Bessé’s roots
For the last 60 years, we at Bessé have been writing ou history through specialising in sectors of activity, developing our clients’ lines of business and steering them through a changing risk environment.
A Family Business
Alain Bessé, Pierre Bessé’s father, started his insurance brokering business by developing insurance solutions for the fishing and merchant navy sectors.
Already a reference in the marine
transport eco-system
Bessé entered the naval construction industry, becoming the leading advisor to almost all of France’s naval construction firms during the 1970s.
Bessé and industry
Bessé grew in the steelworks and metallurgy industry, as well as among intermediary equipment manufacturers, a sector in which it would become number 1 in France.
Bessé and car dealerships
Bessé took its first steps in this market, becoming the French leader in the 2000s.
A new business to serve its
customers
Created at the end of the 1980s, Saga now specialises in loyalty development services for car dealerships and their customers.
Bessé’s investment in the world
of real estate and construction
Bessé entered the professional world of real estate, becoming a leader in the sector in the 2000s for property management and joint ownership associations.
Bessé and the agro-food sector
The solutions developed to cover the risks of contamination and deterioration of brand image combined with the specialisation of its teams have made Bessé a leader in the agro-food sector and cooperatives from 2010.
A new activity: social welfare
Bessé Health & Welfare Benefits, a Bessé division dedicated to social engineering for health, and life/disability insurance and pensions, was created.
Pierre Bessé
Pierre Bessé, who joined the company in 1988, became its Chairman in 2010.
Specialising in
the Energy sector
Bessé has become a reference in the Energy industry (renewable marine energy and nuclear energy).
Adapting to changing risks and markets
Bessé started to develop its cyber expertise when the first cyberattacks were implemented. This marked the launch of an on-going awareness campaign among our customers and their eco-systems.
Development
of our Employee Welfare sector
Growth of the Employee Welfare activity with the acquisition of Ressources France (2015) and Courcelles Prévoyance (2017).
Development
of the construction business
Bessé continued to develop its construction business with the acquisition of Atlantis Assurances and Euro Cautions, strengthening its activities in the private home construction industry.
Acquisition of a 35% stake
in Socepra
This acquisition was a perfect fit for Bessé’s strategy to develop its business in the life/disability and health insurance sector for large international groups.
Development of
parametric insurance
Officialisation of a partnership agreement lasting several years concerning the development of innovative parametric insurance solutions for the agricultural sector in response to the risks generated by climate change.