Νikolaos E. Manos (1870-1947), was οne the first Fire Insurance Agents of his time representing the American Insurance Company “Phoenix of Hartford” during the great fire of the city of Thessaloniki in 1917.At a later stage in 1922 he represented the “Yorkshire Insurance Co” of London and finally in 1924 he was elected as president of the Hellenic Insurance Agency Union.Furthermore, Nikolaos E. Manos was elected twice as Major of the city of Thessaloniki in 1929 and in 1934.

A great earthquake of a magnitude of 6.5R occurred in the 20th of June 1978 in Thessaloniki, which left behind numerous victims & significant property damages.E.N. MANOS Ltd dealt with the loss adjusting of numerous claims cases after Thessaloniki’s catastrophic earthquake that had one of the highest magnitudes in the 20th century in Greece.This major event enriched our company know-how with valuable experience & knowledge in handling losses caused by catastrophic incidents.

Nikolaos E. Manos succeeds his father Emmanouil N. Manos as Managing Director of E.N. MANOS Ltd.After completing his technical studies in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering in TU Berlin, he had the vision & the hard mission of the geographical expansion of the company & the enrichment of the company in-house scientific staff with dynamic & specialized technical executives.During his successful career the company was recognized internationally by the insurance market as a leader in handling complex technical claims and furthermore established offices in Cyprus, Turkey, Bahrain, Romania & Russia.In 1982 a large fire loss took place in a tomato processing factory that was re-insured by Munich Reinsurance. E.N. MANOS Ltd was assigned the claim handling. This was the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with Munich Reinsurance Company, based on highest technical standards & mutual trust.

1999 earthquake in Athens (5, 9 R, distance 18km) had the highest mortality index as well as the highest index of losses, as a result of the expanse and type of urban growth of the city of Athens.The earthquake resulted in a widespread structural damage, mainly to the nearby towns of Ano Liossia, Acharnes, Fyli & Thrakomakedones as well as to the northern Athenian suburbs of Kifissia, Metamorfosi, Kamatero & Nea Philadelphia.More than 100 buildings (including three major industrial facilities) across those areas collapsed trapping victims under their rubble while dozens more were severely damaged. Overall, 143 people lost their lives and more than 2,000 were treated for injuries in what eventually became Greece's deadliest natural disaster in almost half a century.Ε. N. MANOS Ltd experience & technical knowledge piled up, undertook and successfully handled a vast amount of losses in a very short period of time under very difficult circumstances.

The 2004 Olympics was a major investment in Greece in the 20th century (Metro construction, Attiki Odos, roads, bridges, stadium constructions, buildings etc.).E.N. MANOS Ltd was appointed as loss adjuster & risk surveyor in many of these construction projects & furthermore adjusted many CAR claims during the construction period which lasted for more than 6 years before 2004 Olympic Games.The enrichment of our experience & expertise in handling claims & risk surveys of complex construction projects in fields other than catastrophic incidents exceeded our expectations.

Emmanouil N. Manos, after completing his Mechanical Engineering & Financial studies in London-UK, continued his technical & insurance studies at Munich Re in Munich, Bavaria.In 2006, he joined the company work force in order to continue the mission of the three former generations, actively participating in the field of loss adjusting & risk surveying in Greece & Cyprus.Emmanouil, currently holds the position of the Managing Director of E.N. MANOS Ltd, succeeding his father Nikolaos E. Manos.

The following year an earthquake of shallow focal depth with Andravida as the epicenter destroyed many villages in West Peloponnese.E.N. MANOS Ltd dealt with a large amount of building collapses & losses in infrastructure projects, by immobilizing not only from Patra’s office but also by organizing many small expert adjusting teams from the company’s in-house workforce to deal successfully with the large geographical spread of the losses in the region.

On the 11th of July 2011, a total of 98 containers of munitions stored at Evangelos Florakis Naval Base adjacent to Vasilikos Power Station with a total capacity of 860MW was exploded.The huge explosion caused extensive damages to Vasilikos Power Station which was the newest power plant of Electricity Authority of Cyprus (AHK). To cope with the extended loss of its largest power station, the Authority had to impose rolling blackouts.E.N. MANOS Ltd was nominated Loss Adjuster for the settlement of the loss, which was finalized in 2012 and was amounted in 154 million Euros.The B.I. loss was estimated at 300 million Euros, but it was not indemnified.

On the 26th of January 2014, two powerful Earthquakes shook the island of Kefalonia at the Ionian Sea, Western Greece.The first earthquake occurred at 3:56 p.m. with a magnitude of 5.8R, while the second took place at 8:45 p.m. with a magnitude of 5.2R. The temblor's epicenter was near the town of Lixouri on the island & its depth was 11 miles based on the Athens Geodynamic Institute.E.N. MANOS Ltd was appointed as loss adjuster for the majority of the claims in the entire are & coordinated expert team units across the island in order to inspect simultaneously a large volume of claims.