History
It was founded in 1824 by George Pinckard, founder and physician of the Bloomsbury Dispensary as a life assurance association
By the 1990s, its assets totalled £15 billion
In 1996, it merged with the Halifax Building Society, and it became part of the HBOS group in 2001
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What was reforming about it?
It used travelling salesmen to advertise the business
Where in Bloomsbury
Its first board meeting was held at 32 Russell Square in 1824
It moved out of Bloomsbury in 1855
Website of current institution
The successor institution is the HBOS Group, www.hbosplc.com (opens in new window)
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Books about it
A. D. Besant, Our Centenary: Being the History of the First Hundred Years of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society (1924)
There is also some historical information on the company’s website, at www.hbosplc.com (opens in new window)
Archives
Its records are held in HBOS archives; details are available online via the company’s website, www.hbosplc.com (opens in new window)
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