Co-operators General Insurance Company, the largest Canadian-owned private sector property insurer, has extended its data centre outsourcing contract with CGI until 2015. The seven-year contract is valued at approximately US$110 million.

Under the contract, CGI will continue to provide data center services which include help desk support and application hosting services for applications critical to The Co-operators. CGI has served Co-operators General since 1997 and provides a number of services and solutions to several companies within The Co-operators group, including The Sovereign General, l’Union Canadienne, and HB Group Insurance Management Ltd.

“CGI has worked closely with The Co-operators for more than a decade to develop a responsive and flexible relationship to meet our evolving needs,” said Vivien Fong, Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, The Co-operators Group. “ The renewal of this relationship represents a commitment by both organizations to work collaboratively in the spirit of partnership to achieve our mutual objectives.”