Catalogue description Material relating to Undershaft (Boiler) Ltd formerly Scottish Boiler and General Insurance Company

Undershaft (Boiler) Ltd [formerly Scottish Boiler and General]

The company was incorporated on 16 September 1881 as The Scottish Boiler Insurance and Engine Inspection Company Ltd., registered number Sco1054. On 1 March 1920 its name changed to Scottish Boiler and General Insurance Company Ltd. The company became a subsidiary of The Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd. in August 1913 which became part of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd. in 1967. The company's name changed to Undershaft (Boiler) Limited on 13/12/2012 and it was dissolved on 06/05/2014.

Constituents/subsidiaries
The Yorkshire Boiler Insurance and Steam Users Company Ltd. ( -1882) (Scottish business)
English and Scottish Boiler Insurance Company Ltd.(1879-1888)
London and Scottish Boiler Insurance Company Ltd. (1898 - 1902)
Midland Steam Boiler Inspection and Assurance Company (1862 - 1888)
North British Boiler and Machinery Insurance Company Ltd. (1890 -1892)

Business
The company was established by Mr Young to "insure boilers against explosion or collapse, the testing of new boilers by hydraulic pressure, the superintendence of the erection of new engines, and the repairs of those in use." Its first claim was paid in 1882 to Mr Henry Kennedy of Barrowfield Pottery. By 1968 the company was operating the group engineering business for the Yorkshire and later fulfilled the same role for the General Accident Group.

Staff/ officials
Directors (1881)
William Clark
James Beith
Peter Wishart Hall
Adam Morrison
John Norman
Graham Stevenson
John Drummond Young

Managing Director
John Drummond Young (1881 - 1915)

Manager - role created in 1915
Mr T K Gardner (1915 - 1934) (joint manager)
Mr George Ness (1915 - 1935) (joint manager until 1934 then general manager)
William Wallace Kerr (1936 - 1955) (general manager)
R J S MacPherson (1955 - 1969)
No manager given 1970
D A Blaikie (by 1971 - 1972)
F M G Cadie (1972 - 1984)
J Gledhill (1984 )
Manager no longer listed

Secretary
W Boyd Anderson (1881 - ) (interim)
Capt. T K Gardner (1907 - 1934) (away on active service 1914 - 1917 returns as Lt.Col.)
R H Pairman. (1937 - 1942 at least) (interim secretary 1914 - 1917 and 1934 - 1937)
Thomas B Fyfe (by 1944 - 1951)
George Sellars (1951 - 1961)
R F Mottershead ( 1961 - 1967)
A P Borwell (by 1968 - 1971)
A J Marston (1971 - 1984)
W L Carrick (1984 - 1989 at least)

Chief Engineer
R Douglas Munro (1881 - 1906)
Mr Campbell (1906 - 1910) (joint chief engineer)
George Ness (1906 - 1936) (joint chief engineer to 1910)( also general manager)
E Royal (1936 at least)
No longer listed

Head office premises - Glasgow
162 Buchanan Street (1881 - 1885 )
141 Buchanan Street (by 1886 - 1889)
13 Dundas Street (1889 - 1897 at least)
111 Union Street (by 1901 - 1909)
174 West George Street (1909 - 1915)
82 St Vincent Street (1915 - 1962)
22 Queen Street (1962 - 1976)
Windsor House 250 St Vincent Street (1976 - 1984 at least)
100 West Nile Street (by 1987 - 1989 at least)