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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company \| name = Sun Alliance Group plc \| logo = Sun Alliance logo.png \| type = [[Public company\|Public]] \| caption = = \| fate = Merged with [[Royal Insurance]] \| successor = [[RSA Insurance Group]] \| predecessor = [[Sun Insurance]]<br/>[[Alliance Assurance]] ~~\| foundation = 1710~~ \| ~~defunct~~ foundation = ~~1996~~1959 \| defunct = 1996 ~~\| location = [[London]]~~ \| ~~industry~~ location = [[~~Insurance~~London]] \| industry = [[Insurance]] \| key_people = = ~~\| products =~~ \| ~~num_employees~~products = \| num_employees = ~~\| parent =~~ \| ~~subsid~~parent = = \| subsid = \| image = =Lothbury, City of London (geograph 5031903).jpg \| image_caption = 1 Bartholomew Lane in London (the stone building straight ahead) }} '''Sun Alliance Group plc''' was a large insurance business ~~based~~with its main offices in the [[City of London]] and later [[Horsham]]. It ~~merged~~was ~~with~~created in 1959 by the merger of [[~~Royal~~Sun Insurance]], founded in 1710, and [[Alliance Assurance]] founded in 1824. In 1996 Sun Alliance merged with [[Royal Insurance]] to form the [[RSA Insurance Group\|Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group]]. In the mid-1960s Sun Alliance established its administrative centre in a large office block, spanning an A-road through the town centre of [[Horsham]], a [[railway town]] {{convert\|31\|mi}} south of London's centre.<ref>{{cite web\|first1=A P\|last1= Baggs\|first2=C R J \|last2=Currie\|first3=C R \|last3=Elrington\|first4= S M \|last4=Keeling \|first5= A M \|last5=Rowland\|title='Horsham: General history of the town', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham\|location=London\|year=1986\|pages=131–156\|publisher=British History Online\|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt2/pp131-156 \|accessdate= 19 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/media/2103/horsham_eus_report_and_maps.pdf\|title=Horsham: Historic Character Assessment Report \|page=19\|publisher=Sussex Extensive Urban Survey \|date= 1 October 2004 \|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> and its head office at 1 Bartholomew Lane in London.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=44336\|page=6378\|date=6 June 1967}}</ref> The Horsham building, St Marks Court is earmarked as developable.<ref>[https://www.horsham.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/77995/SA672_BLR.pdf St Marks Court] Planning legal status of building. Horsham Council.</ref> In an external recess, to the market place (Carfax) side, is the tall spired tower of the church.<ref name=ll>[https://www.horsham.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/63413/Horsham_Town_Local_List.pdf Horsham Town Local List] Horsham Council</ref> Its nave was demolished in about 1985.<ref name=ll/> The spire was part of the original church of 1841 constructed from sandstone. The tower's base has become a florist and volunteers’ centre.<ref name=ll/> ~~==History==~~ The company had its origins in Sun Fire Office, the oldest documented insurance company in the world, which was founded in London in 1710.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.irmi.com/articles/expert-commentary/the-worlds-first-insurance-company\|title=History\|work= International Risk Management Institute, Inc. (IRMI)\|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref> Sun Alliance went on to acquire the [[London Assurance Company]] in 1965 (becoming Sun Alliance & London)<ref name=trebilcock>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AO-QDCl-6sAC&pg=PA1021\|title=Phoenix Assurance and the Development of British Insurance: Volume 2, The Era of the Insurance Giants 1870–1984\|first=Clive\|last=Trebilcock\|page=1021\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|year=1999\|isbn=978-0521254151}}</ref> and [[Phoenix Fire Office\|Phoenix Assurance]] in 1984.<ref name=trebilcock/> The company thus added suffix "Group" in 1989, consolidated most UK-based operations into the Horsham office in 1990,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=168\|title=Bridges Memorial Spire\|publisher=Public Sculptures of Sussex\|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> and yet kept its London head office.