Directory of EL Insurers

List of EL insurers, along with details of the old EL accounts now being managed by that organisation

 

 


List of insurers and Old EL accounts
Insurer EL Accounts Member organisation
(IRLA / ARC / ABI / LMA)
AEGIS Syndicate 1225 None LMA
Accelerant Insurance Europe SA/NV UK Branch Accelerant Insurance Limited, Accelerant Insurance Europe SA
Accredited Insurance (Europe) Limited
Ageas Insurance Ltd Fortis Insurance Limited (which was a merger of Northern Star Insurance and Bishopsgate Insurance) ABI
Ageas Insurance Ltd (formerly Groupama Insurance Company Limited) GAN Group Contingency Insurance Company Limited National Motor Insurance Company Limited Minster Insurance Company Limited Gan Minster Insurance Company Limited Gan Insurance Company Limited Lombard Group Elizabethan Insurance Company Limited Lombard Continental Insurance Company Limited Lombard General Insurance Company Limited Groupama General Insurance Company Limited CNA Insurance (ex Birmingham Branch) ABI
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of Europe SE Aioi Motor & General Insurance Company of Europe - name changed with affect from 1st October 2010 Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of Europe Limited - name changed 6th August 2018 Dowa Insurance Company (Europe) Limited (formerly Dowa Insurance (UK) Limited) ABI
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE 2002 - 2006 Allianz Global Risks (AGR) / 2006 AGR became Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty None
Allianz Insurance plc Allianz, Allianz Cornhill, Cornhill, British Reserve Insurance ABI
Allianz N Ireland plc Allianz plc, Allianz NI plc, Allianz Cornhill NI plc, AGF NI, Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Church and General, Irish Catholic Property Insurance Company ABI
Allied World Allied World Managing Agency Limited, Syndicate 2232 Allied World Assurance Company (Europe) dac LMA
Alreford Limited
American International Group UK Limited AIG Europe Limited AIG Europe (UK) Ltd AIG UK Ltd, Chartis Europe Ltd Chartis (UK) Ltd New Hampshire Company, Newwater ABI
AIG Europe S.A. (Ireland branch) Chartis Insurance Ireland
Amlin UK Limited LMA
AmTrust Europe Limited
Amtrust International Underwriters DAC None None
Antares Managing Agency Limited Chaucer Motor RITC - Syndicate 1084
Arbor Property & Casualty Ireland Limited
Arch Insurance Company (Europe) Limited N/A LMA (through AUAL (syndicate)
Argenta Syndicate Management Limited (2121) N/A LMA
ArgoGlobal SE
Ascot Underwriting Ltd LMA
Aspen Insurance UK Limited City Fire ABI
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. accounts. Generali, Generali Global and Generali Global Risk ABI
Asta Managing Agency Limited Syndicate 1729, Syndicate 2525, Syndicate 2786 LMA
AstraZeneca Insurance Company Limited
Atlantic Mutual International Limited (in run-off) Atlantic Mutual International Limited None
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, UK Branch (in run- off) Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, UK Branch None
Aviva Ireland Aviva Insurance Ireland DAC, Aviva Insurance Europe SE
Aviva Insurance UK Limited NU, CGU, Hibernian, London & Edinburgh,CGNU, Commercial Union Assurance Co, British General Ins Co, Employers Laibility Assurance Corporation Ltd , Fine Art & General Ins Co, London & Scottish Ass Co, North British & Mercantile Ins Co Ltd , Northern Assurance Co Ltd, Northern & Employers Assurance Co Ltd , Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Ocean Marine, Railway Passengers Assurance Co, White Cross Ins, General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd , Guarantee Society Ltd, Road Transport & General, Scottish Boiler & General, Scottish General, Yorkshire Ins Co, Norwich Union Insurance, London & Edinburgh (for renewals 1992 onwards), New Zealand Ins Co, Norwich General, Reliance Mutual, Scottish Union & National Ins Co, South British Ins Co ABI
AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, UK Branch AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, UK Branch ABI / IUA
AXA Insurance UK PLC AXA, GRE, Guardian, Royal Exchange, Provincial, UAP Provincial, Legal & General, Caledonian, Hodge General and Mercantile, Westgate Insurance Company Ltd, Essex & Suffolk Motor Union, Atlas Insurance ABI
AXA Liabilities Managers UK Branch Portman Insurance Limited. AXA LM formally known as London & Hull Maritime Insurance Company Limited, AXA Marine and Aviation Insurance (UK) Limited, AXA Global Risks (UK) Limited ARC/ABI
