Absolute Integrity. The Story of Royal Insurance, 1845-1995
Details:
- Author(s) Pugh, Peter
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1995
- Pages 287pp; illus
- Publisher Cambridge Business Publishing
- Place Published Cambridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Commissioned history from a professional company history writer. Narrative, extensive and detailed history of the business from its inception. Has chapters: 'The origins of insurance'; 'The founding of Royal Insurance'; 'The Royal and other insurance companies in the mid nineteenth century'; 'The vRoyal after 50 years'; 'The Royal in the USA, 1851-1906'; 'The Royal in the USA, 1906-94'; 'The Royal in Canada'; 'Wars and depression, the Royal, 1906-45'; 'The Royal, 1945-70'; 'The Royal in the 1970s'; 'A true composite - British engine & marine insurance'; 'The truly global company - the Royal overseas'; 'The closest to meltdown I'd ever want to get - the Royal in the 1980s'; 'A real management story - the Royal in the 1990s and beyond'