Poland: Aviva and BGŻ Bank start a strategic cooperation
Aviva and BGŻ Bank have signed a new long-term contract on cooperation in bancassurance.
The agreement stipulates that Aviva will provide the customers of BGŻ Bank with life and property insurances for individuals and small and medium companies.
The customers of BGŻ Bank will receive tailored Aviva insurances packaged with other bank products or offered separately. A broad range of services will cater for various needs of insurance customers. Not only will they benefit from a coherent model of customer service but also from competitive prices of insurance offers.
Aviva insurances will be available in over 360 branches of BGŻ Bank, through online banking (eBGŻ) and on the phone (TeleBGŻ).
Our European and Polish experience proves that the long-standing model of cooperation between a bank and insurance company is very profitable for our customers and both partners alike. The cooperation with BGŻ Bank – an experienced and professional partner – is another step in our strategy of the development of bancassurance services provided by our group, says Jacek Koronkiewicz, a member of the board of the Aviva Group in Poland, responsible for bancassurance.
Aviva is the biggest provider of bancassurance in the European market – it cooperates with 46 banks which together create a network of 21,000 branches.
BGŻ Bank aims at providing its customers with a wide array of financial services. We hope that the services provided by our bank, now extended with insurance products of Aviva, a bancassurance leader in the European market, will increase our competitiveness and contribute to further strengthening of our position in the market, says Witold Okarma, Vice-President of the Board of BGŻ Bank. Our cooperation with an experienced insurance partner is essential for the quality of our products and customer service, adds Okarma.
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For more information please contact:
Aleksandra Myczkowska, spokeswoman of BGŻ Bank
Telephone: +48 22 860 43 40
Bohdan Białorucki, spokesman of Aviva Poland
Telephone: +48 22 557 43 41 / +48 501 781 140
Notes to editors:
About Aviva
Aviva is the world's sixth largest insurance group and a leader in the British market. It operates in 28 countries in Europe, North America and Asia providing its services to 53 million customers. With annual income amounting to £50 billion, it has £380 billion of funds under management.
About Aviva Poland
In Poland Aviva has been present since 1992 (until May 2009 as Commercial Union). It is a leading provider of modern life insurances and one of the two leaders in the pension market. Its offer includes investment products, property insurance for individual and business customers, group life insurances and employee pension schemes. It provides services to 3.5 million customers and has PLN65 billion of funds under management. Additional information: www.aviva.pl, www.avivainvestors.pl, www.aviva.com.
BGŻ Bank
BGŻ Bank is a universal commercial bank. It specialises in funding agricultural and food sectors as well as regional infrastructure. Supporting the development of local communities is the bank's competitive advantage. By promoting cooperation with its community customers, the bank becomes their trusted and reliant partner.
The strategic aim of BGŻ Bank is strengthening of its leading position in the agricultural and food sectors, dynamic development of its branches as well as widening the array of product offers. The bank has over 360 branches and 3,500 free ATMs in Poland. BGŻ Bank provides its customers with modern and convenient bank solutions. Additional information available at www.bgz.pl.