PRESS RELEASE, Bucharest, Tuesday July 12th, 2011

Astra Asigurari, the leader of the insurance market in Romania, provides its customers with several payment options for its home insurance policies. This concerns the common clients from the Orange Romania, Romtelecom, Posta Romana (Romanian Post) and Unicredit Tiriac Bank networks.

Basically, customers can pay their insurance premiums or their Romtelecom bill by SMS or in cash at the Unicredit Tiriac Bank and Posta Romana (Romanian Post) branches.

Radu Mustatea, chairman of the Astra Asigurari Directorate: “The improvement of services for Astra customers is our priority and it is natural for us to provide them with several payment options, offering them quick access to the insurance policies they need”..

About ASTRA Asigurari

ASTRA Asigurări, the leader of the Romanian insurance market, has concluded 2010 with a total subscribed gross premium volume amounting to lei 1,083,209,476, registering a 34% increase compared to 2009.

Financial results for January-December 2010:

• The increase of the subscribed gross premium volume by 34%, up to lei 1,083,209,476

• The damages paid by Astra Asigurări, in 2010, have registered an increase by 61% compared to 2009, from lei 328,167,178 to lei 526,883,477.

The company entered the Hungarian market in the fall of 2010, opening the ASTRA BIZTOSITO branch in Budapest, where it will begin by subscribing on the following segments: vehicle liability insurance, property and Casco. The company has adapted the online sales portal www.astraonline.ro to the neighboring market, creating www.astraonline.hu.

Astra Asigurari - Press Office

For more information, please contact:

Gianina Ungureanu Iovanel

gianina.iovanel@astrasig.ro