Groupama restructures Manchester operations
Groupama has made a series of changes to its Manchester operation as it bids to grow its online business and commercial book.
The insurer has created an e-trading team to support brokers using its Optima Online extranet, a ‘new business’ team has been created to get more development underwriters out on the road, and two fleet teams have been created to handle small fleet business.
Groupama said the reorganisation of the Manchester centre was geared to ensure that the underwriting teams worked very closely with the technical team and key account managers to maximise business opportunities in each region and provide a
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