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9HrrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA273\|title=Major Companies of Europe 1991/92: Volume 2 Major Companies of the United Kingdom\|volume=2\|first= J. \|last=Forsyth\|publisher=Springer Netherlands\|year=1991\|isbn=978-94-011-3018-9}}</ref> The company merged with [[Royal Insurance]] to form the [[RSA Insurance Group\|Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/10/rsa_group_cio_interview/\|title=RSA chief uncans insurance giant's mega IT infrastructure review\|date=10 August 2015\|publisher=The Register\|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Sun Insurance merged with Alliance Assurance, a business which had been founded by [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]] and [[Moses Montefiore]] in 1824, to form Sun Alliance Insurance in 1959.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/494e0d51-316d-4f1f-8dfe-aac460575ad7\|title=Records of Sun Fire Office\|publisher=National Archives\|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> {\|class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 80%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:28em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" The company established an administrative centre in a large office block in [[Horsham]] which had been built in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web\|first1=A P\|last1= Baggs\|first2=C R J \|last2=Currie\|first3=C R \|last3=Elrington\|first4= S M \|last4=Keeling \|first5= A M \|last5=Rowland\|title='Horsham: General history of the town', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham\|location=London\|year=1986\|pages=131-156\|publisher=British History Online\|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt2/pp131-156 \|accessdate= 19 April 2020}}</ref> \|style="text-align: left;"\|<sup>Summary of all notable mergers to 1996 and company inception dates:<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.rsagroup.com/who-we-are/history/\|title= History - RSA Group\|author=<!--Not stated--> \|website= rsagroup.com\|access-date= 12 October 2017}}</ref></sup> {{Tree list}} Sun Alliance went on to acquire London Assurance in 1965 (becoming Sun Alliance & London)<ref name=trebilcock>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AO-QDCl-6sAC&pg=PA1021&lpg=\|title=Phoenix Assurance and the Development of British Insurance: Volume 2, The Era of the Insurance Giants 1870–1984\|first=Clive\|last=Trebilcock\|page=1021\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|year=1999\|isbn=978-0521254151}}</ref> and [[Phoenix Fire Office\|Phoenix Assurance]] in 1984.<ref name=trebilcock/> {{Tree list/final branch}} Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc (1996) * Sun Alliance Group (1984) Following the expansion, the company consolidated its operations in Horsham at St Mark's Court in 1990,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=168\|title=Bridges Memorial Spire\|publisher=Public Sculptures of Sussex\|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> although the head office of the enlarged business remained at 1 Bartholomew Lane in London.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9HrrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA273&lpg=\|title=Major Companies of Europe 1991/92: Volume 2 Major Companies of the United Kingdom\|volume=2\|first= J. \|last=Forsyth\|publisher=Springer Netherlands\|year=1991\|isbn=978-94-011-3018-9}}</ref> ** Sun Alliance & London (1965)<ref group=a>acquired [[Phoenix Assurance]] in 1984</ref> * Sun Alliance Insurance Limited (1959) After changing its name to Sun Alliance Group in 1989, the company merged with [[Royal Insurance]] to form the [[RSA Insurance Group\|Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/10/rsa_group_cio_interview/\|title=RSA chief uncans insurance giant's mega IT infrastructure review\|date=10 August 2015\|publisher=The Register\|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> ** The Sun Fire Office (1710) ** {{Tree list/final branch}} The Alliance Assurance Company (1824) * {{Tree list/final branch}} London Assurance Corporation (1720) {{Tree list/final branch}} Phoenix Assurance (1680) * {{Tree list/final branch}} Royal Insurance (1845) {{Tree list/end}} {{reflist\|group=a}} \|- \|style="text-align: left;"\| \|} <gallery> File:Royal Sun Alliance buildings - geograph.org.uk - 438085.jpg\|Sun Alliance offices in Horsham, behind the spire that sits in one of its recesses Sun Fire Office insurance mark (cropped).jpg\|A Sun Fire Office insurance mark </gallery> Line 40 ⟶ 51: ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Insurance companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange]] [[Category:Financial services companies disestablished in 1996]] [[Category:~~1996~~British ~~disestablishments~~companies disestablished in ~~the United Kingdom~~1996]]