AXIS Capital AMAL (AXIS Managing Agents Ltd) Novae acquired by AXIS in 2017 Novae EL accounts were: SVB Syndicates Novae Insurance Company Limited LMA
ASE (AXIS Specialty Europe) ASE is Republic of Ireland based and writes some EL for UK companies NONE
BA (GI) Ltd Pearl Assurance & Britannic Assurance General Insurance ARC and ABI
Baptist Insurance Company Ltd None ABI
Barbican Managing Agency Limited LMA
Beaufort Underwriting Agency Ltd Evergreen Underwriting Services Ltd (run-off) LMA
Beazley Furlonge Limited None LMA
Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL) None None
Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance DAC None None
Bestpark International Limited (in run off) Bestpark International Limited (formerly known as Trenwick International Limited, Sorema (UK) Limited and Sorema (UK) Reinsurance Limited). None
Black Sea & Baltic (BS&B) None FSCS
BMS International Insurance Designated Activity Company None None
Bothnia International Insurance Company Ltd Atlantic Mutual International Limited Altantic Mutual Insurance Company, UK Branch None
Brampton Insurance Company Limited
Bray Insurance Company Limited
Brit Insurance Brit Insurance Ltd (See RiverStone) ABI / LMA
Brit Syndicates Ltd
Builders Direct S A
Builders Accident Insurers (BAI Claims Services Ltd) Builders Accident Insurance Ltd Cotton Trades Insurance Association Ltd AA Mutual International Insurance Company Ltd Municipal General Insurance Orion Insurance Company Ltd Trinity Insurance Company Ltd IRLA
Calpe Insurance Company Limited
Canopius Managing Agents Limited
Capita Managing Agency Limited
Casualty and General Insurance None ABI
Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Limited Wellington Underwriting ABI and LMA
Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd Syndicate 2003 - Syndicate 1209 (in run-off - formerly managed by XL London Market Limited) - Syndicate 0990 (not active - formerly managed by XL London Market Limited) - Wellington Underwriting LMA
Syndicate 2088 (China Re)
Catalina Insurance Ireland dac Quinn Insurance Limited - EL Policies in Run Off
Catalina Worthing Insurance Limited
Centrica Risk Limited
Chaucer Syndicates Limited None LMA
Chester Street Insurance Holdings Chester Street (formerly Iron Trades Employers Association Ltd) IRLA (ARC)
China Taiping Insurance (UK) Co Ltd None ABI
Chubb European Group SE Insurance Co of North America [also known as ICNA and INA]. Stopped writing in 1985 - AFIA Worldwide t/as Home Insurance - Stopped writing in 1985 - Crusader Insurance Ltd - took over in 1983 and sold later to MGI, but we kept their EL liability in run off. - Cigna Insurance Co of Europe sa nv - CIGNA. [CIGNA's liability book was acquired by ACE European Group in 1999]. ACE European Group Limited - Chubb Underwriting Agencies Chubb Managing Agents ABI/LMA
CIS None ABI
CNA Insurance Company Limited CNA Insurance Company (Europe) Limited ABI
Codeve Insurance Co DAC
Coffey Captive Insurance Company Limited
Compre Services (UK) Ltd Generali and Atlantic Mutual Syndicate 3330 (3334) CO Syndicate 1994
Convex Insurance UK Limited
Cornish Mutual Assurance Co Ltd None ABI
Coromin Insurance (Ireland) dac
Covea Insurance plc Covea Reading - formerly known as MMA Insurance plc and Norman Insurance. Covea West Malling - Formerly known as Sterling Insurance ABI
Coverys Managing Agency Limited Name change 01/12/2017 previous name: R&Q Managing Agency Limited Syndicate 1975 Syndicate 1991 Syndicate 3330
Delphi Insurance Limited None
Derwent Insurance Company Limited Derwent Insurance Limited is a Captive insurer registered in Gibraltar and regulated by the FSC. Derwent Insurance Limited writes business purely for its parent company's risks. No other accounts applicable.
Dornoch International Insurance Limited None None
Douglas Insurance (Gibraltar) Limited
East West Insurance Company Limited None None
Ecclesiastical Ins Plc Ansvar Insurance Company Ltd ABI
URC Insurance Company Ltd (renamed as Ecumenical Insurance Company Ltd in 2001)
Electric Insurance Ireland Limited None None
EC Insurance Company Limited Name change 02/03/2015 Previous Name: Electrical Contractors' Insurance Company Limited ABI
Electricity Industry Run off Services Ltd (EIROS) (in run off)
English & American (E&A) None FSCS
Equitas Insurance Ltd Lloyds Underwriting Syndicates for the 1992 and prior years of account.
ERGO Versicherung AG None None
Ergon Insurance Ltd None None
European Risk Insurance Company hf
Everest Insurance (Ireland) DAC
Everest Syndicate 2786
Faraday Reinsurance Co Ltd Please refer to Faraday Underwriting Limited.
