Azerbaijani media are outraged: Armenian businessman insured Hilton hotel in Baku
Famous Russian billionaire of Armenian origin Sergey Sarkisov not only entered the Azerbaijani market, but also insured one of the five star hotels in Baku, the Azerbaijani news portal Haqqin.az" writes.
Earlier "Haqqin.az" reported with reference to the site Virtualaz.org, that the famous Russian billionaire of Armenian origin Sergey Sarkisov had adjusted his insurance business in Azerbaijan. After this, the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan hurried to deny these facts, calling the investigation of the site "biased" and "false."
According to the article, the information published on May 5, 2012, on the Armenian billionaire’s official website of the "RESO - Guarantee", states that "Unity Re" which is a member of re-insurance company RESO reinsured several largest hotels in the world’s Hilton network in May 2012.
It says that today, the world-famous chain of hotels and resorts founded in the U.S. in 1919, has 540 facilities in 78 countries around the world. Five hotels in that network, including Hilton Baku (Azerbaijan), Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand (Lebanon), Hilton Abu Dhabi, Hilton Ras Al Khaimah and the Double Tree by Hilton RAK (the last three - UAE), were reinsured by the "Unity Re" in May 2012.
The total sum of the insured objects exceeded $ 600 million, the "Haqqin.az" informs. "It also became known that the head of the "Unity Re" had come to Baku to participate in the second Azerbaijani International Insurance Forum held on July 7-8, in 2011. The organizers of the forum were the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani Insurers Association. Was it so difficult for our Ministry of Finance to check and find out that the "Unity Re" is included in the holding of the company of the Armenian billionaire?" wonders the portal.