INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Insurance & Pensions Industry

UK Insurance & Pensions Industry Information

The insurance and pension industry is involved with the underwriting of insurance policies and investing of premiums in advance of future claims. This includes all forms of insurance and retirement benefit plans.

Active Businesses

9,003

Annual Sales

£142bn +

Employees

954,642

Economic Contribution 

£55bn

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Location of Insurance & Pensions Companies

Insurance & Pensions Companies by Size
Insurance & Pensions Companies by Age

42% Mature

33% Established

16% Young

9% Startup

1% New

Fastest Growing Insurance & Pensions Companies

35% Healthy

32% Declining

13% High

11% Rapid

10% Low

Insurance & Pensions Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Insurance & Pensions Industry Valuation

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Insurance & Pensions Industry Valuation

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Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security Industry Insights

There are 9,003 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £142 billion .

The Industry employs around 954,641 people and contributes £55 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Insurance & Pensions companies is London with 4,620 and the fewest are located in North East England with 102.

The largest Insurance & Pensions company is Legal And General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited with a turnover of £27.7bn. 46% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 5% Mid companies.

9% of the Insurance & Pensions Industry is made up of 9% Startup but the majority are Mature businesses (42%) the oldest company is Phoenix Life Assurance Limited founded in 1864.

Insurance & Pensions industry has a number of high growth companies (11%), the fastest growing company is St. James's Place Uk Plc with a 3 year growth rate of 535%. Other fast growing companies include Pine Walk Capital Limited (399%), Pcg 2019 Corporate Member Limited (167%) and Argenta Syndicate Management Limited (166%).

The UK Insurance & Pensions Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 20.63x, Turnover multiple of 1.97x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.14x.