Faraday Underwriting Limited Gen Star (GSILL). Zenith Syndicate 2002 in respect of UK Commercial Business for policies incepting during the period 1st July 2002 to 30th April 2003 only. Faraday Reinsurance Co. Ltd.
FBD Insurance Plc
Friends Life FPLMA Limited Friends Provident (London & Manchester) Assurance Limited
Fuji International Insurance Company Limited
Gable Insurance AG
Global General and Reinsurance Company Limited (run- off)
Golden Arches Insurance DAC
Grafton (Europe) Insurance Company Limited None
Great Lakes Insurance SE Admiral Underwriting Agencies - 1999 - 2004 Oxygen Insurance Managers - 2005 - 2008 Three Lions Underwriting - 2003 - 2014 Towergate Underwriting Entertainment - 2008 - 2017 incl. Towergate Coverex rebrand. Fusion Sports Leisure and Entertainment Riva Insurance Brokers 2011 - 2018 Arthur J. Gallagher 2012 - 2018 acq. Oval Group Marsh 2014 - 2018 Jardine Lloyd Thomson Specialty 2015 - 2018 UK General Insurance 2016 - 2018 Manchester Underwriting Management 2017 - 2018 IUA
Hamilton Underwriting Ltd (on behalf of members of LMA
Lloyd's syndicate 3334)
HCC International Insurance Company Plc None ABI/LMA
HCC Underwriting Agency Ltd None ABI
HDI Global HDI Gerling
Heddington Insurance (UK) Ltd None None
Highway Insurance Company
Hiscox Ltd Economic Insurance Company Ltd. (acquired in 1996 and changed name to HICL below 01/01/97). Hiscox Insurance Company Ltd. Minmar (154) Ltd. Hiscox Syndicates Ltd. Hiscox S.A. LMA
HSB Engineering Insurance Limited HSB Engineering Insurance Ltd None
Inceptum Insurance Services Ltd
Independent Insurance Company Limited Allstate Insurance Company Limited Federated Insurance Company limited None
Inveralmond Insurance Ltd
Hartford Underwriting Agency Limited Navigators Underwriting Agency Limited
HDI Global Speciality SE UK Branch International Insurance Company of Hannover SE (UK Branch) Integra Insurance Solutions Ltd t/as Congregational IUA
IPB insurance CLG
Kingfisher Insurance Limited None
KPN Insurance Company Limited
Lancashire Insurance Company (UK) Limited IUA
Lemma Europe Insurance Company Limited
Liberty Global Insurance Company Limited (LGICL)
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe S.E (LMIE SE) Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe S.E ABI
Liberty Managing Agency Limited (LMAL) Liberty Managing Agency Limited LMA
Liverpool Victoria General Insurance Group Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Highway Insurance Company ABI
Markel International Insurance Company Limited Markel (UK) Limited ABI/IUA
Markel Syndicate Management Limited Syndicate 702 (R.E. Brown) & 3000 (Markel) LMA
Markerstudy Insurance Company Ltd Markerstudy ceased EL underwriting December 2010 None
Neon Underwriting Limited Marketform Managing Agency LMA
Methodist Insurance Company Ltd None ABI
MS Amlin Underwriting Limited Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance at Lloyds Limited (Syndicate 3210) LMA
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe), Limited Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Company (Europe) Limited,Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance Company (Europe) Limited, Taisho Marine and Fire Insurance Company (UK) Limited, Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Company (Europe) Limited ABI
Montpelier Underwriting Agencies Limited
Multi Risk Indemnity Company Ltd
Munich Re Syndicate Limited
Municipal General Insurance Limited (Run-off) None None
Municipal Mutual Insurance Limited IRLA
National Grid Insurance Company Ireland Limited None None
NPA Insurance Ltd
Navigators Insurance Company None
Navigators International Insurance Company Ltd None
New India Assurance Company Limited None ABI/LMA
Newline Underwriting Ltd Syndicate 1218 at Lloyds (managed by Newline Underwriting Management Ltd), Newline Underwriting Ltd, Newline insurance Company ABI/LMA
Newwater Insurance Limited
NFU Mutual Avon Insurance ABI
Noble Insurance Company Limited
Onderlinge Verzekering maatschappij 'Noord- Nederlandse P&I Club' U.A.
