Thornside, the pet insurance division of Capita Insurance Distribution, today announced it has been appointed by Assurant to provide and administer its new pet insurance product for the next three years. Thornside will provide dedicated sales, fulfillment services and claims handling to Assurant’s Protect your Bubble brand, enabling its customers who are dog and cat owners to benefit from a bespoke product and competitive cover for their pets.
Stephen Ebbett, head of channel and product development at Assurant commented: “We pride ourselves on providing our customers with cover for their whole lifestyles, from homes and motors to holidays and gadgets. We appreciate that pets play an important role in some people’s lifestyles and we were eager to provide our customers with the most appropriate and competitive pet cover possible. We are confident that Thornside has the experience and knowledge to provide this exciting new product for our customers and we look forward to working with them over the next few years.”
From December 2009, the policy will offer three different levels of cover:
Economy, Standard and Premier.
Underwritten by Agria International Försäkring AB, this will provide the option for pet owners to choose the level of cover that is right for them via
www.protectyourbubble.com/pet-insurance
or
0844 8711345.
David Seel, managing director of Thornside, commented: “We have worked closely with Assurant to develop a bespoke pet insurance product which will meet their customers’ needs. Pet owners can choose from a number of different cover options which can be purchased by calling the dedicated number or through Assurant’s
quote and buy website.”
Protect Your Bubble will donate £1 from each policy sold to Support Dogs which is a UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with epilepsy and people with disabilities by training dogs to act as efficient and safe assistants.
Visit www.protectyourbubble.com/pet-insurance
for further details or call 0844 8711345.
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For further information, please contact:
Capita Press Office, 0207 654 2399
Capita Insurance Distribution
, part of Capita Insurance Services, is the fifth largest UK personal lines insurance intermediary and third party administrator specialising in personal lines solutions for affinity clients. Capita Insurance Distribution employs over 800 staff (based in Portsmouth, Colchester, Ipswich, Romford, Andover and St Ives in Cambridge) and administers around £200m of personal lines gross written insurance premium. It works with 49 insurance companies in the UK personal lines market place, and currently maintains different product sites for 82 household brands such as Asda, American Express, Liverpool Victoria and Admiral.
Thornside
, the pet insurance division of Capita Insurance Distribution, administers more than 35 Pet Schemes for affinity Partners, and insures approximately 300,000 dogs and cats in the UK; including schemes for Home Retail Group, Halifax Bank, esure, RSPCA, Greenbee, AA, Asda and Debenhams.
Further information can be found at
www.bdml.co.uk
and
www.petwise-insurance.co.uk
The Capita Group Plc
is the UK’s leading provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions. With 36,000 people at more than 300 sites, including 60 business centres across the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and India, the Group uses its expertise, infrastructure and scale benefits to transform its clients’ services, driving down costs and adding value. Capita is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (CPI.L), and is a constituent of the FTSE100 with revenues for 2008 of £2,441 million. Further information on The Capita Group Plc can be found at:
www.capita.co.uk