Accounting for more than 341 billion euros in direct written premium in 2018, the insurance industry in the United Kingdom is the largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. After all, London is the birthplace of modern insurance. Furthermore, the U.K. is a leading exporter of insurance services, according to data from Statista. In 2017, the value of insurance and pension services exported by the U.K. amounted to nearly 15 billion pounds. With responsibility for a vast amount of business, it's no surprise that the U.K. insurance industry employs tens of thousands of individuals. Recently, Statista gathered company data to determine the largest insurance companies in the U.K. in 2020 by employee size. The top three companies on the list employ more than 20,000 professionals each, while the top ten companies collectively have more than 135,000 employees. Discover the ten largest insurance companies in the U.K., by the number of employees, in the slideshow above. Related: |

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