Information on the maritime insurance industry in Romania is scarce among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

However, there are references to insurance companies which offer maritime insurance in Romania. For example, the Budapest-based Insurance and Reinsurance Company ASTRA S.A. is a joint-stock company with 70 per cent of its social capital owned by the State Ownership Fund, 29.39 per cent by financial investment companies and 1.61 per cent by private individuals (ASTRA n.d.). ARDAF Insurance Reinsurance S.A.is a Cluj-Napoca-based insurance company whose capital is privately-owned (ARDAF n.d.). Anglo-Romanian Insurance Company S.A. was established in Bucharest in August 1993 as a private joint venture with majority foreign capital and ownership (Anglo-Romanian Insurance n.d.).

No information on whether the maritime insurance industry was associated with cases of corruption and/or fraud could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Anglo-Romanian Insurance Company [Bucharest]. n.d. "About Us." http://www.aar.ro/f2.htm [Accessed 13 Dec. 2001]

ARDAF Insurance Reinsurance S.A [Cluj-Napoca]. n.d. "ARDAF Portrait." http://www.ardaf.ro/portret_en.htm#shr [Accessed 13 Dec. 2001]

Insurance and Reinsurance Company ASTRA S.A [Bucharest]. n.d. "About ASTRA." http://www.astrasig.ro/index_e.html [Accessed 13 Dec. 2001]

IRB databases

Lexis/Nexis

Internet sites including:

Afaceri Online (Romanian business directory)

The Anti-Corruption Gateway For Europe and Eurasia

Anti-Corruption Ring Online (ANCORR)

Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center (CEEBIC)

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest

Insurance Industry Internet Network

Major Companies of Romania

Now.ro (Romanian online business centre)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

Transparency International Romania

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

The World Bank Group

World News Connection (WNC)

Yellow Pages of Romania

Search engines including:

Fast Search

Google

Kappa.ro (Romanian search engine)