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Insuring Grosvenor Square

The final episodes of the latest Bridgerton series are about to drop on Netflix. The fictional Bridgertons and their neighbours, the…

Jun 12

Insuring Grosvenor Square

Jun 12

Aviva Group Archive

Remembering D-Day

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day when over 150,000 allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy from more than 5000 ships and…

Jun 6

Remembering D-Day

Jun 6

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The Flixborough Disaster

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster. On 1st June 1974, a cloud of hot cyclohexane vapour escaped from the Nypro UK…

Jun 1

The Flixborough Disaster

Jun 1

Aviva Group Archive

Around the Monopoly board with the Hand in Hand Registers — Part 2 — Pall Mall

Part two of our trip round the Monopoly board starts (and ends) at Pall Mall. I’ve spotted so many houses Hand in Hand insured here…

Apr 24

Around the Monopoly board with the Hand in Hand Registers — Part 2 — Pall Mall

Apr 24

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Around the Monopoly board with the Hand in Hand Registers — Part 1

At the end of last year, we finally finished our mammoth project to scan the 150 policy registers of our oldest ancestor company Hand in…

Apr 18

Around the Monopoly board with the Hand in Hand Registers — Part 1

Apr 18

Aviva Group Archive

Insuring Georgian Wimbledon

The Wimbledon Championships finish week so I thought I’d have a look at properties we insured in Wimbledon, — or Wimbleton, as the Hand in…

Jul 15, 2023

Insuring Georgian Wimbledon

Jul 15, 2023

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Insuring Georgian Chelsea

It is Chelsea Flower Show this week, so I’ve used it as an excuse to look at some of the references to Chelsea I’ve found while scanning…

May 24, 2023

Insuring Georgian Chelsea

May 24, 2023

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Tales of coronations past

The coronation of King Charles III will be the 12th coronation since Aviva’s oldest ancestor company, Hand in Hand, was established in…

May 4, 2023

Tales of coronations past

May 4, 2023

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Looking back to 1723

This weekend I’ve been having a look in the Hand in Hand policy registers to see what our customers of 300 years ago listed as their…

Feb 6, 2023

Looking back to 1723

Feb 6, 2023

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Forgotten faces

Some of the saddest items in archive collections are photographs of unidentified people. I often find myself gazing into the faces of…

Nov 10, 2022

Forgotten faces

Nov 10, 2022

Aviva Group Archive

Aviva Group Archive

Unearth some fascinating stories from our past. Learn more @ https://www.aviva.com/about-us/our-heritage/

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