Insurance giveaway as Swiftcover celebrates 5th anniversary
Monday, 19 July 2010
Pioneering online insurer swiftcover.com is celebrating its fifth birthday by giving away free car insurance to seven lucky customers. One customer per day for a week will get their insurance costs refunded*, starting at the end of July.
Customers simply need to buy their car insurance from www.swiftcover.com – where they can get a quote in 60 seconds or less – and one lucky policyholder will be drawn at random each day and get their insurance for free*.
The give-away marks five years in business for swiftcover.com, the UK’s first internet only insurance provider, during which time the company has grown rapidly to a point where it currently insures over 700,000 people.
Tina Shortle, marketing director for swiftcover.com, explains: “It has been an amazing first five years, so we wanted to celebrate by rewarding the people who have made it all possible – our customers. We look forward to the next five years of offering cheap, hassle-free insurance to UK drivers.”
ENDS
*The winner will receive one year's free car insurance to the maximum value of £500. The insurance must fall within Swiftcover's usual underwriting boundaries. If the insurance premium is over £500, Swiftcover will pay £500 towards the premium and anything remaining must be paid for by the customer.
Notes to Editors
For press enquiries please contact:
Paul Beadle or Joshua Van Raalte
Brazil (PR agency for swiftcover.com)
01865 556 000
swiftcover@agencybrazil.com
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, 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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