If a headline-grabbing global disaster of natural or man-made origin happens, chances are good that Torus Insurance Holdings Ltd. has insured against it: earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, flooding in Australia and Thailand, explosions at a Canadian gas refinery and a Cypriot power plant, and the sinking of a Maersk offshore oil platform are recent examples.
Begun in 2008 with 20 people in offices in London and Bermuda, Torus today is a specialty insurer that maintains a global footprint with 600 employees in 16 offices around the world. The company is based in Bermuda, with a big part of its corporate operations conducted in London. About 20 percent of its employees work in the United States, and a third of its workforce is located in Gurgaon, India the location of Torus’ global operations office.
