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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.2 - Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 August 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Storebrand Baltic, a Norwegian company engaged in insurance and pension funding, intends to create 150 jobs at its service centre in Vilnius. Storebrand Baltic belongs to Storebrand Group which has a wide network of offices in Norway and Sweden.
Storebrand Group is one of the Nordic region's leading providers of life insurance and pensions, and offers a comprehensive range of products to retail customers, corporate customers, municipalities and the public sector. At present, the Storebrand group employs around 2,206 employees.
Sources
1 August 2011: Verslo zinios
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Storebrand Baltic, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 72253, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72253.
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