Churchill Insurance launched in 1989 by Martin Long as one of the UK's first direct motor insurers. Today Churchill provides a range of insurance products from Car Insurance to Travel Insurance. An accident resulting in damage to a car. ... Travel insurance is insurance that is intended to cover financial and other losses incurred while travelling, either within ones own country, or internationally. ...

Overview

A UK based company; Churchill Insurance has all its call centres within the UK. However, following Churchill's takeover of Prudential's Insurance arm in 2002, the company earned some unfavourable publicity when it was announced that Martin Long would close several of Prudential's key UK offices (including Cardiff and Nottingham) and move call-centre and administrative operations out to India, causing the loss of 30,000 jobs. “UK” redirects here. ... Prudential plc (LSE: PRU, NYSE: PUK) is a United Kingdom-based financial services company. ...

Churchill Insurance was acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc from Credit Suisse Group for £1.1 billion in June, 2003. This prevented the move of call centres to India as planned the previous year. The Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS)is one of Scotlands four national clearing banks and one of the oldest in the UK, founded in Edinburgh in 1727 by Royal Charter. ... The Credit Suisse Group is the second-largest financial services company in Switzerland, behind longtime rival UBS AG. It was founded in 1856 under the name Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA, Swiss Credit Institution). ...

Churchill Partnership Brands

Churchill Insurance is the underwriter for many other popular insurance brands. The policy is essentially Churchill policies sold for Churchill by other well known high street names. The current Churchill policies being sold under other names are Alliance & Leicester, Help The Aged, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide, Pearl, Prudential and Royal London.

Challenge Churchill

In 2006, Churchill launched a campaign which revolved around the concept of challenge. The people of Britain were asked to challenge Churchill for a cheaper insurance quote.

challengechurchill.com is a website that was created as part of the campaign. The campaign site hosts a virtual driving game, competitions and monthly surveys.

Award winning insurer

The Your Money Awards are short-listed by a panel of Your Money readers. Readers then rate the providers on service and product quality. Churchill has been recognised in this way through the following awards:

Best Motor Insurance Provider 2006 Best Online Motor Insurance Provider 2006 Best Online Travel Insurance Provider 2006 Best Home and Contents Insurance Provider 2005 Best Online Home and Contents Insurance Provider 2004

In addition to the Your Money Awards, Churchill was voted Travel Insurer of the Year 2005 in the International Travel Insurance Journal Awards and Customer Service Complaints Team of the Year in The National Customer Service Awards.

Investors in People

Churchill holds the nationally recognised "Investors in People" Standard. “Investors in People” is the national Standard which sets out a level of good practice for training and development of people to achieve business goals. Investors in People is a voluntary assessment scheme backed by the UK Department for Education and Skills. ...

The brand

The "Bulldog" was first used in Churchill's advertising in 1994. Less than 2 years later, the Nodding Dog brand was born. The star of his own TV ads, Churchill the computer-animated nodding bulldog plays a big role in all of Churchill’s advertising and is now synonymous with the brand name; his catchphrase, in response to those who ask if he can save them money on insurance, is a rather skin grating "Ohh yes!". Adverts frequently feature idiotic individuals who appear to be easily duped by the dogs moronic assertions. He was originally voiced by Bob Mortimer, responding to voice-overs by Mortimer's comedy partner Vic Reeves. Nodding dogs modelled after him are available from the Churchill website, although they are reported to be dangerous to children. For other uses, see Bulldog (disambiguation). ... Robert Bob Renwick Mortimer (born May 23, 1959 in Middlesbrough, England), is an English comedian and actor who is best known for his double act with Vic Reeves (see Vic and Bob). ... James Jim Roderick Moir, more commonly known by the pseudonym Vic Reeves, (born January 24, 1959) is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer (see Vic and Bob). ...

Churchill.com

Churchill.com holds policy information about all Churchill products and gets hundreds of thousands of hits each month from customers looking for a cheaper quote.

Churchill offers online discounts on car insurance, home insurance, travel insurance, pet insurance, van insurance and breakdown cover.

In addition to its insurance line, Churchill also offers a route planning and online mapping service to help you find your way across Europe. Their online attractions locator can identify local attractions.

Churchill In Sport

In the early 1990s Churchill sponsored the World Bowls Championship.

From 2000 to 2006 Churchill were the main club sponsor for Crystal Palace FC. They were replaced at the end of the 2005-2006 season by GAC Logistics. Crystal Palace Football Club is a football club based in London and playing in the Coca-Cola Football League Championship, the second level of English football. ... GAC Logistics is a logistics company from the Middle East. ...

External links

• churchill.com
• challengechurchill.com