Groupe Burrus made its debut in 1923 in Strasbourg, with the creation of ESCA by the Burrus family. It was in 1991 that Christian Burrus took over the management of ESCA. In 2004, AFI EUROPE (Lille) joined the group, which enabled it to add the borrower to its Life and Capitalisation activities. It was in 2010 that the two companies became AFI-ESCA. Today, AFI-ESCA operates in France, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg.
In addition, in 2008, Christian Burrus decided to diversify into brokerage by acquiring the firm DIOT, itself already present throughout France thanks to multiple subsidiaries, and internationally thanks to the EOS RISQ network. In 2010, the group strengthened its position by becoming the majority shareholder of LSN, a brokerage firm dedicated to regulated professions including notaries. Since then, Groupe Burrus has continued to grow, acquiring multiple regional and European specialist brokerage firms.
The service companies Custy, for insurance, and Adhoc, for brokerage, provide business software.
In 2021, Christian Burrus is approaching the brokerage company Siaci Saint Honoré with the ambition of accelerating growth and strengthening the position of the new group in France and internationally on the market for large companies, ETIs, SMEs and professions. regulated in personal insurance as well as property and casualty insurance, credit insurance and reinsurance.
Burrus Group, all branches combined, is now present in Belgium, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Principality of Monaco and Switzerland, it has nearly 1,500 employees.