Domestic & General Insurance Company

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £106.9m

Year established: 1950
UK head office:
Swan Court
Mansel Road
Wimbledon ...

Domestic & General Insurance Company

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £106.9m

Year established: 1950
UK head office:
Swan Court
Mansel Road
Wimbledon SW19 4AA
Tel: 020 8946 7777
Fax: 020 8947 0896
Websites: www.domgen.com and www.flyingtoolbox.com

Company history: Domestic and General Insurance is the UK's leading specialist provider of breakdown insurance on domestic electrical appliances and gas central heating systems.

It underwrites policies for independent electrical retailers, department stores, more than 90 major appliance brands, catalogue companies and provides a telephone quoteline service. Domestic and General runs D&G Services offering call handling, volume mailing, databases and financial management.

Chief officer: Tim Scrivener
Biography: Scrivener joined the Domestic and General group in 1985. He became a group director in 1991, DGI director in 1993 and managing director of both DGI and Domestic and General Group in 1998.

Main classes of business: Miscellaneous financial loss.

Notes: Western Australia excluded - ceased trading in 1990