Brit Insurance Becomes Official Insurance Partner of English Test Match Grounds

Brit Insurance Holdings PLC (“Brit Insurance” or “the Group”), has today strengthened its links with English cricket by becoming the Official Insurance Partner of English Test Match Grounds in a four-year sponsorship deal.
November 28, 2006

The package gives Brit Insurance the right to perimeter branding and tri-vision advertising at Test Matches and One-Day Internationals until the end of the 2010 domestic season. The Test Match Grounds included within the deal are Headingley, Edgbaston, Old Trafford, Trent Bridge and Chester-le-Street. On top of this, Brit Insurance will continue to benefit from a substantial presence at The Brit Insurance Oval through the company’s naming rights deal with the ground.

Mark Jones, Group Marketing Director of Brit Insurance Holdings PLC said; “This new agreement will substantially increase Brit Insurance’s brand awareness during the course of the domestic and international season.

“Over the past three years, our branding of the Brit Insurance Oval has generated substantial return on investment, principally through televised Tests and One Day International matches, and this new deal will extend that visibility throughout the course of the season.”

“Brit Insurance has a substantial network of regional offices throughout the country and our Test Match Ground partnership will provide a valuable platform for us to engage our business partners around the country,” said Jones.

“Since becoming club and ground sponsor of Surrey CCC in 2004, cricket sponsorship has proved a valuable marketing tool for the Brit Insurance brand. This increased activity will be a key element of our sponsorship strategy as we look to strengthen our position as one of the UK’s leading insurance brands,” he added.

Commenting on behalf of the Test Match Grounds, Nick Hoyle, Frontiers Group Sales Director said “We are delighted to welcome Brit Insurance into our family of partners and look forward to building a very successful relationship over the next four years”.

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Enquiries
Carne Curgenven
Brit Insurance Holdings PLC
020 7984 8500

Tom Maidment
WSM
020 7993 2249/ 07714 659 572

Nick Hoyle,
Frontiers Group (UK)
020 7632 2500

Notes to Editors
Brit Insurance’s underwriting operations are comprised of three customer-facing centres: UK, London Market and Reinsurance. All three have access to the two regulatory vehicles through which Brit Insurance underwrites: UK insurance company, Brit Insurance Limited and Lloyd’s Syndicate 2987 which is managed by Brit Syndicates Limited. Brit Insurance has UK underwriting offices in London, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Darlington, Ilford and Manchester. www.britinsurance.com

This sponsorship agreement was brokered by WSM and Frontiers Group UK. It runs concurrently with the Group’s ongoing sponsorship of Surrey County Cricket Club and the Brit Insurance Oval - a deal recently extended to the end of 2010 which will include the 2009 Ashes Tour.In addition, Brit Insurance’s sponsorship portfolio includes a series of National Hunt Novice’s Hurdle races, culminating in the Brit Insurance Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

The West Indies and India tour England next summer, followed by visits from South Africa and New Zealand in 2008, Australia and Zimbabwe in 2009 and the West Indies, Bangladesh and Australia in 2010.

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Brit Insurance Becomes Official Insurance Partner of English Test Match Grounds

Brit Insurance Holdings PLC (“Brit Insurance” or “the Group”), has today strengthened its links with English cricket by becoming the Official Insurance Partner of English Test Match Grounds in a four-year sponsorship deal.November 28, 2006

Brit Insurance Holdings PLC (“Brit Insurance” or “the Group”), has today strengthened its links with English cricket by becoming the Official Insurance Partner of English Test Match Grounds in a four-year sponsorship deal.
November 28, 2006