Bold century : the New Zealand Insurance Company Limited 1859-1959 - 112 Pages - Published: 1959 - Publisher: New Zealand Insurance Company Ltd - Condition: Fading on the cover & a light stain on the first page, otherwise good. Preface - They were bold men and men of vision - those pioneer merchants who met in the infant settlement of Auckland on May 21, 1859, and pledged their savings to form The New Zealand Insurance Company. - They did more than establish a sound commercial venture. They also laid traditions traditions of absolute probity and security which have been scrupulously upheld by four generations of successors as the company developed from a small colonial underwriting enterprise to the status of an international institution. - Today business is conducted throughout the world. Premium income exceeds £7 million. The company's assets amount to £15 million. - The first hundred years of the company is essentially a history of New Zealand itself. In their wider ramifications, they also portray the story of human progress from the era of the sailing ship to the dawn of the atomic age. - Today, as a century ago, The New Zealand Insurance Company stands ready to serve challenging and changing times. This is what it was built to do in the pioneer spirit of 1859. Author: New Zealand Insurance Company Ltd