1st February 2007
Drakefield Insurance Services Limited and Admiral Group join forces
to offer competitive travel insurance
Drakefield Insurance Services Ltd (DISL), the UK & Ireland wide travel insurance specialist has joined forces in a new deal with Admiral Group to provide travel insurance across a number of the Admiral brands.
This strategic alliance which commences on 1st February 2007 highlights the growth of DISL in the last twelve months and again marks it as a major player in the travel insurance marketplace.
DISL who own a number of successful brands of which Go Travel Insurance is its principal brand will be arranging and administering travel insurance policies for Admiral, elephant.co.uk, Diamond and Bell having already been a key travel insurance provider for Admiral’s insurance aggregator brand Confused.com since 2006.
DISL’s Chief Executive, Christian Young said: “We are delighted to be providing travel insurance quotations and policies for most of the Admiral brands. This is a major step forward for DISL and reinforces its position as a premier league travel insurance specialist.
We share with Admiral a commitment to customer service and have long admired the Admiral Group. Admiral will benefit from DISL’s expertise, customer focus, UK based claims handling and call centre which will complement Admiral’s high standards.”
Simon Kingsnorth, who looks after Admiral Group's non car insurance business said "We are very pleased to be working with DISL who have a strong record of success in the travel insurance market and we look forward to continuing to be able to offer our customers a competitive product and a high level of service with their support."
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For more information, please call Tim Ledeboer at MNC, on 020 7520 6989 or email tim@mnc.uk.com.
Further information on the Drakefield Insurance Services Ltd can be found on their website drakefieldinsurance.co.uk
Editors Notes:
- Drakefield Insurance Services Ltd (DISL) is an experienced operator of established travel insurance websites and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
- DISL specialises in travel insurance distribution via the internet and UK based call centre.
- DISL has expanded considerably in recent years to encompass significant internal financial and management resources.
- DISL work closely with a number of organisations:
- Financial Services Authority
- Financial Services Compensation Scheme
- British Insurance Broker Association (BIBA No. 005340)
- Association of British Travel Agents (associate member)
- Institute of Travel and Tourism
- Travel and Insurance Intermediaries Association
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office ‘Know Before Your Go’