- Business
- Protector Forsikring ASA operates as a non-life insurance company, providing property, liability, motor, personal, and change of ownership insurance products to commercial, public sector, and affinity clients primarily through brokers. The company offers tailored solutions including property coverage for buildings, machinery, inventory, business interruption, and contractor risks; liability insurance encompassing general corporate, product, directors' and officers', construction client, and cyber protections; motor insurance for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and heavy equipment; personal insurance such as disability income, health, life, accident, and occupational injury coverage; and change of ownership insurance for sellers' liability on property defects, though new policies discontinued as of December 2021. Protector serves large and medium-sized enterprises, affinity programs, over 600 Scandinavian municipalities and county councils, more than 420 UK public sector and housing clients, and non-marine industries across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Finland, with expansion initiatives underway in the UK commercial sector, smaller clients, and France. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Protector Forsikring ASA listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2007 under ticker PROT.OL and employs approximately 594 people. Recent developments include a May 2025 portfolio transfer agreement with DARAG Deutschland AG to fully exit its Danish workers' compensation portfolio involving approximately EUR 130 million in net liabilities, subject to regulatory approvals; successful issuance of a new perpetual restricted Tier 1 bond in October 2025; declaration of a NOK 3.00 per share dividend alongside Q3 2025 results showing a combined ratio of 83.1% and earnings per share of NOK 5.6; robust Q2 2025 growth of 16% in local currencies with a combined ratio of 84.9%; and ongoing strategic expansions in the UK and France.