Guernsey is famous for its international insurance industry and has an excellent reputation for innovation and professionalism. In particular, Guernsey’s insurance sector includes the captive insurance companies which have been incorporated on the Island since… Read More »Guernsey Insurance History
The Insurance Museum is continually growing and is busy working behind the scenes on administration, fundraising, finance, social media, collecting objects and recording oral histories. Suffice to say, the Museum is achieving great things with… Read More »Volunteer for the Museum
In an online event held by the Insurance Institute of London on 18 January 2022 Miles Celic, Chief Executive Officer of The CityUK, outlined his views on “How to make the UK the world’s leading… Read More »“The CityUK ready to look at Insurance Museum”
Board room and Directors’ lunches may be largely a thing of the past among insurance companies these days, but we start this month with this image of the Directors’ Dining Room at Guardian Assurance, 11… Read More »Object of the Month
The first thing I would like to say is an enormous personal THANK YOU to all those wonderful supporters who recently honoured the pledges of financial support they made as long ago as 2019. At… Read More »Letter from the Chairman – The Insurance Community
The Insurance Museum is presently in discussion with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) over the future of the CII Library. The Library has been important for researchers and trainees in the insurance sector for 88… Read More »The future of the CII Library
Season’s Greetings to all our supporters. Whilst we are all away for a relaxing break, please enjoy our Festive Insurance History Facts. Did you know…? It’s not a UK bank or a pharmacy. Many people… Read More »Insurance Museum Festive Facts
Image: John Julius Angerstein John Julius Angerstein’s picture collection formed the basis of the collection of the National Gallery. Upon the death of this famous underwriter and broker from Lloyd’s past – it was Angerstein… Read More »Become a Supporter
The name ‘Willis’ has been part of the international insurance broking scene at least since Henry Willis founded his broking firm, Henry Willis & Co., in 1828. Like most brokers in the era, he was… Read More »Objects of the Month: What’s in a name?
Image: A document which mentions Alexander Ferrantyn The earliest (known) London insurance In 1426, more than 270 years before Edward Lloyd opened his coffee-house in the shadow of the Tower of London, a London-based Italian… Read More »Insurance History Snippet
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