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PROFILE: Kiln turns up temperature on growth

30 August 2010

Now firmly established in the Tokio Marine fold, Kiln is expanding in Asia and elsewhere, according to its CEO Charles Franks.

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Kiln, the international specialist insurance and reinsurance provider, is going strong off of the back of an acquisition by Tokio Marine in 2008. Its Japanese parent has given it the resources and protection to pursue a careful strategy of growth from its home base in London meaning it is now one of the strongest players in the Lloyd’s insurance market.

R J Kiln & Co is the UK operating company of the Kiln Group. It manages five syndicates at Lloyd’s and is one of the largest managing agents in the market. In addition to the UK, Kiln has offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Europe and Brazil.

Its six main business areas are reinsurance, accident and health, aviation, marine, enterprise risk, and property and special lines. Kiln syndicates also benefit from the security rating of A+ assigned to Lloyd’s by Standard and Poor’s.

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