About us

Talented U.S. professionals, who know your needs and speak your language

Bringing our people-first vision to U.S. retail broking

From Howden’s foundation in 1994, the driving motivation was to build a great company that’s owned by the people who work for it. Our vision is to be a great global business that we’re proud of, which clients, markets and partners love and which is using our collective power to innovate how the world sees risk and insurance.

We have operated in the US for more than a decade through DUAL, one of the world’s largest international Managing General Agents, through Howden Re, one of only four global reinsurance brokers, and through many years of supporting U.S.-domiciled clients as their wholesale broker in international markets, with more than $18 billion of U.S. premiums negotiated at present.

We have been waiting for the right time to expand our U.S. offering to the retail market - the biggest, most dynamic insurance market in the world.

That time is now, and we could not be more excited to begin to build a brokerage like no other in the U.S. retail broking market.

56

countries

US$47bn

GWP managed

22,000

colleagues

To serve our clients best, we must become a truly global business. The foundations are in place, and now we’re expanding in the U.S. with local leaders who know their markets and are ready to shape something new

Destination of choice for leading talent

At Howden, we believe in building businesses that are bold, independent, and led by the people who know their clients best. That’s why this is not just an expansion into the US retail broking market, the world’s largest and most dynamic insurance market, it is a transformation.

We are creating a full-spectrum platform across retail, specialty and reinsurance broking, capital advisory, employee benefits, underwriting, and program management. With over $18 billion in US premium already flowing through our international businesses, we are starting from strength.

This is not a business in the US run from somewhere else. This is a US business built by and for US talent, powered by global capabilities and local leadership.

Our employee ownership model creates a culture of accountability, long-term thinking, and client-first decision-making. In the US, that means building something different: a broker that puts people first, thinks long term, and acts like a partner.

Together, we are writing the next chapter. Locally led. Globally supported. Designed to change the game.