Laya Healthcare

Type
Business expansion
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Southern; South-West
Location of affected unit(s)
Cork
Sector
Financial / Insurance/ Estate
65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
65.1 - Insurance
65.1 - Insurance
100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
14 May 2013
Foreseen end date
13 May 2016

Description

Laya Healthcare, a private health insurance firm that which took over the business of Quinn Healthcare, has announced 100 new posts over the course of the next three years. Laya emerged after a management buy-out of the former Quinn Healthcare at the end of 2012.

Laya already employs 340 staff in Cork, and proposes to expand its share of the health insurance market, and also offer new insurance products. The 100 new jobs will be in sales, customer service and claims.

Sources

  • 14 May 2013: RTE

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Laya Healthcare, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 75546, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75546.