Diligenta

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North West (England); Merseyside; Liverpool
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Financial / Insurance/ Estate
65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
New offshoring locations
India
140 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
26 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

Outsourcing agency Diligenta has announced that it is to cut 140 at its Liverpool office. 

The company plans to offshore the administration of life and pension policies to Kolkata in India. 74 jobs have already been lost at the site. A further 40 will be lost this year, and another 100 jobs will go in 2013. The company has stated that it will not make any compulsory redundancies.

Sources

  • 26 September 2012: Insidermedia

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Diligenta, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74313, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74313.