Hastings Group Holdings
UK car, van, bike and home insurance provider selling mainly through price comparison sites and its own brand websites
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- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About Hastings Group Holdings
Hastings Group is a UK general insurance group. Its retail business, Hastings Insurance Services Limited, handles end-customer pricing, product design, distribution and customer relationships. Its underwriting business, Advantage Insurance Company Limited in Gibraltar, handles risk selection, technical pricing, reserving and claims, and underwrites around 90% of policies.
The group sells car, van, bike and home insurance to UK customers, with private car insurance as its main focus, accounting for around 85% of live customer policies. Its primary channels are price comparison websites and the websites of its retail brands, led by Hastings Direct.
The business was founded in 1996 in Bexhill-on-Sea, and the legal entity was founded in 2015. The group is part of the Nordic insurance group Sampo and has sites in Bexhill, Leicester, Gibraltar and London. For the year to 31 December 2025 it reported 4,907 colleagues, 4.5 million live customer policies and a 10.5% car insurance market share.
Product: Car, van, bike and home insurance policies sold under brands such as Hastings Direct
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