Suncorp announced they are offshoring another 71 roles across personal and commercial insurance.

Indian based offshoring specialist firm World Network Services (WNS) will be taking on the impacted roles in policy, admin, distribution and finance; with job losses expected across NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Suncorp have advised that some current work sites will be scaled back or closed down in mid 2012 in line with this offshoring process.

The FSU has put forward principles and protocols to minimise the harsh impacts of offshoring on Australian staff, Suncorp are currently reviewing these guidelines and cannot confirm in the current case whether staff will be expected to train their WNS replacements.

The FSU is working hard with our members across the finance and insurance industry to lobby state and federal politicians and create community awareness around this offshoring issue. Suncorp is highly profitable and has gained from the extensive knowledge and hard work of Australian staff, who should not be expendable in Patrick Snowballs' pursuit of cost reductions.

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