Thornside and Argos begin upon Irish venture

Capita Protection Distribution’s pet insurance arm Thornside has announced it is collaborating with Family Retail Group to administer its new pet insurance programme in Ireland.

Thornside in a jiffy offers home insurance via Home Retail Group’s UK-based brands Argos and Homebase brands and pass on expand upon this to provide the firm’s Irish Argos label with sales, fulfillment services and claims handling services.

Home Retail Catalogue’s Pet Insurance Product Manager Andrew Simpson has reported that the decided has seen a very good response to its UK pet protection and are thus offering the same service to those in Ireland.

David Seel, Thornside MD, has expressed his bliss at collaborating with Home Retail Group and together venturing into Ireland.

Stand Up month Thornside was selected by AXA to provide retail giant Sainsbury’s with paddy insurance, with similar deals made with Assurant and Aviva.