HERITAGE STEEPED WITHIN BIRMINGHAM
On Friday 23rd April 1841, members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Birmingham gathered in a small room next to the chapel on Cherry Street and founded the Wesleyan Provident Assurance Society. It was the height of the Industrial Revolution, during Queen Victoria’s reign and the Society’s aim was to help factory workers in Birmingham save for sickness and funeral expenses. The first premium was collected on 27th August 1841. They collected a few pennies every week to help with sickness and funeral expenses, offering life assurance and annuities even back then…
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