Catlin at a glance
• About the Catlin Group

Catlin Group Limited is a leading international specialty insurer and reinsurer, providing creative risk management solutions and excellent financial security to clients worldwide. The Group, which underwrote more than US$3.7 billion in gross premiums in 2009, operates six underwriting hubs and has established more than 45 offices in 20 countries around the world.


Catlin was established more than 25 years ago in London, and London remains Catlin’s largest underwriting hub. The London/UK hub includes the Catlin Syndicate at Lloyd’s (Syndicate 2003), an acknowledged market leader and the largest syndicate at Lloyd’s based on gross premiums written.


Catlin’s London/UK hub also includes Catlin UK (Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd.). Catlin UK underwrites property and casualty insurance for UK regional clients and also provides an alternative to wholesale clients who prefer coverage written on company paper.


The Catlin Group operates five other underwriting hubs worldwide:


  • Bermuda, which underwrites a portfolio of property reinsurance along with other specialty classes of insurance and reinsurance
  • United States, which underwrites more than a dozen specialty insurance and reinsurance classes of business from 16 offices
  • Asia-Pacific, which underwrites specialty classes of business from underwriting offices in Singapore, Malaysia, China and Australia. Representative offices are located in Japan and India
  • Europe, which serves European commercial clients from offices in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Norway. atlin’s two Latin American regional offices are also part of the European hub
  • Canada, which underwrites property and casualty classes of insurance from offices in Toronto and Calgary

Throughout its 25 years of operations, Catlin has strived to build a business for the future through a firm commitment to disciplined underwriting and a forward-looking approach to the management of underwriting cycles. Catlin’s goal is to offer a consistent source of underwriting expertise and capacity through both hard and soft markets.