Provincial Insurance Plc
Other Business Names:
- Scott, Sir James W
- Provincial Fire Insurance Co
- Scott, Francis C
- Provincial Insurance Plc
- UAP
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West, England
- Kendal, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
Notes:
Established 1903 by James Scott as Provincial Fire Insurance Co at Bolton. Francis C Scott subsequently the driving force. Renamed Provincial Insurance Co Ltd in 1909 and located at Kendal from 1919. Initially a fire business but quickly moved into marine and especially motor. Known as Provincial Insurance Plc 1982. For long owned and managed by Scott family. Acquired by UAP of France in 1994
Publications:
- Family Policy. A brief history of the first 75 years of the Provincial Insurance Company by Westall, Oliver M
- 'Investment. Riding the tiger' in O M Westall, Provincial Insurance Co, 1903-38. Family, markets and competitive growth by Westall, Oliver M
- Memoir of F C Scott by Lewis, Russell
- Personal Account. Some recollections of fifty years of the Provincial Insurance Company by Scott, Samuel H, & F C Scott
- Provincial Insurance Co, 1903-38. Family, markets and competitive growth by Westall, Oliver M
- Sir James William Scott. A short memoir by his son by Scott, S H
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Scott, Sir James W
- Provincial Fire Insurance Co
- Scott, Francis C
- Provincial Insurance Plc
- UAP
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West, England
- Kendal, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
Notes:
Established 1903 by James Scott as Provincial Fire Insurance Co at Bolton. Francis C Scott subsequently the driving force. Renamed Provincial Insurance Co Ltd in 1909 and located at Kendal from 1919. Initially a fire business but quickly moved into marine and especially motor. Known as Provincial Insurance Plc 1982. For long owned and managed by Scott family. Acquired by UAP of France in 1994Publications:
- Family Policy. A brief history of the first 75 years of the Provincial Insurance Company by Westall, Oliver M
- 'Investment. Riding the tiger' in O M Westall, Provincial Insurance Co, 1903-38. Family, markets and competitive growth by Westall, Oliver M
- Memoir of F C Scott by Lewis, Russell
- Personal Account. Some recollections of fifty years of the Provincial Insurance Company by Scott, Samuel H, & F C Scott
- Provincial Insurance Co, 1903-38. Family, markets and competitive growth by Westall, Oliver M
- Sir James William Scott. A short memoir by his son by Scott, S H