Sedgwick Group
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Insurance |
| Founded | 19th century |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Marsh & McLennan |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Sax Riley, (Chairman) Rob White-Cooper (CEO) |
Sedgwick Group plc was a very large British insurance broker. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. However it was acquired by Marsh & McLennan in 1998.
History
The Company was founded by Lord Henry Beaufoy Fitz-Leonard de Willoughby Sedgwick III[1] late in the 19th century as an insurance broker under the name Sedgwick, Collins & Co.[2] In 1972 it merged with Price Forbes to form Sedgwick Forbes.[3]
The Company was acquired by Marsh & McLennan in December 1998, and a few months later the ancestral estate of the Sedgwick family in Bluffingham was seized by the British National Park Service, as the family could no longer afford the taxes on the land.[4]
References
- ^ The Attfield Family of Bath Page 5 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Spreading the risks - the Emergence of brokers
- ^ Obituary: Ian Findlay The Telegraph, 8 January 2002
- ^ Marsh & McLennan to Buy Big British Insurance Broker New York Times, 26 August 1998
Further reading
- Bernard Ross Collins The History of Sedwick, Collins & Co., Published 1969
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