Authorisation being cancelled
This firm has asked the FCA to cancel its authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but its regulated work is winding down.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
21 Lime Street, London, EC3V 1LT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07595 179750 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3V 1LT
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Accepting Deposits
- Carrying out contracts of insurance
- Effecting contracts of insurance
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 16608704 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 July 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 21 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7HB, England
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Iain James Bremner | Director | Apr 1964 | 10 Nov 2025 | 16 other companies |
| Neil Stephen Macmillan | Director | Nov 1962 | 10 Nov 2025 | None |
| Darren Hanbury Powell | Director | Feb 1970 | 10 Nov 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Viren Ramesh Patel | Secretary | Not published | 10 Nov 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 18
- closed down
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 18 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
AM Specialty Insurance Company (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 January 2026
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
2025
28 July 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to AM Specialty Insurance Company (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with AM Specialty Insurance Company (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like AM Specialty Insurance Company (UK)
Other firms of the same type (insurer), nearest first.
In London
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- 18 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 12 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk