(Sofia, May 8, 2006) The six top stars of the world chess that will take part in the international tournament M-Tel Masters will be insured by Bulstrad Life.

The super tournament will start on May 10 in the capital Grand Hotel Sofia and includes 10 rounds. Each of the players will play against each of the rest in exchanged colors. The winner will be known on May 21.

Bulstrad Life Insuranse JSC will provide special insurance coverage for the time of the tournament for the World Champion Veselin Topalov, the former champions of the planet Ruslan Ponomariov and Viswanathan Anand and for Gata Kamsky, Etienne Bacrot and Peter Svidler.

The company that becomes the official insurer of M-Tel Masters is among Top 5 life insurance companies on the market and offers the most attractive ad flexible insurance products on the Bulgarian market – combination of insurance protection, saving and possibility for accumulating additional capital.

According to Mr. Mario Kostov, Executive Director and Chairman of the Managing Board of the company, such international initiatives should be supported because the Bulgarian success in sport and particularly in chess undoubtedly prove that it is absolutely possible to achieve the goals that we set in each sphere of life.