Aviva Group ArchiveAround the Monopoly board with the Hand in Hand Registers — Part 2 — Pall MallPart 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…8 min read·Apr 24, 2024----
Aviva Group ArchiveAround the Monopoly board with the Hand in Hand Registers — Part 1At the end of last year, we finally finished our mammoth project to scan the 150 policy registers of our oldest ancestor company Hand in…6 min read·Apr 18, 2024----
Aviva Group ArchiveInsuring Georgian WimbledonThe Wimbledon Championships finish week so I thought I’d have a look at properties we insured in Wimbledon, — or Wimbleton, as the Hand in…8 min read·Jul 15, 2023----
Aviva Group ArchiveInsuring Georgian ChelseaIt 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…7 min read·May 24, 2023----
Aviva Group ArchiveTales of coronations pastThe coronation of King Charles III will be the 12th coronation since Aviva’s oldest ancestor company, Hand in Hand, was established in…9 min read·May 4, 2023----
Aviva Group ArchiveLooking back to 1723This 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…6 min read·Feb 6, 2023----
Aviva Group ArchiveForgotten facesSome of the saddest items in archive collections are photographs of unidentified people. I often find myself gazing into the faces of…12 min read·Nov 10, 2022----
Aviva Group ArchiveWhat was life like in 1952?As the jubilee approaches, I’ve been delving into the staff magazines to see what life was like for people on the staff of our ancestor…9 min read·May 31, 2022----
Aviva Group ArchiveAviva and BridgertonThe focus of our current activities to mark Aviva’s 325th anniversary is the project to digitize the policy registers of our oldest…5 min read·Apr 20, 2022----
Aviva Group ArchiveMr Miller’s plans and a fire at Clumber HouseMy new favourite person in the Archive is Robert Leist Miller who worked for Norwich Union. According to his obituary, written in 1848, he…5 min read·Mar 30, 2022----