Yorkshire Insurance Company

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The Yorkshire Insurance Company was an English insurance company.

The company was founded in 1824, in York, as the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company. [1] Its objects were initially "to effect insurance against loss by fire and on lives and survivorships and the sale and purchase of annuities and reversions and the endowment of children". [2] In November 1824, the company purchased a fire engine, [1] and from 1830 until 1876, it operated the fire brigade for the city of York. [3] In 1847, it constructed its headquarters building on St Helen's Square in the city. [4] In 1908, the company adopted its final name, and registered as a limited company. [1]

The company took over the following insurance companies:

In 1967, the majority of the company's shares were bought by the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, which purchased the remainder in 1968. [5] Following this, General Accident's life insurance section, General Life, was renamed "Yorkshire-General Life", which it remained until 1985. [2]

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