Groupama

Groupama contraction of GROUPe des Assurances Mutuelles Agricoles (french for "Group of Mutual Agricultural Insurances") is an international insurance group based in France. It was created by the merger of Lombard Insurance and Gan Insurance, when the parent companies, namely Groupama (who owned Lombard) and Gan in France, were brought together in 1999.

It is listed in the 2007 ICA Global 300 list of mutuals and co-operatives, ranked 6th by 2005 turnover, making it the 2nd largest mutual insurer in the world. [http://www.global300.coop]

The group's Groupama Insurances United Kingdom division is one of the major insurance companies there, with a head office in London. It has branches in Croydon, Manchester, Portsmouth, Borehamwood, and recently Letchworth, following its acquisition of Clinicare Insurance in 2005.

In 2008, Groupama acquired specialist motor insurance broker, ChoiceQuote Insurance Services.

References

External links

* [http://www.groupama.com Official Site]
* [http://www.choicequote.co.uk ChoiceQuote Insurance Services]