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In October 1999, motorcycle insurance broker Devitt Insurance was acquired. The company also launched its first e commerce facility, enabling online car and home insurance quotes. In 2000, it acquired the Churchill.com domain name for online activity, and acquired NIG in February 2000, after announcing their intentions to acquire it in December ...
The group owns a number of general insurance brands operating within the United Kingdom, including Direct Line, Direct Line for Business, Churchill, Privilege, Darwin and Green Flag. Direct Line is a company that specialises in selling insurance and other financial services, sold directly to consumers by telephone and the internet.
In August 1995 Churchill launched its first website and a credit card. It also became the first UK insurer to offer motor insurance estimates via interactive media kiosks. In the same year, Churchill set up the Accident Repair Centre. [4]
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Churchill acquired Devitt Insurance Services in 1999. [3] In 2003, Royal Bank of Scotland bought Churchill group, including Devitt, for £1.1 billion. [4] Keep Britain Biking (KBB) is an online biking community site launched in 2010 and sponsored by Devitt Insurance.
Together with Peter Wood, he founded Direct Line in 1985, the first telephone-only insurance company in the UK. [2] Four years later, Long broke away to form Churchill , a company he would manage himself until its purchase by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2003, [ 3 ] a deal that is said to have earned Long £50 million. [ 2 ]
Tripadvisor, Inc. is an American company that operates online travel agencies, comparison shopping websites, and mobile apps with user-generated content. [1]Its namesake brand, Tripadvisor.com, operates in 40 countries and 20 languages, and features approximately 1 billion reviews and opinions on roughly 8 million establishments. [1]