RSA boosts business travel offering with two new partners

RSA has formed a strategic alliance with medical and security assistance specialists, FirstAssist and Drum Cussac, to further enhance its solution for Group Personal Accident and Business Travel insurance.

The new collaboration will provide customers with information and expert support prior to travelling to enable them to minimise their exposure to medical and security risks.  Using the three partners’ global networks, practical support will be available wherever it’s needed in the world.

The new Personal Accident and Business Travel Policy includes:

From FirstAssist

•    Pre Travel Medical Advice
•    Emergency Medical Assistance
•    Travellers Helpline
•    Identity Theft Helpline
•    Essential Information Storage
•    Bereavement Advice
•    State Benefit Advice
•    Counselling

From Drum Cussac

•    Travel Security Advice and Information Services
•    Emergency Security Assistance for
•    Non Medical Evacuation from any cause outside of your control
•     Hijack Kidnap and Detention
•    Security Specialist Expenses

Toni LePine, Personal Accident Manager for RSA, said, “In the current climate of heightened security risks and dangers there is a greater need for support for the business traveller. Employers also have a greater duty of care to protect their employees when they travel on business, especially to areas of known risk.

“If the unthinkable happens, our new partnership with FirstAssist and Drum Cussac will mean we are there every step of the way navigating our customers through the uncertainty.”

Media enquiries:
Hannah Green
RSA
Tel: 020 7337 5625
Email: hannah.green@uk.rsagroup.com

Notes to Editors:

About RSA

With an almost 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups.  It has the capability to write business in over 130 countries and with major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, Asia and the Middle East and Latin America.  Focusing on general insurance, it has around 22,000 employees and, in 2008, its net written premiums were £6.5bn.  

Within the UK, RSA is the largest commercial lines insurer, covering the insurance and risk management needs of a significant number of FTSE 100 companies. It has a full multi-distribution capability, writing business through brokers and corporate partners, direct and online. RSA is also one of the UK’s top three personal motor and household insurers.

In December 2006 RSA became the first insurer in the UK to be carbon neutral. The company has cut its carbon footprint by half since 2000 and has offset the remainder by purchasing voluntary carbon reductions.

About First Assist

FirstAssist Services Limited is a leading provider of business services, with core products including International Assistance, Employee Assistance Programmes, Absence Management Solutions, Rehabilitation, and Occupational Health, counselling, legal advice and a range of round-the-clock telephone advice, information and support services.

FirstAssist’s multi-lingual international assistance team of medical
professionals and case managers provide 24/7 Emergency
medical assistance worldwide:

•    Immediate assessment of emergencies
•    Evacuation to a place of safety
•    Co-ordination of treatment with local medical teams
•    Medical advice and practical help
•    Communication with business colleagues and family
•    Repatriation
•    Payment of medical and other costs

About Drum Cussac

Drum Cussac is a specialist risk consultancy with offices on four continents. It provides advice and solutions that enable its customers to manage and mitigate their business risks. Drum Cussac is recognised for its specialist expertise, innovative intelligence and track record where its services and solutions deliver security improvements to business operations worldwide.

Drum Cussac fully understands that the most critical component of any business is its people. The requirement to monitor local conditions and political developments that could pose potential risks to travelling employees should not be underestimated.

Drum Cussac offers a range of services to meet the spectrum of travel and personal security challenges, ensuring staff are well prepared, have 24 hour access to security advice when travelling and an emergency response capability in the event of a crisis.

 Further press coverage can be found at:

http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1531794/rsa-aligns-business-travel-specialists

Drum Cussac Contact: Paul Evans, Email: pre@drum-cussac.com

Direct Dial :+44 1202 853111