Close Premium Finance is one of the leading providers of premium finance products and services to insurance brokers and companies in the UK and Ireland. We introduced the concept of premium finance to the UK in 1977, and established Close Premium Finance Ireland in December 2000. We currently fund more than £2 billion / €3 billion of insurance premiums every year.

Close Premium Finance is also part of the Close Brothers Group, the largest independent merchant banking group in the UK. Founded in the City of London in 1878, the Close Brothers Group employs more than 2,200 people and has total assets of £4 billion.