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Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Co
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
This company was established in Edinburgh in 1876 for life and accident insurance, expanding into the United Kingdom market in the 1890s. It shortened its name to the Scottish Metropolitan Assurance Company in 1909. In 1912 it became a subsidiary of London and Scottish Assurance Corporation which was taken over by Northern Assurance Company in 1923. This company became part of Commercial Union Assurance in 1968.