Public | |
Industry | Insurance |
Fate | Acquired |
Successor | Marsh & McLennan |
Founded | 19th century |
Defunct | 1998 |
Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people
|
Sax Riley, (Chairman) Rob White-Cooper (CEO) |
Sedgwick Group plc was a very large British insurance broker. It was listed on the and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. However it was acquired by Marsh & McLennan in 1998.
The Company was founded by Henry Beaufoy Leonard Sedgwick late in the 19th century as an insurance broker under the name Sedgwick, Collins & Co. In 1972 it merged with Price Forbes to form Sedgwick Forbes.
The Company was acquired by Marsh & McLennan in December 1998.