Life reinsurance
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
979
Active companies
738
Formed in latest 12 months
39
Median active-company age
13.8 years
Revenue known
1
Importers
2
Exporters
1
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 979 |
| Active companies | 738 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 39 |
| Importers | 2 |
| Exporters | 1 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1 known, 737 unknown (0.1%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 11 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 7 | 12 |
| 2026-09 | 0 | 1 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 716 |
| Dissolved | 237 |
| Dormant | 22 |
| Liquidation | 4 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 580 |
| Lincolnshire | 17 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 11 |
| South East Wales | 10 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 8 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 8 |
| Inner London - East | 7 |
| West Central Scotland | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 |
| West Midlands | 6 |
Geography coverage: 736 known, 2 unknown (99.7%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
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| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 97 |
| 1m-15m | 66 |
| 15m-54m | 2 |
| 54m+ | 477 |
Revenue-range coverage: 642 known, 96 unknown (87.0%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 50 |
| Small | 110 |
| Large | 479 |
| Holding | 23 |
| Dormant | 22 |
Company-size coverage: 684 known, 54 unknown (92.7%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 28 |
| 1–9 | 83 |
| 10–49 | 12 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
Employee coverage: 124 known, 614 unknown (16.8%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 37 |
| 1–3 years | 43 |
| 3–5 years | 37 |
| 5–10 years | 85 |
| 10–20 years | 257 |
| 20+ years | 279 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 738 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 738 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 1 |
| Both | 1 |
| Neither | 736 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £79,812,623 | 2016-09-01 – 2016-10-01 |
| 61 — Clothing and accessories made by knitting or crocheting | 1 | £16,072,224 | 2023-05-01 – 2023-05-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1 | £10,870,297 | 2024-05-01 – 2024-05-01 |
| 65 — Headgear and accessories | 1 | £7,995,122 | 2024-04-01 – 2024-04-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 1 | £766,818 | 2024-04-01 – 2024-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1 | £561,090,768 | 2016-08-01 – 2019-11-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1 | £1,384,697,680 | 2016-09-01 – 2022-11-01 |
| 91 — Clocks, watches, and their parts | 1 | £1,084,423 | 2020-02-01 – 2020-02-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 1 | £227,222,196 | 2024-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 1 | £146,770,775 | 2016-01-01 – 2016-01-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £8,060,651 | 2022-09-01 – 2022-09-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 1 | £844,392 | 2023-09-01 – 2023-09-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1 | £263,170,168 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1 | £553,582,467 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 1 | £44,458,410 | 2026-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 92 — Musical Instruments and Parts | 1 | £573,609 | 2022-11-01 – 2022-11-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 1 | £6,667,448 | 2026-02-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 1 | £65,615 | 2016-09-01 – 2017-09-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 68 | 461 | 277 | 62.5% |
| Holding company | 0 | 461 | 277 | 62.5% |
| Solo founder | 303 | 461 | 277 | 62.5% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 1 | 737 | 0.1% |
| Website | 1 | 1 | 737 | 0.1% |
| 1 | 1 | 737 | 0.1% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Afro Asian Insurance Services Limited | £3,641,793 |
Revenue coverage: 1 known, 737 unknown (0.1%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Insurance agents, brokers | 8,568 |
| Non-life insurance | 4,488 |
| Salvage, actuarial | 3,635 |
| Life insurance | 2,454 |
| Non-life reinsurance | 1,493 |
| Risk and damage evaluation | 1,143 |
SIC classification
SIC 65201 — Life reinsurance
Includes
those institutions authorised by the Financial Services Authority under the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and whose main activity is the carrying on of life re-insurance, those institutions in the European Economic Area entitled to carry on insurance business in the UK on the basis of their home state authorisation and whose main activity is life re-insurance
Details
This subclass includes the activities of assuming all or part of the risk associated with existing insurance policies originally underwritten by other insurance carriers.