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PrivatBank signed three voluntary health insurance contracts for employees and their relatives with an insurance company owned by former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Tihipko for a total sum of more than 159,3 million UAH. The winner of the electronic bidding following the tender was recognized as PJSC "Insurance Group TAS." The procurement was arranged in three separate lots — for insuring top managers, ordinary bank employees, and employees together with close relatives. The contracts will be effective from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2027, and the decision on the tender winner was made on 12 August.
The total amount of the procurement, according to PrivatBank’s tender documentation, was 166 790 331 UAH excluding VAT, of which 135,1 million UAH will be covered by the bank itself, and the rest will be paid by employees out of pocket. At the same time, according to three separate announcements on the ProZorro system, the combined cost of the three contracts amounts to 159 331 063,8 UAH. The discrepancy may be explained by the final number of insured persons being lower than initially anticipated.
The largest of the three lots — the voluntary health insurance contract for bank employees that does not provide reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses — costs 105 324 060 UAH and was intended to cover 8917 employees under the "Standard" and "Classic" programs (in the latter they must themselves pay the difference compared to "Standard"). The second-largest contract, valued at 51 563 003,80 UAH, concerns employees and their close relatives and provides reimbursement for out-of-pocket treatment expenses under the "Standard", "Classic", "Comfort" and "VIP" programs — including for children, parents, and other relatives aged from 0 to 75 years. The second contract is calculated for 2720 workers and 500 of their relatives, with the bank paying insurance for the workers while relatives pay themselves. The third, smallest lot for 2 444 000 UAH is insurance for the bank’s executives under the "VIP" program, which is intended for 100 people.
The planned total number of insured persons — employees, their relatives, and top managers — according to the tender documentation was to be 12 000 people. Payments under the contracts are made not based on the projected number but on the actual number of insured persons who submitted applications on a voluntary basis.
They chose a company previously fined by the National Bank
All three insurance contracts are being overseen under the tender terms by the insurance broker LLC "SB 'Insurance Lawyer'." The winner was recognized as a company that met the bank’s strict qualification requirements: having its own medical assistance service with at least 200 qualified employees, contracts with medical facilities and pharmacies across Ukraine, excluding temporarily occupied territories, and its own mobile app with functionality for insured persons.
The bidder was also required to demonstrate financial stability: revenue of at least 150 million UAH for 2025 year, insurance reserves of at least 1 billion UAH, and a financial stability rating no lower than ua AA. Prices for the insurance programs are fixed and are not subject to revision during the entire term of the contracts, regardless of any additional insurer expenses.
According to the analytical platform YouControl, PJSC "Insurance Group TAS" has been operating on the market since 1998. It is headed by Pavlo Tsaruk. 90,97% of the insurance company is registered to the Cypriot T.A.S. OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS LIMITED, and another 8,99% to the Ukrainian AT ZNVKIF "Legendarnyy". In total 100% of PJSC "Insurance Group TAS" belongs to Serhiy Tihipko through them.
According to Opendatabot, in recent years the insurance company took part in 18 813 public tenders on the ProZorro system. The leaders by order sums during the full-scale war are Ukrnafta (230,69 million UAH), Ukrenergo (225,77 million UAH), PrivatBank (169,36 million UAH), Ukrgasbank (37,09 million UAH), and Gazmerezhi (17,55 million UAH).
Previously, Informator reported that the National Bank fined Tihipko’s insurance company TAS 265,2 thousand UAH for violations of the law on the protection of consumers of financial services during a scheduled inspection. We also wrote that PrivatBank blocked a client’s accounts after suspecting him of high financial risk due to large donation amounts from America, and that case went to court.
We also reported that PrivatBank signed a contract for 97 million UAH for advertising on Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Telegram, LinkedIn, Apple Search Ads with LLC "Advertising Agency 'AITI'". And for 50 million UAH PrivatBank will be promoted by PR professionals from LLC "Havas Red": in the media, on YouTube, Telegram, with bloggers, and at external events.
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