History

Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford was formed in July 2010, following the combination of leading global independent wholesale, reinsurance and specialist retail insurance broker, Cooper Gay, with leading U.S. wholesale broker, Swett & Crawford.

Cooper Gay

Founded as a Lloyd’s broker in 1965, Cooper Gay subsequently began expanding internationally with the opening of offices in New York, Singapore and Mexico, and the development of a Latin American network.

In 2001, Toby Esser was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer and steered Cooper Gay through a period of rapid expansion. The Group extended its operations across Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, China, the US and Canada.

For more information, visit www.coopergay.com.

Swett & Crawford

For nearly 100 years Swett & Crawford has delivered exceptional expertise and service to the commercial insurance marketplace in the United States. Established in San Francisco in 1914, today Swett operates from over 38 offices across the U.S.

For decades Swett has been the leading broker of its type in the United States, and the last six years has been voted "Best Wholesaler" by readers of the influential Business Insurance© magazine.

For more information visit www.swett.com      

The Group Today

Today, Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford is the largest independent global wholesale & reinsurance broker, placing in the region of $3.5 billion in premiums for our clients in the London, US and international insurance markets, and employing over 1,400 staff across five continents. 

Find out more about the Group's areas of expertise and our market-leading brands.

 
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