Insurance workers
National Union of Life Assurance
Agents
The National Union of Life Assurance Agents
was first registered as a trade union in 1884. In 1919 the
association amalgamated with other Agents Associations to form the
National Amalgamated Union of Life Assurance Workers.
National Amalgamated Union of Life
Assurance Workers
Formed in 1919 when a number of Assurance
Agents Associations joined together the National Amalgamated Union
of Life Assurance Workers embraced a variety of life assurance
associations in the UK. It was an affiliate of the TUC in 1964 when
it merged with the National Federation of Insurance Workers forming
the National Union of Insurance Workers (NUIW).
National Union of Insurance Workers
In 1964 the National Amalgamated Union of
Life Assurance Workers and the National Federation of Insurance
Workers merged to form the National Union of Insurance Workers. The
national union which did not produce a badge was really a
federation of unions relating to a variety of Insurance Companies
with each section retaining their independence to a certain degree.
Only the London & Manchester Field Staff Association, the
National Pearl Federation, the Prudential Staff Union (PSU), the
Refuge Field Staff Association, the Royal Liver Employees’ Union
and the Royal London Staff Association produced a badge for their
members. The NUIW merged with MSF in January 2000.
Guild of Insurance Officials (GIO)
The Guild of Insurance Officials (GIO) which
was founded in 1919 had full time officials in England, Scotland
and Ireland. With its headquarters in London the union had a
membership of more than 13,000 shortly before changing its name to
the Union of Insurance Staffs in 1969. It was affiliated to the TUC
and merged with ASTMS in 1970.
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