Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £468.3m

Includes gross written premiums less treaty for:
Fortis Insurance £437.4m
Bankers Insurance Company £30.9m

Fortis Insurance

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £468.3m

Includes gross written premiums less treaty for:
Fortis Insurance £437.4m
Bankers Insurance Company £30.9m

Fortis Insurance

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £437.4m
Year established: 2000
Address:
Fortis House
Tollgate
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO53 3YA
Tel: 023 8064 4455
Fax: 023 8064 1146
Email: enquiries@fortisinsurance.co.uk
Website: www.fortisinsurance.co.uk

History: Fortis Insurance came into being in April 2000 with the integration of Bishopsgate Insurance and Northern Star Insurance Company. The company delivers a wide choice of products, total dedication to customer service and an absolute commitment to the intermediary channel.

The company is part of the Fortis group - one of the world's leading financial services groups, comprising well established insurance, banking and investment companies. It has enabled Fortis Insurance to build a flexible organisation which can anticipate and respond quickly to market changes.

Fortis Insurance operates in personal and commercial insurance with wholly-owned service arms; Onecall, 24-hour claims helpline and Assistance International, 24-hour medical emergency service.

Chief officer: Peter Robinson
Biography: Robinson is managing director of Fortis Insurance. Born in 1940, he was educated at Brighton Hove & Sussex Grammar School. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

UK branch offices: Two (Eastleigh, Gloucester)
UK staff: 864
UK general insurance agents: 5,000
UK general insurance `club style' agents: None
Main classes of general insurance business: Private motor, buildings and contents, travel, caravan and camping
Commercial packages: Shopkeepers, homeworkers, manufacturers, distributors, semploy (self employed liability), property owners, office & surgery and commercial choice

Key general insurance personnel:
Alan Sendall, customer service director
Mike Cranston, finance director
Cathie Bruce, sales & marketing director
Roger Lewis, IT service director
Shaun Astley, service director (Gloucester)
Brian Gardiner, household underwriting manager
Phillip Bull, motor underwriting manager
Paul Martin, senior travel underwriter
Ken Smith, commercial underwriting manager


Bankers Insurance Company Now known as Assurant Insurance

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £30.9m
UK head office:
117-119 Whitby Road
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 3DR
Tel: 0870 152 6100

Company history: Assurant Group was created in August 1999 when Fortis acquired American Bankers Insurance Group (ABI) and merged its operations with those of member companies of Fortis-owned American Security Group (ASG), Atlanta, Georgia.

Assurant Group member companies have more than 110 years of combined experience in the speciality insurance industry, operating in the US, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Ireland and the UK.

Main classes of business: Property and casualty insurance.

Notes: American Rel Insurance excluded - reinsurance company
Bankers Life excluded - life company
Northern Star excluded - ceased trading (last return was 1999)