Royal Exchange Assurance
Other Business Names:
- Guardian Assurance Co Ltd
- Atlas Assurance Co Ltd
- Car & General Insurance Corp Ltd
- Motor Union Insurance Co Ltd
- Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
Notes:
Established 1720 and emerged as a leading UK insurance business. Initially involved in fire, marine and life insurance, later general accident. Over the years acquired numerous insurance businesses, notably Atlas Assurance Co Ltd in 1959, Car & General Insurance Corp Ltd in 1917 and Motor Union Insurance Co Ltd in 1928. 1968 merged with Guardian Assurance Co Ltd to form Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance
Publications:
- 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
- 'Big business before 1900' in M W Kirby & M B Rose (eds), Business Enterprise in Modern Britain from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century by Kirby, Maurice W
- Charters of the Royal Exchange Assurance and of the Royal Exchange Assurance of Houses and Goods from Fire by Unknown
- 'Corporate growth and structural change in a service industry. Insurance, 1870-1914' in B Supple (ed), Essays in British Business History. The development of the firm by Supple, Barry
- Indexes of the Fire Insurance Policies of the Sun Fire Office and the Royal Exchange Assurance, 1775-1787 by Jenkins, David T
- Insuring the Industrial Revolution. Fire insurance in Britain, 1700-1850 by Pearson, Robin
- 'Investment funds and capital markets, 1800-1914' in B Supple, Royal Exchange Assurance. A history of British insurance, 1720-1970 by Supple, Barry
- List of Directors, Officials and Members of the Staff of the Royal Exchange Assurance Who Have Served with the Forces, 1914-1919 by Unknown
- Manchester Memories; being some account of the association of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance with the County Palatine of Lancaster and Manchester by Loudon, John
- 'Organizational choice in UK marine insurance' in R Pearson & T Yoneyama (eds), Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance by Pearson, Robin, & Helen Doe
- Prometheus insured. The Sun Life Agency in Leeds during urbanization, 1716-1826 by Beresford, Maurice W
- Royal Exchange. A note on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Royal Exchange Assurance by Mason, Alfred E W
- Royal Exchange Assurance. A history of British insurance, 1720-1970 by Supple, Barry
- Royal Exchange Assurance. An historical sketch by Whymper, W N
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Guardian Assurance Co Ltd
- Atlas Assurance Co Ltd
- Car & General Insurance Corp Ltd
- Motor Union Insurance Co Ltd
- Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
Notes:
Established 1720 and emerged as a leading UK insurance business. Initially involved in fire, marine and life insurance, later general accident. Over the years acquired numerous insurance businesses, notably Atlas Assurance Co Ltd in 1959, Car & General Insurance Corp Ltd in 1917 and Motor Union Insurance Co Ltd in 1928. 1968 merged with Guardian Assurance Co Ltd to form Guardian Royal Exchange AssurancePublications:
- 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
- 'Big business before 1900' in M W Kirby & M B Rose (eds), Business Enterprise in Modern Britain from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century by Kirby, Maurice W
- Charters of the Royal Exchange Assurance and of the Royal Exchange Assurance of Houses and Goods from Fire by Unknown
- 'Corporate growth and structural change in a service industry. Insurance, 1870-1914' in B Supple (ed), Essays in British Business History. The development of the firm by Supple, Barry
- Indexes of the Fire Insurance Policies of the Sun Fire Office and the Royal Exchange Assurance, 1775-1787 by Jenkins, David T
- Insuring the Industrial Revolution. Fire insurance in Britain, 1700-1850 by Pearson, Robin
- 'Investment funds and capital markets, 1800-1914' in B Supple, Royal Exchange Assurance. A history of British insurance, 1720-1970 by Supple, Barry
- List of Directors, Officials and Members of the Staff of the Royal Exchange Assurance Who Have Served with the Forces, 1914-1919 by Unknown
- Manchester Memories; being some account of the association of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance with the County Palatine of Lancaster and Manchester by Loudon, John
- 'Organizational choice in UK marine insurance' in R Pearson & T Yoneyama (eds), Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance by Pearson, Robin, & Helen Doe
- Prometheus insured. The Sun Life Agency in Leeds during urbanization, 1716-1826 by Beresford, Maurice W
- Royal Exchange. A note on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Royal Exchange Assurance by Mason, Alfred E W
- Royal Exchange Assurance. A history of British insurance, 1720-1970 by Supple, Barry
- Royal Exchange Assurance. An historical sketch by Whymper, W N