Anual interests on loans | ||
| Legal entities in AMD | 2010-01 | 14.8 |
| Legal entities in USD | 2010-01 | 13.5 |
| Individuals in AMD | 2010-01 | 22 |
| Individuals in USD | 2010-01 | 17.6 |
| Anual interests on deposits | ||
| Legal entities in AMD | 2010-01 | 6.5 |
| Legal entities in USD | 2010-01 | 5.4 |
| Individuals in AMD | 2010-01 | 9.1 |
| Individuals in USD | 2010-01 | 5.3 |
| Annual profitability | ||
| state stock of CBA, % | 2008-08 | 8 |
| fiscal stock of Armenia, % | 2010-01 | 8.8 |
| The percents of the CBA | ||
|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Term | Figures |
| Banking rate | 2010-03 | 13 |
| Repo | 2010-03 | 6.5 |
| Credit | 2010-03 | 9.5 |
| Depo | 2010-03 | 3.5 |