National Amalgamated Union of Life Assurance Workers

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National Amalgamated Union of Life Assurance Workers
Founded1919
Date dissolved1964
Merged into National Union of Insurance Workers
Members14,106 (1923)
Affiliation TUC, ITUC, Labour
Office location11 Mauldeth Road, Manchester
CountryUnited Kingdom

The National Amalgamated Union of Life Assurance Workers (NAULAW) was a trade union representing insurance workers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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History

The union was founded in 1919 when the National Union of Life Insurance Agents merged with the National Association of Prudential Insurance Agents, the Blackburn Philanthropic Agents Association, the National Association of Wesleyan and General Insurance Agents, and the Planet Agents Association. Although all the founding organisations mentioned insurance agents in their name, other workers in the industry, including managers and clerical staff, were also represented. [1]

By 1923, the union already had 14,106 members, although this fell to only 7,722 by 1948, and just 2,238 by 1963. It merged with the National Federation of Insurance Workers in 1964, forming the National Union of Insurance Workers. [1] [2]

Election results

The union sponsored a Labour Party candidate in several Parliamentary elections, including a Member of Parliament from 1942 to 1951. [3]

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1931 general election Liverpool Everton Samuel Lewis Treleaven7,78631.22
1942 by-election Newcastle-under-Lyme John Mack unopposedN/A1
1945 general election Newcastle-under-Lyme John Mack 25,90366.21
1950 general election Newcastle-under-Lyme John Mack 30,24957.81

General Secretaries

1919: B. Brooke
1926: W. Sheard
c.1950: W. B. Hannaford
1959: Frank Crump
1963: W. Hindson

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References

  1. 1 2 Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.303
  2. Report of the 1963 Trades Union Congress, p.51
  3. Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF). Exeter: University of Exeter. p. 125.