Royal Insurance

Royal Insurance Holdings plc was a large insurance business originating in Liverpool but based in London from the early 20th century. It merged with Sun Alliance in 1996 to form the Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group.

Royal Insurance Holdings plc

1 Cornhill in London
Type	Public
Industry	Insurance
Fate	Merged with Sun Alliance
Successor	RSA Insurance Group
Founded	1845
Defunct	1996
Headquarters	Liverpool

History

The company was established to provide insurance services in Liverpool in 1845.[1] It was initially based at a head office Queen Avenue in Liverpool[2] but then moved to a new head office in New John Street in 1903.[3]

Royal Insurance expanded its operations substantially by acquiring the Liverpool & London Globe Insurance, another major provincial insurance business, in 1919.[4] The enlarged company established its new head office at Liverpool & London's former head office at 1 Cornhill in London at that time.[5] It opened a new operational headquarters, known as The Capital, in Old Hall Street in Liverpool in July 1976[6] although the head office remained at 1 Cornhill in London.[7] The head office in London was completely refurbished in 1979.[5]

The company merged with Sun Alliance to form the Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group in 1996.[8]

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  Royal Insurance Building, Queen Avenue, Liverpool
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  Royal Insurance Building, North John Street, Liverpool
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  The Capital, Old Hall Street, Liverpool
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  Royal Insurance crest 1857
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  Royal Insurance Fire Mark post-1845
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  Royal Insurance war memorial, now relocated to the National Memorial Arboretum

References

1. "Competition design for Royal Insurance Company offices" (PDF). Macintosh Architecture. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. Historic England. "Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool (1365827)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
3. Historic England. "Royal Insurance Building (1070582)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
4. "Merseyside Maritime Research" (PDF). p. 37. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
5. "Royal Insurance building, 1 Cornhill, City of London: an executive office". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
6. "The Capital Building Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9PP". CBRE. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
7. Carr, J.; Daniel, J.; Isbell, P.; Williams, M. (1990). International Corporate 1000 Yellow Book. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-1-85333-309-5.
8. "RSA chief uncans insurance giant's mega IT infrastructure review". The Register. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

Further reading

• Pugh, Peter (1995). Absolute integrity: The story of Royal Insurance, 1845-1995. Cambridge Business Publishing. ISBN 978-1871341102.