By George Worby ‘James Braidwood should be recognised as one of the top 100 Brits of all time.’ I was going to Edinburgh for a city break and when the opportunity to have a James… Read More »James Braidwood: A Walking Tour of Edinburgh

As we are now in Black History Month, I’m reminded of one of the more interesting companies featured in my insurance picture postcard collection – the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company. The Company was the… Read More »Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company of Chicago

Powered by the Industrial Revolution is the third in a series of online galleries from the Insurance Museum’s Fire! Risk and Revelations exhibition. The gallery which is now live, explores how fire insurance companies responded… Read More »Powered by the Industrial Revolution 1760 – 1823 gallery goes live

In my last Chairman’s Message, I referred to our ambition to open a Mini-Museum in EC3, City of London, to start our work engaging with audiences and telling the global story of insurance. With all… Read More »Chairman’s Message

When the Industrial Revolution arrived, fire insurance practices were not fit for purpose to keep up with the inventions, innovations and new processes. Large mills and factories were being built across the country, new machinery… Read More »History feature – Significant Fires in the Industrial Revolution

In May, the Brazilian museum community celebrated the 21st National Week of Museums. We joined up with the programme and partnered with Memória MAG Seguros. This article, by Alberto Machado, is about the digitised archives… Read More »Object of the month

By Sandra McDonald, President of the Insurance Institute of Manchester In April 2023, the Insurance Museum exhibited at a special conference to celebrate 150 years of the Insurance Institute of Manchester (IIM). The IIM was… Read More »Insurance Institute of Manchester, 150 years

Ledger book from the de Rougemont Syndicate, Lloyd’s of London: Brazil and the River Plate   It is Archives’ Week in Brazil and the Insurance Museum were invited to participate at the invitation of Memoria MAG… Read More »Brazil and the River Plate

Written by Alberto Machado The Montepio Geral de Economia dos Servidores do Estado (General Savings and Loans Fund for State Employees) was the first Brazilian social security institution with an official and organized legal basis.… Read More »MAG Seguros, the beginning of social security in Brazil

I’m writing this piece as we approach the coronation of King Charles III at the weekend. It wasn’t that long ago, 14th November 2022 in fact, that we featured an article on picture postcards published… Read More »Coronations