Germany is leading Europe in the take-up of our IP VPN offering and the insurance sector in particular is demonstrating its commitment to faster, smoother and more cost efficient communications, Koen Bertoen, Managing Director of KPNQwest Germany. We are delighted that it is the masters of risk management such as DBV Winterthur who will be first in the queue to reap the rewards of IP VPN solutions. The full roll-out of the IP VPN is now under way, managed by DBV Winterthur itself, with network management control delivered via Webmask software built into their system architecture. Several hundred tied agents already use the service and by the end of the year the company s full 1000-strong workforce will be online. In addition all tied agents can now access the Internet via the company s dedicated Internet connection.
Agents simply connect to company headquarters.
The solution delivers increased pricing flexibility, sales staff support, the protection of confidential information and real-time revenue tracking. About DBV Winterthur DBV-Winterthur Insurance is the largest foreign unit of Winterthur, a globally operating corporation. Germany is Winterthur's most important market after Switzerland. Through the merger between Winterthur Group and Credit Suisse, DBV-Winterthur Insurance in Germany has also become part of Credit Suisse Group, a globally operating financial corporation. DBV-Winterthur Insurance's wide range of products is aimed at all sections of the population, and its products are distributed to the customers via all the usual distribution channels for insurance products.