Part of the Benefact Group, Ecclesiastical is a unique financial services organisation which exists to give its profits to good causes. With its main operations and headquarters in the UK, Ecclesiastical also operates in Canada and Ireland.
Ecclesiastical insurance:
- offers insurance, risk management and award-winning service1 across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate, leisure, and schemes across the UK, Ireland and Canada.
- Founded in 1887 to provide insurance for the Anglican Church, the company now offers a wide range of commercial insurances, as well as home insurance, selling through brokers and directly.
- is the main insurer of Grade I listed properties in the UK.
- has been insuring independent schools for over 65 years.
- is the leading insurer for the Anglican Church. It is also a leading multi-faith insurer – protecting churches, synagogues, mosques and Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist temples across our territories.
- is rated best insurer by UK brokers in the charity, commercial heritage, and education sectors2.
- is a nineteen-time winner of Fairer Finance’s best home insurance provider.
- is proudly part of the Benefact Group, the third largest corporate donor in the UK3.
1 Insurance Times – Claims Excellence Awards 2023, Insurance Claims Team of the Year - Insurance Post Claims & Fraud Awards 2021, The Gracechurch Independent Report - Mid-Market Claims Monitor 2022, Risk Management Specialist Company of the Year, CIR Risk Management Awards 2022.
2 15th consecutive year – 200 broker interviews (randomly selected from BIBA approved panel) carried out by FWD – 2022.
3 DSC – The guide to UK Company Giving 2023-24.
