Who owns aviva

NZI, as it came to be known, was set up to transact fire and marine business. It was acquired by General Accident in and sold by Aviva in In June , a fire raged for two days in a London hemp warehouse. The scale of the disaster created panic among insurance companies and premiums were increased. Merchants affected by the price rise called for a public protest meeting and duly formed a committee. It was decided to create a new company, the Commercial Union Assurance Company, which was established in September that year.

Commercial Union was one of the principal companies that merged to create Aviva. Norwich Union was also closely involved in giving advice to the building contractors on fire safety. On 17 November , a fire on board led to the death of all but three of its passengers and crew. Both companies were historical constituents of Aviva.

Norwich Cathedral was first used as a Norwich Union trademark in the late nineteenth century. It has appeared in various forms over the years. Prompt settlement secured the company an excellent reputation in the country. The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation was the first to insure employers against claims by employees injured at work. He insisted that they made employers work to prevent accidents by refusing to insure those who did not take proper precautions.

Employers' Liability was acquired by Northern Assurance in It provided lunch in the board luncheon room five days a week at a cost of 5d per head. It was founded by a group of businessmen and landowners from Perthshire, Scotland. The business soon expanded to include sickness insurance and, in , the company started writing fidelity guarantee, livestock, and marine passengers' insurance. It also undertook the insurance of many tram companies across the country.

General Accident was one of the principal companies that merged to create Aviva. The following year, General Accident became the second British company to offer this type of insurance cover.

The first edition of the Norwich Union Magazine was published in The magazine continued for over a hundred years. It was believed to be the oldest company publication of its type anywhere in the world. Mary Louisa Shelton was the first woman known to have been employed by one of our companies. General Accident issued its first motor insurance prospectus.

The company claimed it was the first of its kind in the UK. Winston Churchill took out a personal accident policy with the Accident Insurance Company in The policy covered him for steeplechasing and other forms of racing, plus travel and temporary residence outside Europe. In Commercial Union, who had acquired the Accident Insurance Company in , wrote to Sir Winston to inform him that his was the oldest such policy on their books and would therefore be free from any further premium payments.

The Norwich Union fire brigade at Worcester took delivery of a new appliance in At the time it was said to be the only motor fire engine in service in England.

It had been converted from a horse-drawn vehicle into a self-propelled steamer by Charles T Crowden of Leamington. Early trials were somewhat disastrous, however, as sparks from the motor caused a series of incidents, including setting fire to the blouse of a lady cyclist and a passing waggon load of straw. A spectacular blaze in Toronto, Canada, started in a necktie factory and raged through the night of April. With no water for the fire engines, the city was engulfed, and a small arms factory caught fire and blew up.

Fortunately, there was no loss of life. The architect was George Skipper. The interior is richly decorated in marble, some of which was originally intended for Westminster Cathedral. Today, the building houses the Aviva Group Archive and forms an impressive main entrance for visitors.

Surrey House received Grade I listed status in At the time, the Hand in Hand, which was established in , was the oldest existing insurance company in the UK. San Francisco was woken by a powerful earthquake on the morning of 18 April A ruptured gas mains and sparks from newly installed electrical equipment led to fires that ravaged the city for three days. Many insurers paid claims in full.

He worked as a clerk in the Manchester claims office until Lowry was to become one of the most popular British artists of the twentieth century, best known for his atmospheric paintings of bleak industrial towns populated by matchstick figures. The company mainly provided fire insurance, concentrating on public authority business from the Dublin Corporation. In , Commercial Union acquired a controlling stake in the company. Its remaining shares were acquired by CGU plc in January General Accident was the first UK insurer to introduce a no-claims bonus for homeowners.

The company granted a free policy renewal every sixth year for its customers. General Accident insured so many members of the British royal family, as well as their cars, that it was granted a Royal Warrant in To the best of our knowledge, General Accident was the first and only insurance company to have held this honour.

It was subsequently decided to limit royal warrants to tradesmen. The Titanic sank on 15 April after striking an iceberg. More than 1, lives were lost. Commercial Union was just one of the companies that insured the White Star Line vessel. The owners had so much confidence in her design that they had not insured the ship for its full value.

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