About us

We are one of the largest global insurance groups, trusted by locals everywhere in the world. 

Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people with local knowledge all around the world.

As your risk partner, we bring the insurance knowledge, but you know your needs better than anyone. So we listen and work with you to truly understand them. We learn from you and find or craft the perfect solution for you.

Award-winning partner that you can trust

Our accolades speak for themselves. We are a 5-year running winner of the Insurance Asia Award for International Broker of the Year. We are also the only broker to be recognised as a winner of the HR Vendors of the Year Award for Best Employee Insurance Provider, for 5 years.

The people doing the business, own the business.

Our employees are our largest shareholder group.

This means all our client relationships are personal to us. Our people are united by a shared owner’s mindset, and we’re driven to think bigger and empowered to challenge convention.

We’re all working to build something to be proud of, and that means we’re not afraid to rewrite the rule book when it comes to creating the best solutions for our clients.

Someone to rely on worldwide

When you’re managing complex multinational insurance programmes, you really want local experts on the case.

We have offices and branches in 55 countries around the globe including the world’s key insurance markets. Our 22,000 global employees who manage more than $45bn in premiums are experts in their field, managed by local leaders who know their markets inside-out. 

Our reach is expanded even further by our trusted partners within the Howden One Network - thousands of local brokers with proven expertise, specialist knowledge and a client service ethos that matches our own. 

A force for good

We have a fundamental belief that a great business takes care of people, communities and the world around us, now and in the future.

We do insurance differently, and we’re determined to do it better, too. We know the market inside out and we’re using that expertise to turn insurance into a tool for social good. 

From insuring the development of the COVID vaccine, to de-risking the carbon market, to helping vulnerable communities build resilience against climate change, we’re pushing the boundaries of what insurance can do and turning it into the powerful force for good that we know it can be.