Phoenix Fire Office

Phoenix Assurance or Phoenix Fire Office was a fire insurance company founded in 1680 in England.[1]

The Phoenix fire station in Cockspur Street)

The history of the company includes the nostalgia of red-coated attendants clattering to the fires of London on horse-drawn tenders.[2]

The Phoenix figured in Case Law. In 1796, the company refused to pay damages awarded of £3,000 (2011: £240,000) following a 1792 fire at a house in Tavistock Street, London. Phoenix claimed that the owners had failed to obtain a Certificate from the ministers and churchwardens of the parish affirming the good character of the victims. Phoenix issued a Writ of Error to appeal against the original decision.[3]

Phoenix diversified into life insurance, establishing the Pelican Life Office in 1797.[4] In 1907 Phoenix reabsorbed Pelican Life Assurance, at that time known as the Pelican and British Empire Life Office, becoming a composite insurer.[4]

Sun Alliance & London acquired Phoenix Assurance in 1984.[5]

References

The Times, 27 June 1785 Category: Classified Advertising
Clive Aslet, The Times, 10 September 1983, Picturing the past frame by frame
The Times, 8 June 1796; Law Report. Court Of King's Bench, June 7., Phoenix Fire Office
"Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group Plc". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
Trebilcock, Clive (1999). Phoenix Assurance and the Development of British Insurance: Volume 2, The Era of the Insurance Giants 1870–1984. Cambridge University Press. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0521254151.

External links

Phoenix Assurance Company: Records and Papers at Cambridge University Library

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[1] The Times, 27 June 1785 Category: Classified Advertising

[Times2-2] Clive Aslet, The Times, 10 September 1983, Picturing the past frame by frame

[Times1-3] The Times, 8 June 1796; Law Report. Court Of King's Bench, June 7., Phoenix Fire Office

[Encyclopedia-4] "Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group Plc". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[trebilcock-5] Trebilcock, Clive (1999). Phoenix Assurance and the Development of British Insurance: Volume 2, The Era of the Insurance Giants 1870–1984. Cambridge University Press. p. 1021. ISBN 978-0521254151.