By Victoria Phoenix, Actuarial Recruiter and Insurance Museum History Ambassador On Wednesday 8th March 2023, people from around the world celebrated International Women’s Day. This is a day that marks tremendous achievement, and we reflect on… Read More »Women in Insurance
‘Fuelled by Coffee’ is the second in a series of online galleries from the ‘Fire! Risk and Revelations’ exhibition by the Insurance Museum. The first gallery, ‘Rising from the Ashes’ launched earlier this autumn and… Read More »PRESS RELEASE – Insurance Museum launch latest gallery!
Fuelled by Coffee, is the new Insurance Museum online gallery that will continue the story of the early fire insurance companies.
The Insurance Museum has appointed fundraiser Graeme Williamson to drive the Museum into the next stage of its journey. Graeme has a strong track record in fundraising, which includes the award-winning Royal Shakespeare Theatre in… Read More »Fundraising for the Insurance Museum
The coffee houses were synonymous with 17th and 18th century London. They were numerous and centres for business and commerce. Each coffee house attracted a certain type of business, Lloyd’s Coffee House being the most famous… Read More »17th Century Coffee House Coffee
Chocolate took off as a popular and luxury drink in 17th century Europe. It has all the trappings of an expensive commodity, using expensive imported ingredients and difficult to make. It was first encountered by… Read More »17th Century Chocolate
On behalf of everyone at the Insurance Museum… ‘Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year‘. We’d like to thank you for all your support and look forward to touching base again in 2023!
Our first online exhibition, Rising from the Ashes, was launched in September. It tells the story of the very early fire insurance that came out of the Great Fire of London. Famous entrepreneur Nicolas… Read More »Rising from the Ashes Competition
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