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Hollard Risk Partners
Compass Underwriting is very pleased to provide comprehensive administrative services to Hollard Risk Partners and the Hollard Group for their wide range of insurance products.

Hollard Risk Partners was established in 2004. The companies whom Hollard Risk Partners represent are all part of the same group. Hollard Insurance Group has net assets in excess of £800 million and operates as a single business with both general (short term) and life licences. Lombard is the largest surety underwriter in Southern Africa with most of the blue chip companies as clients. Red Sands Insurance Company has shareholder equity of almost £12m.

The ethos of strong partnership permeates the group and is fundamental to the Hollard philosophy. Hollard has achieved its success by seeking out and nurturing mutually beneficial relationships with clients. This approach, combined with detailed underwriting research provides the platform for new and mutually profitable business opportunities. Hollard actively seek and encourage contact from intermediaries and potential partners in either developing new products or tapping into Hollard's existing portfolio of innovative insurance solutions.

Berkeley Alexander
Compass Underwriting is proud to be associated with a leading IFA wholesaler, Berkeley Alexander. Both companies undertake a number of joint product developments, marketing initiatives to expand and enhance the range of A&H products within the UK.

AXA Insurance UK Plc
Compass Underwriting is supported by AXA Insurance for a number of leading Compass products. AXA is one of the world's leading, "A" rated, insurance and asset management companies helping people get the best out of their lives.

Sterling Life Limited
Compass is supported by Sterling in providing a wide range of term life and critical illness products. Sterling Life Limited is a member of the Sterling Insurance Group which was established in 1994 and has total assets of £152m.

Assurant Solutions
Assurant Solutions companies develop, underwrite and market specialty insurance, extended service contracts and other risk management solutions in collaborative relationships with leading financial institutions, retailers, automobile dealers, utilities and other entities. Our companies include American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida, American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, American Memorial Life Insurance Company, American Security Insurance Company, Federal Warranty Service Corporation, Union Security Life Insurance Company, United Family Life Insurance Company and United Service Protection, Inc.

Principal lines of business include debt protection administration, credit insurance, preneed life insurance, and warranties and extended service contracts on appliances, consumer electronics, automobiles, recreational vehicles and boats. With executive offices in Atlanta, Georgia, our companies serve clients and their customers throughout North America, the Caribbean and selected countries in South America and Europe. We have more than 2,800 employees and operations in five states in the United States, Argentina, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

IGI Insurance Company Limited
Established in the UK in 1975, IGI has become a trusted specialist general insurer. In April 2007 IGI Group was acquired by Bermuda-based AmTrust International Insurance Limited (AII).

AII has an A.M. Best financial rating of A- and is part of the Manhattan-based Amtrust Financial Services, a US NASDAQ listed provider of financial products across the USA and Europe.

With this strong financial backing IGI's management team, led by Group Chief Executive Officer Keith Wardell, has a clear vision for continuing IGI's growth into the future.

Omnilife Insurance Company Limited
Founded in 1988 Omnilife has established itself as a specialist insurance provider especially in the field of pilots loss of license insurance.

Omnilife is regulated and authorised by the Financial Services Authority and is a member of the Association of British Insurers.

Omnilife has the secure backing of its parent company Medgulf. One of the leading investment groups, Medgulf is a major player in the financial and insurance sectors in the Middle East. For further information, please click on www.medgulf.com

Other Interesting Links

Though we have no direct relationship, with any of the following companies, other than our regulator and the Ombudsman, they are interesting as they all provide useful information on the UK insurance industry including regulation, training, statistics and claims handling as well as media related subjects.

Professional Affiliates

BIBA
Compass is a member of the British Insurance Brokers Association. BIBA is the UK's leading independent insurance body, representing both the insurance broker, intermediaries and the consumer. The majority of BIBA's members are regulated advisors who pride themselves on the professional advice and range of products and services they offer, always focused on the clients individual needs and requirements . Between them, they handle over three quarters of the UK's industrial, commercial and consumer insurance business.

Plain English Campaign
Compass wordings are all written in plain English. All of our key products, income and corporate protection have the crystal mark of quality as set down and controlled by the Plain English Campaign. The Plain English Campaign has become the UK benchmark and has set the standards for the insurance industry. Compass is committed to this for the benefit of our intermediaries and their clients to ensure that we offer the most understandable cover and so treat your customers fairly.

Marketing Image
Design and produce the vast bulk of all our literature they have become a key ingredient to the success of Compass by their expertise and quality of design and production.

AL Visual
AL Visual produce a number of key product designs and have consistently shown quality and excellence in their work.

Genasys Technologies (Pty) Limited
Genasys Technologies provided Compass with one of the most modern, FSA compliant and up-to-date SQL server insurance systems, SKi, in the UK. It currently handles over 400,000 customers, both personal lines and commercial, with a full CRM management system, policy issuance (including pdf's), claims handling (including setting reserves, issuing cheques, recoveries, diaries etc), direct debit collections, links to external general ledger software (i.e. QuickBooks, Sage) for a whole range of insurance products. It also has a full management reporting including broker statements, insurer's bordereau reports, claims reports, triangulations and ad-hoc enquiries.

It can be used by insurers, brokers or underwriting agencies with special 'super-user' training to allow Compass to have a high level of data control and user-changes. It provides a highly cost effective solution for all insurance requirements.