ACCIDENTCARE GROUP PLC
Strategic alliance with Europ Assistance to provide motor breakdown service


Customer service solutions provider Accidentcare Group PLC today announces a three year strategic alliance with Europ Assistance, the largest breakdown insurer on the Continent.

Under the agreement, Accidentcare Group PLC will launch its own-branded motor breakdown service in January 2001 for Britain's 26 million drivers.

Called Motor Breakdown Plus, the new product will be sold through affinity groups, such as motoring and sports clubs for £69.99.

Membership benefits include:

Roadside Assistance - Call out an dup to 1 hour's labour
Home Service - Call out and up to 1 hour's labour
Message Relay - Up to two telephone messages to family, friends and business associates
Vehicle Recovery - Transportation of vehicle and passengers to nearest local repairer or any UK destination if not repairable the same day
Car Hire - up to three days if vehicle cannot be repaired within one day
UK Accident Hospitalisation - if a driver is hospitalised, he/she is covered for transport costs p to £250 for a family member to visit, up to £200 per person for two nights' Bed & Breakfast accommodation near hospital and pay all medical transfer costs to driver's home or local hospital

Continental Motor Cover - includes cover prior to departure, roadside assistance, replacement parts, break-in, vehicle out of use, alternative driver, repatriation and customs regulations.

Graham Deacon, Europ Assistance Head of Marketing, commented:

"Accidentcare's commitment to providing excellent customer service is well-documented. And in today's competitive marketplace with consumers faced with a plethora of different products, customer service is the key differentiator."

20 December 2000

Enquiries:
Accidentcare Group PLC
Tel: 020 8200 9999
Sachel Singh, Chief Executive

College Hill
Tel: 020 7457 2020

Nicholas Nelson/Michael Padley

 

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