Kurbads — the safest company in traffic 2013

On 6 February, the winners of competition “The Safest Corporate Fleet of Cars 2013” organised by the insurance company BALTA were announced; the competition was held for the second time by participation of the largest insurance company in Latvia, “Safe Driving School”, Employers’ Confederation of Latvia, Road Traffic Safety Directorate, and management representatives of Latvian companies.

The best in category “Fleet of Cargo or Special Use Vehicles” was the car transportation company Kurbads.

As members of the jury admitted, it was a great challenge to evaluate the companies so as to have an objective overview of the strengths and weaknesses of participators working in various fields and branches.

The jury of the competition — BALTA Chief Risk Underwriter Mr Edgars Goldmanis, representatives of “Safe Driving School” Artūrs Priednieks, auto-expert Normunds Avotiņš, and the traffic psychophysiologist, Vice-rector for Innovation and Development at Riga Teacher Training and Innovation Management Academy Ms Daina Voita — revealed that winners of this year competition demonstrates that the most responsible companies think not only about the “hardware”, but also about the human factor, namely, their employees. And this is a factor that is worth to be taken into account by all companies when managing their fleet of cars.