3,200 OFFSPRINGS OF WESTERN ARMENIANS APPLY TO NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
FOR COMPENSATION

YEREVAN, MARCH 3. ARMINFO. A task force of Armenia’s Justice Ministry
has made and filed to the Accord Fund council 921 applications to New
York Life Insurance (US) for compensation to the offsprings of those
holding the company’s policies in Western Armenia in 1875-1915.

The ministry’s spokesman Ara Sagatelyan says that the task force has
been working since Sept 27 2004 to help people in Armenia and
neighboring countries to file their applications to a special
commission in the US. Some 3,200 people from France, Syria, Iran, the
US and other countries have applied to the task force so far. They got
free assistance in searching for proofs of their relatives being New
York Life Insurance clients. Those who have not yet applied for
consultation can get application forms at the ministry and file them
to the Accord Fund council till Mar 16 2005.