PZU enters the Assistance market

"We have begun the research stage and expect that in two months we will  present a business plan to the management board" said Tomasz Domagalski, who is coordinating the work on this project. The new company will not deal with insurance, but it will provide typical assistance services (e.g. towing cars from the scene of an accident). PZU Assistance will operate only in Poland and it is expected to open in the middle of next year. The new company will have a lot to do, since from the beginning of this year, PZU has been adding free assistance insurance to its car insurance policies. There already has been a positive effect, as the number of  insurance polices sold increased by 1.4 million. The opening of PZU Assistance will threaten the position of PZM Autotour, which untill now has been a partner responsible for such services. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) M.M.