9. Benfield Greig Group
Fee and commission income (2000): £124.5m

Pre-tax profit (2000): £30.1m

Address: 55 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 3BD
Tel 020 7578 7000
Fax 020 7578 7001

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9. Benfield Greig Group
Fee and commission income (2000): £124.5m

Pre-tax profit (2000): £30.1m

Address: 55 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 3BD
Tel 020 7578 7000
Fax 020 7578 7001

Website: www.benfieldgreig.com

Company history: Benfield Greig Group (BGG) was formed as a result of the merger of Benfield and Greig Fester in 1997.

On 16 April 2001, the company merged with EW Blanch, the parent company of Blanch Crawley Warren. It will retain the name Benfield Greig and will be known as Benfield Blanch in the US.

Chief officer: Grahame Chilton

Biography: 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 and financial institutions. Financial and risk modelling, ART, corporate finance and risk analysis.

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