Closer Affiliation in the European Broker Market:

Ecclesia Group with partners from London, Paris and Vienna

Detmold, July 27th 2010 - the Ecclesia Group, one of the largest insurance broker-ages in Germany, starts international offensive. As disclosed by the company at its head office in Detmold on Tuesday, the agreements for this JLT International Net-work have been signed in London. The Ecclesia Group, the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT) of London, SIACI Saint Honoré of Paris and the GrECo Group of Vienna form the alliance. "In this high performance network we are able to provide international operating businesses worldwide with those outstanding service capabilities which have made Ecclesia great in Germany,” commented Norbert Noehrbass, CEO of the Ecclesia Group who is responsible for industrial business within the Executive Board of the Ecclesia Group.

The partners from UK, France and Austria are, such as the Ecclesia, independent insurance brokers and leading in their markets in the sectors of insurance broking, risk management and employee benefits activities. They all have own industry specialist skills, and by linking services they establish a broad service platform for bespoke insurance and risk management concepts around the globe.