1920s – 1930s:

Holborn was chartered by the State of New York as an insurance brokerage firm.

Jack Gilbert, who started his career as a broker with Lloyd's of London, joined the firm and soon narrowed its focus exclusively to reinsurance broking.

After the collapse of the Mexican insurance market, Holborn quickly helped to establish a number of new companies in that market, thereby developing reinsurance capacity which had not previously existed.

With no effective means of communications with the London market during World War II, Jack Gilbert traveled to England by military transport in order to collect on claims for marine war-risk losses.

1940s – 1980s:

Holborn led the trend among the reinsurance brokerage firms, becoming the first to employ actuaries.

Holborn placed the first reinsurance treaty underwritten by CNA.

Holborn created one of the industry's first property catastrophe models.

1990s – present:

Continuing to pursue new alternatives for our clients, Holborn pioneered opportunities in the Bermuda market, placing the first reinsurance contracts written by Mid-Ocean (now XL Mid-Ocean Re) and Renaissance Re. Today , Holborn is a major source of business for all the Bermuda markets including the 2001 and 2005 start ups.

Through the adoption of an ESOP structure, Holborn shifted to exclusive employee-ownership, providing each Holborn professional with a direct stake in the firm's success - and that of its clients.

Holborn opened its Minneapolis and Kansas City branch offices.

Holborn celebrates its 85 year of serving our clients.