Ford Credit France, a Ford finance company, has announced the renewal of its trust in Eurofil, a subsidiary of Aviva, the sixth largest insurer in the world, for a period of five years, within the framework of its Ford Assurance Automobile programme.
Ford Credit France, a Ford finance company, has announced the renewal of its trust in Eurofil, a subsidiary of Aviva, the sixth largest insurer in the world, for a period of five years, within the framework of its Ford Assurance Automobile programme1. This insurance will be at the disposal of individual clients, cottage industries or small-medium businesses as well as the new and used vehicles sold by Ford dealers and agents.
Ford launched its automobile insurance offer over 10 years ago. Since 2006, Eurofil and Ford Credit have been partners to offer Ford Assurance Automobile to their clients, with a portfolio that now boasts more than 15,000 clients.
The car insurance contracts of Ford Assurance Automobile are designed to respond as well as possible to the specific needs of each client, at very competitive rates. One of their particular features is to systematically offer to repair the vehicle within the Ford network, so as to benefit from the skills of this network, original parts and a three-year guarantee on these repairs. Better still, in the case of a repair in the Ford network, the excess is reduced by half.
There are currently almost 8% of individual clients who subscribe to the insurance product of the manufacturer. Thanks to a 95% rate of return in the case of accident in its network, after damage, Ford Assurance Automobile represents a strategic stake on the subject of customer satisfaction and their loyalty to the brand’s dealers and agents.
Jean-Philippe Boghen, director general of Ford Crédit France, declared: “Since 2005, we have wished to build a solid and evolutionary partnership with Eurofil, which places Ford dealers at the heart of the relationship with our clients for the services associated with car insurance. With the strength of this experience behind us.
"I am confident in the know-how of the Eurofil teams to continue to offer us a competitive insurance product with a level of service quality that will allow Ford Assurance Automobile to continue to progress over the years to come and take an active part in enhancing the product and services portfolio of Ford”.
Caspar van Haaften, director of banking insurance and partnerships of Aviva France, added: “We are celebrating this renewed trust in us on the part of Ford Crédit. Eurofil benefits from 10 years of experience on the subject of partnership with car manufacturers or their financial captive. Our company is also recognised for its competitive edge and know-how on the subject of service quality. Finally, Aviva, the parent company of Eurofil, benefits from more than 180 years of experience in insurance”.
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Contacts:
Fabrice Devanlay
Telephone: +33 1 61 01 63 47
Email: fdevanla@ford.com
Dominique Eluau
Telephone: +33 1 76 62 67 19
Email: dominique_eluau@aviva.fr
Notes to editors:
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, one of the major car manufacturers in the world based in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, manufactures or distributes automobiles over six continents. With almost 166,000 employees and 70 factories in the world, the company brings together the automobile brands of Ford and Lincoln. It also provides financial services by the intermediary of Ford Motor Credit Company.
For further information on Ford products, go to the website www.fordmotorcompany.com.
Ford Crédit, a brand of FCE Bank plc, trades a portfolio of financial products and services for Ford dealers and clients. FCE Bank, subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company, exclusively distributes its products at the manufacturer’s accredited sale points.
About Aviva
Aviva is the sixth largest insurer in the world* with more than 53 million clients spread over Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific zone. The major sectors of the Aviva group are life insurance and long-term savings, assets management and damage insurance, with a total turnover of €55.4 billion and €468 billion of assets under management on 31 December 2010. Aviva is the most important insurer in the United Kingdom and one of the major life and retirement savings insurers in Europe.
With more than 180 years of experience in France, Aviva is positioned among the top 10 insurance market players. Aviva France offers a full range of products to three million clients, individuals, and small and medium businesses. Aviva directly employs more than 4,700 collaborators. On 31 December 2010, it recorded a consolidated turnover of €7 billion and an operating profit in IFRS accounting base of €424 million. The company had €80 billion of assets under management on 31 December 2010.
* on the basis of gross world premiums issued on 31 December 2009.
1 Ford Assurance Automobile is a vehicle insurance programme proposed by FCE Bank plc, the insurance contracts of which are subscribed by the intermediary of the brokerage company Aviva Solutions (ORIAS no. 070331709), either with Eurofil or with other insurance companies.