As part of a long-term strategy to develop into an integrated healthcare service provider, Falck has today sold its Roadside Assistance (RSA) business in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia and Lithuania to Gjensidige Forsikring in Norway. The transaction does not include Falck’s RSA activities in Denmark.
After more than 70 years’ history of operating Roadside Assistance in Norway and Sweden
Today, leading emergency response and healthcare company Falck released its financial results for the second quarter of 2020.
Today, leading emergency response and healthcare company Falck released its financial results for Q3 2019. With improved performance for six consecutive quarters, Falck completes its two-year financial turnaround. The company moves from a state of critical need for turning around its business financially to a phase where stabilising its business and winning new customers take centre stage.
Today, leading emergency response and healthcare company Falck released its financial results for Q2 2019. For the fifth quarter in a row, Falck improves underlying profitability, regaining strength while making up for past conduct.
Today, leading emergency response and healthcare company Falck released its financial results for Q1 2019 and announced a comprehensive self-cleaning programme, Clear.
Lars Vester Pedersen will leave his position as Executive Vice President for Falck Assistance Nordic and as member of the global management of Falck to retire at the end of this year.
Things are going well in Falck Assistance, and the customers will benefit from this with new vehicles which will give faster rides, shorter phone calls and an upgrade of the employees’ skills.
The company continued to restore profitability by reducing complexity, improving efficiency and implementing global operating models. However, reported profitability was significantly impacted by clean-up activities caused by the turnaround.
Last night, Falck Assistance in Norway was awarded a prize for their excellent customer service. The Norwegian ‘Kundeserviceprisen 2018’ was given to Falck for being the number one call centre in the category of roadside assistance, and in the top 10 of all call centres in Norway.
Insurance company Topdanmark prolongs and expands their contract on “Tophjælp” with Falck. From May 1st, Falck will handle Topdanmark’s customers from the second they call until their problems are solved. Going forward, Falck will also handle emergency calls from Topdanmark’s customers and satellite surveillance of expensive vehicles.
Falck Assistance Nordic joins RAC (UK), VHD (The Netherlands) and Europ Assistance (rest of European coverage) in forming ERA, a European-wide alliance of well-established motoring services businesses.
Falck and Verisure today announce that they have entered into transactions to launch a new sales cooperation for monitored alarm services to families and small business owners in Denmark and Norway. As part of the cooperation, Verisure is acquiring Falck’s alarm customer portfolio and certain other operational assets in Denmark and Norway.
For more than a century, Falck has worked with local and national governments to prevent accidents, diseases and emergency situations, to rescue and assist people in emergencies quickly and competently and to rehabilitate people after illness or injury. This has made Falck an international leader in emergency response and healthcare services.
Falck operates in 30 countries and has approximately 27,000 employees.
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