Who owns esure?
esure is owned by ageas (Belgium).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Ageas (UK) Limited persons with significant control, Companies House. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ageas SA/NV reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Brussels
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Property & casualty insurance
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About esure
esure Group plc is the holding company of the UK motor and home insurer esure. Its Companies House record shows Ageas (UK) Limited as the person with significant control, with 75 per cent or more, notified on 29 September 2025; the previous controller, Blue (BC) Bidco Limited, was recorded in December 2018.
Ownership timeline of esure
Where esure sits in ageas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full ageas ownership tree →
See the full ageas brand portfolio (3) →
Other brands owned by ageas
ageas controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in property & casualty insurance, and who owns them
The 55 brands in property & casualty insurance on Brandtree belong to 41 owners. The largest is AUB Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Austbrokers | AUB Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| nib Travel | nib | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Hastings | Sampo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| HWS Specialty | Steadfast | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Allstate | Allstate | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Liberty Specialty Markets | Liberty Mutual | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Evanston Insurance | Markel Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| QIC | Qatar Insurance Company | 🇶🇦 Qatar |
Every brand in property & casualty insurance and its owner →
About the owner: ageas
ageas is a publicly listed company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
Ageas is a Belgian insurance group listed on Euronext Brussels. Ageas.com blocks automated access, so this record rests on Companies House: its register shows Ageas SA/NV (Belgian registration 0.451.406.524) as the person with significant control of Ageas (UK) Limited since 6 April 2016, with 75 per cent or more of shares and votes, and Ageas (UK) Limited as the controller of Ageas Insurance Limited and Ageas Retail Limited. It also holds esure Group plc.
🇬🇧 esure and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, esure among them.
- HWS Specialty — Steadfast 🇦🇺
- Hastings — Sampo 🇫🇮
- ICE Futures Europe — ICE 🇺🇸
- Liberty Specialty Markets — Liberty Mutual 🇺🇸
- Movo — AUB Group 🇦🇺
- Prudential (Asia and Africa) — Prudential plc 🇬🇧
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of esure?
The parent company of esure is ageas, a publicly listed company headquartered in Belgium.
Is esure British or Belgian?
esure originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by ageas, which is headquartered in Belgium. So esure is a British-origin brand under Belgian ownership.
Is esure still owned by ageas?
Yes. As of 12 October 2026, esure is still owned by ageas. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Ageas (UK) Limited persons with significant control — Companies House, Companies House; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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