Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 19 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1983
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Limited Reference number: 204848 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Catlin Risk Solutions Limited (FRN 461880) is an AR of AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Limited (FRN 204848). When you use Catlin Risk Solutions's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Catlin Risk Solutions, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
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
20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 020 7828 0486 is
- Whether EC3V 0BG is a shared office: 27 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Wellington Synidicate Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 01722567 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 May 1983 (43 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Life insurance (SIC 65110)
- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Rankin Cummings | Director | Sep 1974 | 1 Jun 2020 | 21 other companies |
| Simon White | Director | Sep 1974 | 17 Aug 2023 | None |
| Martin David Turner | Director | Jan 1967 | 28 Sep 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Alexios Dimitrios Metaxas Trikardos | Secretary | Not published | 15 Jan 2024 | – |
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
- 22
- closed down
- 11
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 22 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 3 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 40 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Catlin Risk Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
23 June 2022
- Catlin Underwriting (UK) Limited gave up control
- Xl Insurance (UK) Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Catlin Underwriting (UK) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2007
6 July 2007
- Changed its registered name from "Wellington Synidicate Services Ltd"
FCA register
2006
27 December 2006
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1983
12 May 1983
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 80 events
- All 80 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 74
Firms connected to Catlin Risk Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Catlin Risk Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Catlin Risk Solutions
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- 22 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 80 events in its history
- 2 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk