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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Insurance, Reinsurance And Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security 65.1 - Insurance
230 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 May 2024
Employment effect (start)
13 May 2024
Foreseen end date
31 May 2027
Description
South African based insurance company OUTsurance is to create 230 jobs in Ireland over the next three years as it enters the insurance market in Ireland.
The company currently employs approximately 70 people in Ireland, at its head office in Cherrywood in Dublin and the new roles will bring the head count to 300 by 2026.
The OUTsurance Group employs more than 7,000 people globally and currently operates in South Africa and Australia.
It has now chosen Ireland as its third market.
Eurofound (2024), OUTsurance, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201344, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201344.
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