23. Allchurches

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £206.6m

Includes gross written premiums for:
Ecclesiastical Insurance Office £197.2m
Ansvar Insurance £8.9m
URC Insurance Company £0.5m

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £197.2m
Year established: 1887
Address:
Beaufort House
Brunswick Road
Gloucester
GL1 1JZ
Tel: 01452 528533
Fax: 01452 423557
Email: marketing@eigmail.com

History: Ecclesiastical Buildings Fire Office was founded more than a century ago to meet the needs of the Anglican Church. It has grown to offer a comprehensive range of general insurance products and financial services as Ecclesiastical Insurance Office.

Today it is a leading insurer of schools, charities and care homes, as well as churches. Increasingly Ecclesiastical is extending its activities into other areas, particularly commercial insurances of all types and household. A specialist schemes department writes a significant amount of intermediary schemes business across a wide range of business classes. Ecclesiastical is well known for its range of household and motor products, as well as wedding and travel insurance. Schemes for almost all types of personal, commercial and industrial property are also available. Ecclesiastical operates both nationally and internationally and is active in the field of reinsurance.

Chief officer: Graham Doswell
Biography: Doswell joined the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group in 1984 and was appointed to the board in July 1995. He became chief executive in November 1997. His other directorships include the Baptist Insurance Company, Methodist Insurance and the URC Insurance Company. He is chairman of Gerling Global London Market (formerly Wright Underwriting Group) and a member of the board of the Association of British Insurers.

UK branch offices: 10
UK staff: 935
UK general insurance agents: 3,550
UK general insurance `club style' agents: 130
Main classes of general insurance business: Commercial 65.6%, motor 16.2%, household 18.2%

Key general insurance personnel:
Ken Burdett, general manager UKGB Division
Chris Lees, chief underwriting manager
Joe Gray, intermediary operations manager
Paul Bloxham, technical underwriting manager
Hazel White, intermediary schemes manager
Nick Hatch, intermediary services manager

Ansvar Insurance

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £8.9m
Address:
Ansvar House,
St. Leonards Road,
Eastbourne,
East Sussex
BN21 3UR
Tel: 01323 737541
Fax: 01323 644082
Website: www.ansvar.co.uk

History: Set up in 1932, Ansvar is an ethical general insurance company aiming to provide optimum support to insurance intermediaries that serve the insurance needs of individuals and organisations in the non-profit sector which encompasses churches, connected organisations, charities and other voluntary groups.

Main lines of business: Insurance for charities and churches.