Benfield Greig merged with EW Blanch, the parent company of Blanch Crawley Warren, on April 16, 2001.
Fee and commission income (1999): £92.1m
Pre-tax profit (1999): £16.1m
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Benfield Greig merged with EW Blanch, the parent company of Blanch Crawley Warren, on April 16, 2001.
Fee and commission income (1999): £92.1m
Pre-tax profit (1999): £16.1m
Head office:
55 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 3BD
Tel: 020 7578 7000
Fax: 020 7578 7001
Website:
Chief officer: Grahame Chilton
Biography: Grahame Chilton has been chief executive of Benfield Greig Group since its formation as a result of the merger of the Benfield Group and Greig Fester in November 1997. Chilton is also the chairman of the group's reinsurance broking subsidiary, Benfield Greig. Before the merger, he was chief executive of The Benfield Group and deputy chairman of Benfield Ellinger, its broking arm. He is also chairman of Benfield Sports International, the sports promotion consultancy. He began his career with CT Bowring.
Main lines of business: Reinsurance: global property/casualty, catastrophe, retro, marine, aerospace, credit, financial institutions. Financial and risk modelling, ART, corporate finance and risk analysis.
Company history: Benfield Greig Group (BGG) was formed as a result of the merger of Benfield and Greig Fester in 1997. On April 16, 2001, the company merged with EW Blanch. It will retain the name Benfield Greig and will be known as Benfield Blanch in the US.
