Insurance group Allianz has announced the creation of 50 new jobs in its Worldwide Care health insurance division.

The jobs will be based in Dublin and bring to 150 the number of new jobs created in Ireland by the company over the last 12 months.

The new positions will be in customer service, IT, nurse advisors, finance, marketing and claims. Some of the positions will require fluency in either French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch or Arabic.

Worldwide Care specialises in international health insurance for employees, individuals and their dependents, wherever they are in the world.

Ron Buchan, CEO of Allianz Worldwide Care said the company achieved a client retention rate of at least 96 though flexible products and high quality staff.

Information about these vacancies is available from the Allianz Worldwide Care website allianzworldwidecare.com