Endsleigh

Endsleigh History

Endsleigh was founded in 1965 by the National Union of Students (NUS).

Its original role was to provide tailored insurance services to university and college students. However, it consequently expanded to serve graduate and professionals markets.

It is the only insurer recommended by the NUS and the preferred choice for many Educational Associations.

In 1976 Gouda Insurance International bought 86% of the shares from the NUS, to provide a stronger financial base and fully exploit market opportunities.

Following this, in January 2007 Zurich acquired 100% of Endsleigh shares. After moving into the business market in 2000, and combined with a 25% increase in customer base, Endsleigh profits increased from £2.5m in 2000 to £8.6m in 2003.

Endsleigh was rated as the 76th fastest growing company in the UK (52% a year) in the 'Sunday Times PricewaterhouseCooper Profit Track 100', in February 2005.

Endsleigh Insurance based in Cheltenham, has over 500,000 customers. It currently employs over 1000 staff and owns 130 UK branches, most of which are located on university campuses or in student housing areas.

Endsleigh Today

Endsleigh is an independent intermediary specialising in the provision of insurance and financial products for career people. They seek a lifelong relationship with their clients and as such offer a full and appropriate product range that starts with students and continues through to retirement and beyond. Their existing policyholders are, therefore, predominantly career people and Endsleigh's aim is to provide for their every need.

Endsleigh are well known for offering products and services through affinity partnerships and their experience has been gained through a number of very long-standing relationships that span a period of over 35 years. Few other companies are structured and run with such a heavy emphasis on servicing designated market groups.

They have over 1000 employees across the UK supporting Endsleigh's different, fully integrated, distribution channels.

Busy professionals require a competent and speedy service. Therefore, Endsleigh's highly trained staff are empowered to make decisions with the absolute minimum of bureaucracy and referral. Indeed, they are the first insurance service in the UK to gain accreditation from the Chartered Insurance Institute for their sales staff.

Endsleigh aim to exceed their clients' expectations for price, cover and service.

The Endsleigh brand is carefully managed throughout the business in order to assert our position as "Independent Insurance For Career People". They have clearly defined and documented the key factors that make Endsleigh unique. They call them "Their Commitments".

Insurances

Endsleigh's original service offering focused purely upon a student demographic within the UK. That service offering has now widened considerable to cater for all age groups. The key features of this portfolio of products is as follows:

• Car and Motor Insurance
• Home Insurance
• Student Possessions Insurance
• Travel Insurance
• Landlord Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Permanent Health Insurance

Business Insurance

Endsleigh's have also branched into offering quality servised to businesses which include:

• Commercial and Business Insurance
• Sports Insurance
• Insurance for Charities
• Insurance for Student Unions

Financial Services

Endsleigh also have prominant services within other financial sectors including:

• Mortgages
• Pensions
• Investments
• Loans