swiftcover.com wins business award
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
After being nominated earlier in the year, swiftcover.com was this week named Most Agile Aware Organisation 2010 at the inaugural UK Agile Awards, in conjunction with Connections Agile Services.
The Awards recognise the people, projects and products which have contributed most to the success of Agile working and developing in businesses. The Agile philosophy is designed to improve the ways that a business works. The panel of four experienced Agile Practitioners, including CEO of Connections Alex Mauree, judged that swiftcover.com had excelled with its Agile application and was therefore recognised ahead of strong competition such as BBC and BskyB.
Rod Alderton, IT Application Development Director for swiftcover.com said “We at swiftcover.com are very proud to have received such a prestigious award. It is true recognition of the work the company and its individuals have put in to make it what is it today – one of the fastest growing insurance business in the UK.”
After successfully adopting the Agile approach to business practice in just a few departments in early 2008, swiftcover.com has grown exponentially and now encourages all departments to strategise with the help of Agile. Furthermore, and exploiting its Agile capability, swiftcover.com continues to develop its offering for the benefit of its customers as their requirements change.
The UK Agile Awards 2010 is a not-for-profit event, with any profits being donated to the Shikamana School for Orphans in Kenya, and Macmillan Cancer Support.
For more information about the awards, visit http://www.connectionsagileservices.co.uk/stylesheet.asp?file=615_uk_awards_dinner
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About swiftcover:
Based in Cobham, Surrey and employing over 800 people, www.swiftcover.com started trading in June 2005 and was born out of a desire to revolutionise the general insurance market.
swiftcover.com offers car, home, travel and pet insurance online, and is Britain's only insurance company without call centres, which means that the cost savings can be passed directly onto the customer and premiums are kept low. In 2008 swiftcover.com featured as the cheapest insurance quote on the comparison website moneysupermarket.com more often than any other insurer.
This powerful operating model combined with successful marketing and competitive pricing has proven to be a tremendous success. In 2008 swiftcover.com achieved over half a million live policies and in May 2009 sold their one millionth policy. They are considered to be the fastest-growing insurer in the UK.
In 2007, AXA UK acquired swiftcover.com. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Insurance UK PLC which forms part of AXA Group.
About AXA:
AXA UK is a part of the AXA Group. AXA is a world leader in financial protection. AXA’s operations are diverse with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA employs 120,000 staff and tied agents and, as of June 30 2006, had €1,091 billion in assets under management. AXA reported total IFRS revenues of €72 billion and IFRS underlying earnings of €3,258 million for the full year 2005. Our previous company performance is not a guide to how we may perform in the future.
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