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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Insurance, Reinsurance And Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security 65 - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 July 2015
Employment effect (start)
3 July 2015
Foreseen end date
3 July 2017
Description
Blue Insurance is to triple its workforce in Dublin over the next two years, by adding 100 jobs to its operation. The positions to be filled will be in customer service, IT, junior management and administrative functions. The company operates a number of different types of insurance, including travel, and does business in the UK and Australia. The company was set up in Dublin in 2003. The jobs expansion over the next two years will bring its total workforce to 145.
Sources
3 July 2015: RTE
3 July 2015: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Blue Insurance, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 83906, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83906.
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