Aviva Australia, the world’s fifth largest insurance provider, officially launched their new office in Cairns today.
Aviva Australia, the world's fifth largest insurance provider, officially launched their new office in Cairns today.
Aviva's Dermot Lindsay, state manager for Queensland said that the new office was an exciting development for Aviva.
"Our Cairns office reflects our continued growth in the Australian market. It's an exciting new development that will cement our presence in Cairns and establish strong relationships with local advisers throughout North Queensland."
The Cairns office will be led by Matthew Carless as Senior Business Development Manager who as a local with over eight years experience in financial services brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the region.
"The Cairns office will provide support, knowledge and experience to local advisers in the North Queensland region. Advisers will also receive further ongoing support from a dedicated team of specialised underwriters based in the state.
"Aviva already has strong support throughout Queensland but we are increasing our on the ground presence in the region as we recognize the great potential and progress occurring in North Queensland," said Mr Carless.
Over the coming weeks, Aviva Australia will be also opening up an additional new office in Hobart.
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About Aviva
We are the Australian face of the global Aviva group - a world leader in financial services.
Aviva is the world's fifth-largest insurance group and the largest insurance services provider in the United Kingdom. We are the leading provider of life and pension products in Europe and are actively growing our long-term savings businesses in Asian markets, the USA and Australia.
We have premium income and investment sales of $103.35 billion and $764.66 billion of assets under management. Our 59,000 employees serve over 40 million customers.
Aviva has over 150 years of continuous operation in Australia, where our main activities are life insurance, investments and superannuation.
Aviva's consistent record of innovation in the financial planning market dates back to the early 1990s when its Navigator technology and platform first allowed a range of investments to be consolidated into one portfolio. Today, Aviva continues to lead the industry with award-winning wealth creation and wealth protection products.
Together with Portfolio Partners, a funds management company which is also part of the Aviva group, we manage or administer more than $27 billion in funds for more than 300,000 customers.
*Figures quoted are at 31 December 2007 and in Australian dollars.
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