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Top 25 Specialty insurance companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 422 specialty insurance companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 25,600 professional contacts across them, including 12,003 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty insurance companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 18, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 18, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
422Companies
25,600Contacts tracked
12,003Verified emails
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The 25 largest specialty insurance companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 422 specialty insurance companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 18, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty insurance companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,0002,564 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a specialty insurer with more than three decades of experience in providing clients with the highest standards of underwriting and claims service worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,0001,343 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At QBE we’re driven by our purpose of enabling a more resilient future.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,0001,201 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a specialist insurer and reinsurer with a 100-year record of helping clients navigate the world’s most complex and demanding risks.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
4Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,0001,115 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
5Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000926 contacts →

Strong evidence

“As the insurance operations within the Markel Group Inc.(NYSE: MKL), we operate the Markel Specialty, Markel International, and Markel Global Reinsurance divisions, as well as…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000918 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our history has made us.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
7Strong evidenceGloucester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000740 contacts →

Strong evidence

“For over 135 years, we‘ve provided specialist insurance, expert risk management and knowledge, and award-winning service* to our clients and partners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
8Strong evidenceCity Of London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000694 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Chaucer are a leading specialty (re)insurance group working with brokers, coverholders and clients to protect and support business activities around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
9Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000690 contacts →

Partial evidence

“No matter where you are on your growth journey, we can help you find solutions to meet your ever-evolving insurance and risk management needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
10Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000677 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tokio Marine Kiln is a leading international insurer with a reputation for specialist underwriting excellence, great people and innovative products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
11Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000553 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
12Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ERS is the UK's largest specialist motor insurer with an A+ rating.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
13Strong evidenceCity Of London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000484 contacts →

Strong evidence

“As a global specialty insurance broker, Amwins Global Risks – formerly THB – delivers insurance and reinsurance coverage to clients around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
14Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 20261,001-5,000463 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tokio Marine HCC is a leading specialty insurance group conducting business in approximately 180 countries and underwriting more than 100 classes of specialty insurance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000449 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At SSY, we believe that experience matters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
16Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026501-1,000423 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Thomas Miller Group is an international provider of market leading insurance services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
17Indirect evidenceCity Of London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500346 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IQUW is now Starr.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500330 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Arch Insurance, we trade how you want to trade.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
19Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500268 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Apollo was launched in 2009 to provide clients and brokers with an agile and entrepreneurial insurance partner.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500257 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In an industry often shaped by legacy and complexity, Inigo was built to be different.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
21Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500234 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Atrium is a leading (re)insurance group at Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
22Strong evidenceLondon Ec3m 5bn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500215 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Newline Group is a market leading specialty insurance group that operates through three underwriting platforms: Newline Syndicate 1218 at Lloyd’s, Newline Insurance Company…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
23Strong evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-200180 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Munich Re Specialty combines premier specialty expertise, capabilities, and products to offer partners and customers simplified access to a wide range of specialty insurance…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
24Partial evidenceUnited KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 2026201-500174 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Academy, we do insurance differently.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026
25Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 18, 202651-200159 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BPL is the world’s leading independent broker specialising exclusively in credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) for multinational corporations, banks and financial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 18, 2026

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Specialty insurance companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 18, 2026
46.9%Verified-email coverage
60.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
39.1%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 18, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
181
11-50
150
51-200
37
201-500
19
501-1,000
12
1,001-5,000
19
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 422 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among specialty insurance companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “specialty insurance companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names specialty insurance companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among specialty insurance companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 12,003 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 18, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Specialty insurance companies by metro

  • Specialty insurance companies in London165

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names specialty insurance companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many specialty insurance companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 422 specialty insurance companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Beazley, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty insurance companies?

London leads with 165 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (12) and Birmingham (11).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 12,003 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 422 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 18, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.