Thornside recently announced it had been appointed by AXA to provide and administer Sainsbury’s pet insurance.
Thornside is the third party administrator for AXA, which provides Sainsbury’s pet insurance and is handling the sales, fulfilment and claims handling for its pet insurance products. Sainsbury’s Finance offers pet owners two different cover options via www.sainsburyspetinsurance.co.uk or by calling 0800 434 6359, from which they can choose to protect themselves and their pets against costs associated with vet fees, theft/straying, third party liability, overseas travel, death and locating pet minders.
Gary Stott, managing director, corporate partnerships at AXA commented: “We have been working with Thornside over the last few months to establish an end to end process and streamline our pet insurance offering. We look forward to significantly growing the pet insurance business and maintaining Sainsbury’s position as a major player in this market.”
David Seel, managing director of Thornside, commented: “We have worked to provide a seamless transition of service for Sainsbury’s Finance and look forward to developing bespoke pet insurance products in the future which will further meet their customers’ needs.”
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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, 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, Liverpool Victoria and Admiral. Further information can be found at www.capitainsuranceservices.co.uk
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 through its Petwise product; including schemes for Home Retail Group, Halifax Bank, esure, Sainsbury’s, RSPCA, Greenbee, AA, Asda and Debenhams. Further information can be found at www.petwise-insurance.co.uk
The Capita Group Plc is the UK’s leading provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions. With 36,800 people at more than 250 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 2009 of £2,687 million. Further information on The Capita Group Plc can be found at: www.capita.co.uk
Sainsbury’s was the first major British supermarket to open a bank, commencing trading in February 1997. Benefiting from a fantastic, trusted brand that enables us to combine the shopping experience with personal finance, Sainsbury’s Finance provides a range of quality products including insurances, credit cards, savings and loans. Our proposition is to make shopping more rewarding by offering customers great products at fair prices, while consistently rewarding shoppers for their loyalty and being easy to do business with at all times. Our products consistently top Best Buy tables and regularly win awards for quality, price and service.
Sainsbury’s Finance recent awards include Best Online Credit Card Provider / Best Direct Home Insurance Provider, Your Money 2009
Sainsbury's Finance is a joint venture between J.Sainsbury plc and Lloyds Banking Group.
For further information and general Sainsbury’s Finance enquiries customers can call the freephone number on 0500 405 060 or visit www.sainsburysfinance.co.uk