Pearl Assurance Limited
Pembroke Managing Agency LTD Acappella Syndicate 2014 LMA
Petrus Insurance Company Limited Petrus Insurance Company Limited is an insurer registered in Gibraltar and regulated by the FSC. Petrus Insurance Company Limited writes business for its parent company's risks and also extended warranty business on behalf of its parent company. No other accounts applicable. None
Pharma International Insurance DAC None None
Probitas Syndicate 1492 None LMA
Portman Insurance Ltd
Principle Forsakrings AB
Protector Insurance ABI
QBE European Operations (EO) QBE UK Limited, QBE EU SA/NV, QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited (202842), QBE Underwriting Limited (204858), Iron Trades Mutual and Insurance, Syndicate 386, Syndicate 2999, Syndicate 1886, Syndicate 1036, Syndicate 45, Syndicate 2000. Syndicate 386 is not reinsured to close in to Syndicate 2999. The other syndicates are. Pre Lloyd's restructure exposure, pre 1993, is carried by Equitas ABI/LMA
QIC Europe Limited None
R&Q Insurance (Malta) Limited Formerly Chevanstell Limited (run-off)
ReAssure Life Limited Formally known as Guardian Assurance
Reliance National Insurance Company Europe Ltd Reliance National Insurance Company Europe Ltd IRLA
RiverStone RiverStone Insurance Limited (previously Brit Insurance Limited) RiverStone Insurance UK Limited RiverStone Managing Agency (S3500) Sphere Drake Insurance Lloyd's syndicates numbers: 376, 506, 2376, 349, 1204 AXA Insurance UK plc (by a Part VII FSMA 2000 transfer of policies incepting before 2002 and a reinsurance of policies incepting 1.1.02 - 31.12.14) IRLA, LMA
Royal & SunAlliance Insurance plc Royal Insurance Co Royal Insurance Co Ltd Royal Insurance PLC The London & Lancashire Insurance Co Ltd Alliance Insurance Co Ltd Sun Insurance Office Ltd The London Assurance The Century Insurance Co Ltd, Law Union & Rock, Liverpool London & Globe, Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd,Sun Alliance & London Insurance Ltd,Sun Alliance Group PLC, Phoenix Assurance PLC ARC, ABI or the LMA
RSA Insurance Ireland DAC A member of the RSA group ABI
Sagicor at Lloyd's Ltd None LMA
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Europe ABI
Shelbourne Syndicate Services Limited
SI Insurance (Europe), SA Sompo Japan Insurance Company of Europe Ltd, Yasuda Kasai Insurance Company of Europe Ltd, Nissan Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd, Nipponkoa Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd, Nippon Insurance Company of Europe Ltd, Nippon Fire and Marine Insurance Company (UK) Ltd, Koa Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd, Koa Insurance Company (UK) Ltd ABI
Sovreign Marine & General (SM&G) None FSCS
St Julians Insurance Company Limited St Julian's ceased EL underwriting March 2017 None
Swiss Re (Kemper) None ABI
Swiss Re International SE, UK Branch
Starr International (Europe) Limited None
Starr Managing Agents Limited None ABI
The Channel Managing Agency Limited (TCMA)
The Dominion Insurance Company Limited The Dominion Insurance Company Limited IRLA
The Excelsior Insurance Company
The Procter & Gamble International Insurance Company Limited
The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd None ABI
The Royal london General Insurance Company (run-off) Royal London General including United Friendly Insurance, Refuge Assurance and Federation General Insurance ABI
The Underwriter Insurance Company (run-off) None None
Tokio Marine Kiln Insurance Limited (TMKI) The Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company (U.K.) Ltd., and Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd. ABI
Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicates Limited (TMKS) RJ Kiln ABI
Tradewise Insurance
Tradex Insurance Company Limited
Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of Europe Limited None None
Travelers Insurance Company Limited St Paul International Insurance Company Limited, St Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited ABI
Travelers Insurance DAC (TIDAC) UK Branch
Travelers Syndicate Management LTD St Paul International Insurance Company Limited, St Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited LMA
UKI Churchill, Direct Line, NIG ABI
UPS International Insurance DAC
Valiant Insurance Company Limited None None
W R Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited None None
Westfield Specialty Managing Agency Ltd (formally Argo Managing Agency) Argo Managing Agency LMA
XL Insurance Company SE XL insurance Company Limited/ Winterthur International Insurance Company Limited, XL Winterthur International Insurance Company Limited / 'XL Prevent' business written by XL Europe Limited. ABI
Zenith Insurance Plc (ZIML) ABI
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (UK Branch) Eagle (1807-1916) Star (1843-1917) British Dominions Marine Insurance Company (1904-1911) British Dominions General (1911-1916) Eagle & British Dominions (1916-1917) Eagle, Star & British Dominions Insurance Company Ltd (1917-1937) Bedford General (acquired by Zurich Insurance Group in 1935) Navigators & General Insurance Company Ltd (1921 - acquired by Eagle Star Insurance Group and still trading under Zurich Insurance plc (UK Branch) Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd (1937 - acquired by Zurich Insurance Group in 1998) Midland Employers' Mutual Assurance / Midland Assurance Limited - acquired by Eagle Star Insurance Group in 1959) Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (until 2009) Zurich Insurance plc (UK Branch) (2009 to present) Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (UK Branch) 2023 to present ABI / IRLA