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U.K. INSURER An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual.

An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter.
 ESURE has launched its new advertising campaign and a new brand icon--Mister Mouse. Esure is hoping the blue rodent rodent, member of the mammalian order Rodentia, characterized by front teeth adapted for gnawing and cheek teeth adapted for chewing. The Rodentia is by far the largest mammalian order; nearly half of all mammal species are rodents.  will increase the company's share of the online insurance business in the United Kingdom.

Mister Mister British title for a male surgeon  Mouse, a "stop-motion" character who secretly works inside each computer mouse, is appearing in television, press and poster advertising.

The mouse replaced Death Wish film director Michael Winner as the star of esure's commercials. Winner's line "calm down, dear, it's only a commercial" was a popular advertising slogan Advertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product.  in England.

The 20 million [pounds sterling] ad campaign (about $36 million) is focusing on rebranding esure as an online seller, although the company will continue its phone sales and service.

The Mister Mouse character was created by Sian Vickers and Chris Wilkins Chris Wilkins (born July 31, 1944) was a South African cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler and wicket-keeper.

Wilkins' cricketing career started with Border in 1962, when he represented them for the first time in the season's Currie
, who previously created the red phone icon for another British insurer, DirectLine.

The character was animated by Oregon-based Vinton Studios.

Esure developed the new campaign alter its research revealed people are three times more likely to shop for items online than to buy items using the telephone.
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Title Annotation:BRANDING; advertising of insurance company.
Publication:Best's Review
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:Jul 1, 2005
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