From 1 June 2004, five CU Poland group companies will be operating from their new base – the Crown Point modern office building located at 70 Prosta Street in Warsaw.
From 1 June 2004, five CU Poland group companies will be operating from their new base – the Crown Point modern office building located at 70 Prosta Street in Warsaw.
The move of headquarters and consolidation of office space allows not only a reduction in rental costs, but also increases efficiency of internal communication. The sixth company of the Group, CU General Insurance Company, will start operating from the new base on 1 July. Until then, the company will operate from its current base in the Atrium Plaza, al. Jana Pawůa II 29 in Warsaw.
The CU Group has rented approximately 7,500 square meters, that is 70%, of the Crown Point office building space. Ghelamco Poland Sp zo o the developer of the building has been operating in Poland since 1991, having completed several modern office buildings in Warsaw.
"We undertook the decision to move offices because of the rental cost reduction and also in order to increase the efficiency of internal communication. In the new place we will be better able to coordinate the work of the Group, which will benefit the customers," said Zbigniew Andrzejewski, chief executive, CU Poland group.
From 1 June, the following 5 CU group companies will operate from the new address:
- Commercial Union Poland Life Insurance Company
- Commercial Union Pension Fund Company
- Commercial Union Investment Management (Poland)
- Commercial Union Unit Trusts Company
- Distribution company Commercial Union Poland
From 1 July 2004, Commercial Union Poland General Insurance Company will start operating from the new base.
New postal address: 70 Prosta St, 00-838 Warsaw, Poland
The telephone and fax numbers and employee e-mail addresses of the CU companies remain unchanged. Also the CU group call centre number remains the same: 0-801 888 444. The call centre operates on working days between 7.30 a.m. and 8 p.m. and provides services to CU group customers as well as information to potential customers. Via the call centre, one can also contact a CU insurance agent. The call centre receives on average 70-80 thousand calls per month..
The CU Group serves over 3 million customers and manages assets exceeding 22bn PLN (Ł3.2bn). CU has operated since 1992. It is a leader in the individual life insurance and pension funds market.
For further information please contact:
Grazyna Goslings, director of corporate communication of CU Polska Group, tel (22) 557 40 93, fax (22) 557 40 26, e-mail: bohdan_bialorucki@cu.com.pl. Additional information on Commercial Union Polska Group can also be found at http://www.cu.com.pl