The online insurance company Ineas has made two additions to its management team - Marianne Oomens and Manny Soar. Marianne Oomens has been appointed Managing Director as from 1 January 2000, while Manny Soar took up the post of Chief Financial Officer on 1 November 1999.
Marianne Oomens
Marianne Oomens (43) studied law at the
University in Leiden and, after graduating, went on to carry out various
support functions in the insurance industry. Since 1990, she has performed
various management functions, such as Director/Secretary General of the
Dutch Association of Fire Insurers, Director of the Insurers’ Institute
for Loss Prevention, Director of the Association of Insurers and, in the
period 1996 to 1999, Director of Marketing and Communications at UAP-Nieuw
Rotterdam Verzekeringen (now AXA). Marianne Oomens has spent the last year
as Senior Consultant / Head of the Finance advisory group at Bikker
Communicatie in Rotterdam. From 1 January 2000, she will be combining
her broad management experience and strategic insight in her new job as
Managing Director of Ineas Insurance Company N.V.
Manny Soar
Manny Soar (33) comes from London, where he worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a consultant in the Information, Communication and Entertainment group, his area of specialisation being finance and technology. Before that he had held various posts in the area of financial management and business analysis. At the Campbell Soup Company in the UK he was responsible for the financial results of a business unit. In 1992 he was Financial Manager of an international public relations start up Interscience Communications, for which he set up the London and European operations. Prior to that, he was an auditor with KPMG in London, with several finance sector clients. Soar qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Cambridge.
Ineas Insurance Company N.V. is a trend-setting, international property and casualty insurer and the first insurance company in Europe set up specifically to make use of the interactive possibilities that the Internet offers. Ineas makes it possible for Internet users to arrange policies themselves interactively, in a simple, straightforward manner. Users can manage their policies on the Ineas site and, in the event of a claim, follow its progress online. Ineas offers a service which combines efficiency, quality and a competitive price level. The products on offer include buildings and contents insurance, motor insurance and personal liability insurance. Ineas also offers a personalised service to support the decision-making process by providing comprehensive information on personal risk management via the Primes® site. The address of Ineas’s Dutch site is www.ineas.nl. Ineas will shortly be going online in Germany and Belgium too.
Amsterdam, 22 November 1999
