Conference season
At the end of June, the Insurance Museum had a stand at the Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) conference in London. It was a great event, packed full of MGAs as well as insurers, brokers… Read More »Conference season
“Why don’t we have an Insurance Museum?”
I was inspired to use this headline question by the Daily Telegraph headline on 6 March 2022: “Why is there no Museum of England?” The question was posed by former director of the British Museum,… Read More »“Why don’t we have an Insurance Museum?”
Insurance, Schools, Education and Careers
By Howard Benge, Director, Insurance Museum The Insurance Museum has been defining the role it can play in the wide landscape of education. It wants to develop a programme that will educate children on the… Read More »Insurance, Schools, Education and Careers
Museum Objects
Ledger book from the De Rougemont Syndicate Many items from companies’ pasts have been left, discarded and forgotten. Often a document which is no longer of use or has no purpose will be destroyed.… Read More »Museum Objects
History Feature
“Cammi” by Paul Miller ‘Cammi’ Grizzard was for years, an underworld king and a notorious ‘fence’. His speciality was organising jewel robberies which cost insurance companies thousands. In 1913, he almost cost Lloyd’s of London £135,000.… Read More »History Feature
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