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RSA Insurance Group Limited (trading as RSA, formerly RSA Insurance Group plc and Royal and Sun Alliance) is a British multinational general insurance company headquartered in London, England. RSA has major operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and Canada.
To strengthen its life business, Royal bought Lloyd’s Life in 1985 for £93 million, followed by the US life company Macabees in 1989. Like other financial institutions, in 1985 Royal started buying chains of estate agents, continuing right until the end of the housing boom; by October 1988 it had a controlling interest in 772 branches.
Royal and Sun Alliance (1996–2025) The Western Assurance Company was a Canadian insurance company that has operated from 1851 to 2025. Western was one of the country's earliest fire insurance companies and played an important role in the development of the industry in Canada.
Sun Alliance Group plc was a large insurance business with its main offices in the City of London and later Horsham. It was created in 1959 by the merger of Sun Insurance, founded in 1710, and Alliance Assurance founded in 1824. In 1996 Sun Alliance merged with Royal Insurance to form the Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group.
Friends Provident Life and Pension Limited – Provides life, pension and investment services within the UK; Friends Provident Life Assurance Limited – Provides life and investment services worldwide under English and Guernsey law. Friends Provident International Limited – Formerly Royal and Sun Alliance International but was taken over in ...
The company was initially promoted as a joint venture between Sundaram Finance, one of the most respected non-banking financial institutions (NBFCs) in India and Royal & SunAlliance Insurance plc, UK, one of the oldest general insurers in the UK. In July 2015, Sundaram Finance acquired the 26% equity holding from Royal & SunAlliance Insurance plc.
The break was a result of the formation of the Sun Alliance and London Group. When Sun Alliance made a successful bid for London Assurance, it resulted in a conflict of interest with Sun Life, so it was agreed that they would go their separate ways. [21] From the 1970s SunLife split their headquarters between London and Bristol. [22]
The company was established through the merger of the Guardian Assurance Company and Royal Exchange Assurance in 1968. [1] In February 1998 it acquired PPP Healthcare, a private healthcare insurer, for £435m. [2] In February 1999 it was acquired by Axa of France for $5.7bn and integrated into its Sun Life & Provincial Holdings division. [3]