Northern Ireland is making a new push for U.S. companies to outsource more high-level technical insurance jobs to that country.

At a ceremony this week marking the opening of its New York City office, Invest Northern Ireland officials trumpeted the area as one with the kind of educated and available workforce financial service companies are looking for today.

Allstate, Northbrook, Illinois and Liberty Mutual, Boston, are among the companies that have set up software development centers in Belfast and together employ nearly 1,300 workers, said INI senior vice president John Haran.

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