financial services founded 1932 headquarters eastbourne united kingdom key people richard lane md products insurance number of employees 612 2015 website www.ansvar.co.uk ansvar insurance is a business division of ecclesiastical insurance plc which is itself wholly owned by the allchurches trust . it is authorised and regulated by the prudential regulation authority and is also regulated by the financial conduct authority . contents 1 etymology 2 history 3 charity work 4 references 5 external links etymology edit ansvar is the swedish word for responsibility . history edit ansvar insurance was formed in sweden in 1932 out of the temperance movement . initially the business focused on personal home and motor insurance but strong connections with the church over the years was the catalyst for the development of specialist commercial policies for the not for profit sector charities churches and voluntary groups who make a positive contribution to society . ansvar expanded across the world into over 12 countries including the uk with an office in london . in 1975 they moved to their current office in eastbourne . today ansvar has developed to become one of the uk s leading charity insurers and is a business division of ecclesiastical insurance providing protection for over 40 000 charity and voluntary groups between them . charity work edit each year ansvar allocates a share of profits to organisations involved in educating school children about the effects of drugs and or alcohol misuse such as global rock challenge drug and crime prevention through performing arts 1 coram life education health wellbeing and drug education 2 and the alcohol education trust . 3 ansvar do not work or invest in companies whose businesses revolve around alcohol tobacco gaming or armaments . they were named as insurance company of the year at the better society awards 2015 an annual event that honours commercial companies whose efforts extend beyond commercial success and make valuable contributions to society . references edit http www.globalrockchallenge.com http coramlifeeducation.org.uk http www.alcoholeducationtrust.org external links edit official website companies portal v t e major insurance and reinsurance companies insurance composite aegon ageas aig allianz allstate aon aviva axa china pacific insurance china taiping generali ing japan post insurance national mutual insurance federation of agricultural cooperatives ping an insurance prudential plc pzu state farm insurance the hartford unipol unipolsai usaa vienna insurance group zurich insurance group farmers insurance group general insurance berkshire hathaway bnp paribas bradesco seguros direct line group hyundai marine & fire insurance if p & c insurance insurance australia group liberty mutual mapfre ms & ad insurance group picc qbe insurance rsa insurance group samsung fire & marine insurance sompo japan tokio marine travelers xl group life insurance aia aviva bupa china life cnp assurances dai ichi life great eastern jackson legal & general lic india lincoln manulife financial meiji yasuda life metlife new york life nippon life northwestern mutual old mutual phoenix group prudential financial samsung life scottish widows standard life sumitomo life sun life swiss life taikang life reinsurance gen re hannover re lloyd s of london munich re reinsurance group of america scor swiss re xl group methodology applicable fy2013 14 revenues of over us 3 billion retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ansvar insurance & oldid 741231610 categories companies established in 1932insurance companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in sussex1933 establishments in swedenhidden categories use dmy dates from february 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 05 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view