Contact Us Media Centre MENU Home > About Us > Our Story OUR STORY UTMOST GROUP IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF INSURANCE AND SAVINGS SOLUTIONS. HERE IS OUR STORY Our Story Our Strategy Our Team FEB 2013 Utmost Group (formerly LCCG) is founded by Ian Maidens and Paul Thompson. 2015 Through the year, Utmost Group purchases the closed Irish insurance business IBRC Assurance Company Limited and Scottish Mutual International Limited. JUL 2016 Utmost Group purchases Aviva Life International from Aviva. The business has £1.2bn of assets under administration. OCT 2016 Utmost Group purchases AXA Isle of Man from AXA, which is one of the largest UK providers of offshore bonds across the Isle of Man and Ireland. This is a significant deal for Utmost Group with the business having around £9bn of assets under administration. AXA Isle of Man is rebranded Utmost Wealth Solutions. NOV 2016 Utmost Group purchases Augura Life Ireland and Altraplan Bermuda. MAR 2017 Utmost Group purchases Union Heritage Life Assurance. JUN 2017 Utmost Group acquires the investment bond business of AXA Life Europe. MAR 2018 Utmost Group completes the acquisition of Reliance Mutual which demutualises, and its business is transferred to a new life assurance company called Reliance Life. JUN 2018 Utmost Group acquires Generali PanEurope and continues with its intention to create a market-leading, specialist wealth manager with a global footprint. Utmost Group creates the Utmost Corporate Solutions brand. JUN 2018 Utmost Group enters an agreement with Equitable Life to transfer the business to Reliance Life. Subject to voting and approvals, the transaction is expected to close towards the end of 2019. DEC 2018 Utmost Group acquires Athora Ireland’s (formerly Aegon Ireland) International investment bond business from Athora. FEB 2019 Utmost Group acquires Generali Worldwide Insurance Company Limited and continues the expansion of the Utmost Wealth Solutions and Utmost Corporate Solutions business, which are now under the Utmost International division. FEB 2019 Utmost Group undergoes a group-wide rebrand to “Utmost”. MAR 2019 Reliance Life is rebranded as Utmost Life and Pensions. JAN 2020 January 2020 – Completion of Equitable Life business transfer. OCT 2020 Utmost Group of Companies is reorganised to bring the UK and International businesses into one insurance Group. Utmost Group is subject to group regulation by the PRA. TODAY AT A GLANCE HOME ABOUT US Our Story Our Strategy Our Board Our Team Our Values OUR BUSINESSES Utmost International Utmost Wealth Solutions Utmost Corporate Solutions Utmost Life and Pensions MEDIA CENTRE FINANCIALS Annual Accounts Credit Strength Our Investors SUSTAINABILITY CUSTOMER SUPPORT CONTACT US Utmost Group Saddlers House 5th Floor 44 Gutter Lane London, EC2V 6BR T +44 (0)203 861 4343 E reception@utmostgroup.co.uk Utmost Group plc Terms and conditions Privacy notice Modern Slavery Act Statement Cookies Accept Cookies Information note and consent regarding Utmost use of cookies; This website uses its own technical and third party cookies (technical and profiling) in order to improve your browsing experience and provide you with a service in line with your preferences. Please select 'Accept Cookies' to proceed.