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GWP less treaty: £282.3m

Address:

55 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 3AS

t: 0207 984 8500

f: 0207 984 8501

w: www.britinsurance.com
Year established: 1995

Company history:


Brit Insurance Holdings is an insurance holding company that writes both direct and reinsurance business through Lloyd's and its FSA regulated company, Brit Insurance.

Brit was launched as a new investment trust in November 1995. In 1999

Brit completed the acquisitions of Wren and Benfield Re, forming Brit Insurance.

Primarily based in London, Brit has offices in Bristol, Darlington, Glasgow, Ilford, Manchester and Leeds.

Main lines of business:

Reinsurance, marine, aerospace, truck, casualty, liability, property, motor, accident and financial

Chief officer: Neil Eckert, chief executive

Biography:

Neil Eckert became a reinsurance broker in 1980, joining Benfield Lovick & Rees & Co in 1986. In 1991, he joined the main board of Benfield Group from which he resigned on 14 January 2000.

He has been a director of Brit since its flotation in 1995 and was appointed as chief executive in 1999.

He is chairman (non-executive) of Design Technology and Innovations, a patenting and intellectual property company.

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