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, 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.
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.