Profiles
28. RFIB GROUP
STAPLE HALL
STONE HOUSE COURT
87-90 HOUNDSDITCH
LONDON EC3A 7NP
TEL: 020 7621 1263
FAX: 020 7623 6175
WEBSITE: WWW.RFIB.CO.UK + WWW.RFIB.CO.UK
FEE AND COMMISSION INCOME (2004): £23.4m
PRE-TAX PROFIT: N/A
NUMBER OF UK BRANCHES: 2
NUMBER OF UK EMPLOYEE: 241
CHIEF OFFICER: PATRICK HOLCROFT
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1980
HISTORY
RFIB is a specialist international insurance and reinsurance broker.
Approximately three quarters of its activity is wholesale or reinsurance, and the remaining quarter retail. Its clients consist of a range of international companies, insurance and reinsurance groups, as well as a number of Lloyd's syndicates. RFIB also acts as wholesale broker and consultant to direct and reinsurance brokers worldwide.
RFIB formally changed its name from Robert Fleming Insurance Brokers to RFIB Group on 31March 2004. RFIB has a large geographical spread, covering areas such as North America, Japan, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Latin/South America as well as closer to home in Europe and Scandinavia.
In 2004, RFIB achieved a listing in The Sunday Times Profit Track 100, a league table that ranks Britain's 100 fastest-growing medium sized unquoted companies by profit growth.
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
Wholly owned by employees/former employees.
MAIN LINES OF BUSINESS
Marine (direct and reinsurance); non-marine reinsurance; North America wholesale; UK accounts.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
RFIB Marine, RFIB Non Marine, RFIB North America, RFIB (UK), Sanshin TOEI RFIB, London & Overseas Reinsurance Intermediaries.