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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.22 - Activities of insurance agents and brokers
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
15 March 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
The French insurance agency and broker company Verlingue has announced it will recruit 100 employees in 2017 for its 13 sites in France. The company achieved a turnover of €115 million in 2015. The company wants to digitalise its services and be ready to compete on the market. of platforms by launching two platforms: one for financial services and one for real estate services. The profiles being sought include experts in big data and data analysis.
Verlingue created 100 jobs in 2012, and 100 in 2016 as reported in the ERM. It employs 800 people including 50 in the UK.
Sources
15 March 2017: Ouest-France
15 March 2017: Le Télégramme de Brest
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Verlingue, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90569, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90569.
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