Norwich Union Insurance
Other Business Names:
- Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd
- Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
- Bignold, Samuel
- Amicable Society
- CGU Plc
- CGNU Plc
- Aviva Plc
- Bignold, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
- South Africa
Sectors:
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Financial services
Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
Notes:
Traced origins to the fire insurance business established at Norwich in 1797 by Thomas Bignold, a self made man. By 1820 it was the second largest fire office in Britain with 500 agencies. 1808 Bignold opened a life office, independent of the fire office but closely aligned with it, which by 1820 was one of the top five British life businesses. 1818 Bignold resigned to be succeeded by his son, Samuel. Subsequently grew by acquisition, notably the Amicable Society in 1866. The fire business sold to Phoenix Assurance 1919 and sold on by them in 1925. Offered general insurance from 1908. 1997 demutualised and floated as a public company. 2000 Norwich Union merged with CGU Plc to form CGNU Plc which, from 2002, was known as Aviva Plc
Publications:
- 100 Years in South Africa. The Norwich Union story by Rosenthal, Eric, with Norman Moyle
- Account of the Fire Insurance Companies, Associations, Institutions, Projects and Schemes Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland During the 17th and 18th Centuries Including the Sun Fire Office, Also of Charles Povey Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ... by Relton, Francis B
- 'Corporate governance in British insurance. How the Phoenix lost Norwich Union and lived to regret London Gurarantee & Accident' in R Fitzgerald & E Abe, Development of Corporate Governance by Trebilcock, Clive
- Early expansion of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society, 1808-37 by Ryan, Roger
- Esto Perpetua. The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society. An account of 150 years of progress by Blake, Robert N W
- Five Generations of the Bignold Family, 1761-1947, and their Connection with the Norwich Union by Bignold, Robert
- History of the Norwich Union Fire and Life Insurance Societies, 1797 to 1914 by Ryan, Roger
- Insuring the Industrial Revolution. Fire insurance in Britain, 1700-1850 by Pearson, Robin
- Mustard, Boots and Beer. The inside stories of eight Norfolk men of business in the nineteenth century by Armstrong, Chris
- 'Norwich Union and the British fire insurance market in the early nineteenth century' in O Westall (ed), The Historian and the Business of Insurance by Ryan, Roger
- Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. An historical sketch, 1797-1897 by Felce, Ernest
- Norwich Union Insurance Societies, 1797-1947. Souvenir on the 150th anniversary of the societies' foundation by Cooper, A P
- Norwich Union. The first 200 years by Mantle, Jonathan
- Peeps into the Past. Bicentenary of the Old Amicable Society and Centenary of the Norwich Union Life Office, 1705-1908 by Clark, George
- 'Thomas Bignold, 1761-1835. Founder of Norwich Union, eccentric and bankrupt' in C Armstrong, Mustard, Boots and Beer. The inside stories of eight Norfolk men of business in the nineteenth century by Armstrong, Chris
- Thrift or dissipation? The business of life assurance in the early nineteenth century by Pearson, Robin
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Ltd
- Norwich Union Life Insurance Society
- Bignold, Samuel
- Amicable Society
- CGU Plc
- CGNU Plc
- Aviva Plc
- Bignold, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Norwich, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
- South Africa
Sectors:
- Financial services Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
Notes:
Traced origins to the fire insurance business established at Norwich in 1797 by Thomas Bignold, a self made man. By 1820 it was the second largest fire office in Britain with 500 agencies. 1808 Bignold opened a life office, independent of the fire office but closely aligned with it, which by 1820 was one of the top five British life businesses. 1818 Bignold resigned to be succeeded by his son, Samuel. Subsequently grew by acquisition, notably the Amicable Society in 1866. The fire business sold to Phoenix Assurance 1919 and sold on by them in 1925. Offered general insurance from 1908. 1997 demutualised and floated as a public company. 2000 Norwich Union merged with CGU Plc to form CGNU Plc which, from 2002, was known as Aviva PlcPublications:
- 100 Years in South Africa. The Norwich Union story by Rosenthal, Eric, with Norman Moyle
- Account of the Fire Insurance Companies, Associations, Institutions, Projects and Schemes Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland During the 17th and 18th Centuries Including the Sun Fire Office, Also of Charles Povey Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ... by Relton, Francis B
- 'Corporate governance in British insurance. How the Phoenix lost Norwich Union and lived to regret London Gurarantee & Accident' in R Fitzgerald & E Abe, Development of Corporate Governance by Trebilcock, Clive
- Early expansion of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society, 1808-37 by Ryan, Roger
- Esto Perpetua. The Norwich Union Life Insurance Society. An account of 150 years of progress by Blake, Robert N W
- Five Generations of the Bignold Family, 1761-1947, and their Connection with the Norwich Union by Bignold, Robert
- History of the Norwich Union Fire and Life Insurance Societies, 1797 to 1914 by Ryan, Roger
- Insuring the Industrial Revolution. Fire insurance in Britain, 1700-1850 by Pearson, Robin
- Mustard, Boots and Beer. The inside stories of eight Norfolk men of business in the nineteenth century by Armstrong, Chris
- 'Norwich Union and the British fire insurance market in the early nineteenth century' in O Westall (ed), The Historian and the Business of Insurance by Ryan, Roger
- Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. An historical sketch, 1797-1897 by Felce, Ernest
- Norwich Union Insurance Societies, 1797-1947. Souvenir on the 150th anniversary of the societies' foundation by Cooper, A P
- Norwich Union. The first 200 years by Mantle, Jonathan
- Peeps into the Past. Bicentenary of the Old Amicable Society and Centenary of the Norwich Union Life Office, 1705-1908 by Clark, George
- 'Thomas Bignold, 1761-1835. Founder of Norwich Union, eccentric and bankrupt' in C Armstrong, Mustard, Boots and Beer. The inside stories of eight Norfolk men of business in the nineteenth century by Armstrong, Chris
- Thrift or dissipation? The business of life assurance in the early nineteenth century by Pearson, Robin