Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association
The Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association was established on September 1 1856 as the Norwich and London Accident and Casualty Insurance Association. The company was never incorporated or registered and was acquired by the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society in 1909.
Company History
Norwich and London Accident and Casualty Insurance Association policy header, 1860s
Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association branded calendar cover pages, 1886
Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association branded calendar
Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association branded calendar cover pages, 1883
C Storey Gilman
George Forrester
The association was established by Charles Rackham Gilman, son of C Storey Gilman, who had established the General Hailstorm Insurance Society in Norwich three years earlier. By 1870, it was offering insurance
"against accidental death with compensation in case of personal injury by accidents of all kinds, plate glass insured against breakage".
The association changed its name in 1875 to the Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association. In 1885, it started to offer employers' liability insurance and, by 1892, had extended its business to include railway accidents, marine accidents and fidelity guarantee insurance. By 1918, the association was principally operating as an accident insurer in Australia, acting as a brand name for Norwich Union in the country until the 1930s.
Key dates
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1856 | The company is established |
| 1875 | Name changes to the Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association |
| 1909 | The association is acquired by the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society |
Did you know...?
- In 1876, among the examples of claims paid were:
"Farmer of Stafford, thorn pierced eye - £600
Surgeon of New Haven, drowned during dark night - £1,000"
Subsidiaries and constituents*
| Year | Company name |
|---|---|
| 1887 - 1897 | Crown Accident Insurance Company Ltd. of Bristol |
| 1843 - 1898 | General Hailstorm Insurance Society |
* Please note the first date given is the date of the establishment of the company and the second date is the date the company was acquired or became a subsidiary. Where only one date is given the company was established as a subsidiary of the parent company. Where one date is preceded by a hyphen the date of the establishment of the company is not known.
Head office premises
Norwich
| Year | Address |
|---|---|
| 1876 - 1909 | St Giles (extended between 1900 and 1903) |
London
| Year | Address |
|---|---|
| by 1870 - 1872 at least | 10 Old Jewry Chambers |
| by 1876 - 1892 | 30 Moorgate Street |
| by 1893 at least | 48 Finsbury Circus |
| by 1898 at least | 114 Cannon Street |
Staff and officials
Secretary
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1856 - 1892 at least | Charles R Gilman |
| by 1896 - 1909 | C Storey Gilman |
Manager
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| by 1870 - 1888 at least | C Storey Gilman |
| by 1896 - 1903 | Charles R Gilman (knighted in 1897) |
| 1903 - 1909 | C Storey Gilman |
London Manager
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| by 1870 - 1888 at least | George Powell |
| by 1890 | A T Cufley |
Directors (1856)
- Henry Staniforth Patteson
- George Forrester
Directors (1897)
- John H Bignold
- T C Blofeld
- T B Coaks
- T W Crosse
- Robert Fitch
- George Forrester
- H S Robinson
- Henry Staniforth Patteson
- Charles Louis Buxton
Overseas branches and agencies
- Australia (1903)
- Italy (by 1903)
- United States (by 1906)
- India (by 1907)
- New Zealand (by 1907)
In the archives
The Aviva archive contains records relating to the running of the Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association between 1856 and 1936. The collection includes deeds of settlement, policies, committee minutes, sports programmes, trust deeds, agents' instructions, register of debenture holders, photographs of directors, managers and premises, annual reports and accounts, acquisition papers, notices to agents, correspondence and advertising.
