INSURANCE INSTITUTE.

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 34, 9 August 1934, Page 11

INSURANCE INSTITUTE.

BUILDING OPENED BY KING

(From "The Post's" Representative.) , LONDON, July 6..

The: King, accompanied by the Queen, risitod the .City of London to open the building of the Chartered Insuraneo Institute • iii Aldermanb'ury, ■:'-'&'

'. Unfortunately, heavy., rain caused a; last-minute cancellation of the historic ceremony of presenting the pearlhandled sword of the City which had boon arranged to take place at the- Embankment boundary opposite Temple Gardens. ' The (Mr. H. J. Greening) gratefully acknowledged the signal honour conferred upon-them by. the King and Queen. .The. aims of the institute could be described as educational, benevolent, and social. "From the day of ita inception in Manchester in the year 1573, the- movement has steadily advanced in strength and usefulness," he continued. "Today the Chartered Insurance Institute comprises 61 centres in Great Britain and Ireland, with 11 affiliated institutes located in your Majesty's Dominions overseas, and its membership exceeds 23,000." In his speech the King emphasised the importance of insurance as a social, economic, and commercial service. "The outstanding position of Great Britain in this field today," he said, "has been attained by the efforts of men of character and foresight, and it is in order to train such men that the institute exists." After the building had been declared open, Sir Frederick Kutter conducted their Majesties through the museum, tho libraries, and' ttio council chamber. In the reference library the King was presented with a gold and silver plaque representing an old fire mark, the badge Ihat used to be displayed on every house that was insured in the. days when each company ran its own fire brigade.