United Insurance Brokers Limited

The SFO has charged UK insurance company United Insurance Brokers Limited with failure to prevent bribery.

In April 2025, the SFO first announced an investigation into United Insurance Brokers Limited (UIBL), at the same time it was charged with failure to prevent bribery.

UIBL is accused of failing to prevent associates from bribing state officials in Ecuador between October 2013 and March 2016.

UIBL offered re-insurance services which insure against any losses caused by making significant and unexpected payouts for insurance policies.

Case Timeline

16 April 2025 – The investigation was announced by the SFO and the company was charged with failure to prevent bribery. You can read more in our press release.

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Updates to this page

Published 17 April 2025