East West Insurance Company Limited
Reference number: 202806
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Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Company: in administration
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
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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Phone number
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Address
C/O Ernst & Young LLP, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ey.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 400 0393 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 2AF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- National and General Insurance Company (UK) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
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- Accepting Deposits
- Carrying out contracts of insurance
- Dealing in investments as principal
Limits on the record
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Firm Restriction
East West Insurance Company Ltd, whether acting in its own capacity or through its directors, officers, employees, agents or any of them howsoever, 1. must not, without the prior written consent of the PRA: a) sell, transfer or dispose of and/or enter into any legally binding commitments to sell, transfer, charge or dispose of or otherwise relinquish control of the Firm's assets other than in the ordinary course of the Firm's regulated activities; b) make changes to the Firm's current capital structure or remuneration; c) pay any dividends; 2. must take all reasonable steps to: a) recover any monies owed to the Firm by any other firm or individual in respect of whom the Firm is a creditor and must not lend any money to any firm or individual save in the usual course of carrying out its regulated activities or insofar as is incidental or necessary thereto. b) recover any premiums held for or on behalf of the Firm.
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in administration, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 00811120 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Administration
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 July 1964 (62 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Ernst& Young Llp, 1 More London Place, London, United Kingdom, SE1 2AF
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Key dates in its history
East West Insurance Company’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
16 January 2020
- FCA imposed a requirement (Firm Restriction)
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Brad Scott Huntington became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- John Caldicott Williams gained significant control
Companies House
2015
13 August 2015
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1984
15 July 1984
- Changed its registered name from "National and General Insurance Company (UK) Limited"
FCA register
1964
1 July 1964
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Supervised by HM Treasury under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 66 events
- All 66 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 52
Firms connected to East West Insurance Company
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with East West Insurance Company. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like East West Insurance Company
Other firms of the same type (insurer), nearest first.
In the South East London (SE) postcode area
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk