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Wesleyan Assurance Society is a financial services company that provides advice and products to select professional groups - notably GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, teachers and lawyers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.ftadviser.com/2014/03/20/ifa-industry/companies-and-people/firing-line-alan-jones-ucOQ3EFeMx6U8YITGW4fSL/article.html )〕 Wesleyan is a member of the Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.financialmutuals.org/members/full-members )〕 and was founded in Birmingham, UK, in 1841. The society's head office remains in Birmingham and is based at Colmore Circus. The mutual has £6 billion of assets under management〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/720112-wesleyan-s-assets-under-management-reach-a-record-level.html )〕 and reported an operating profit of £40.3 million in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.bcu.ac.uk/business-school/news-and-events/financial-services-ceo-to-receive-university-honour )〕 == History == Wesleyan was established in Birmingham during the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. It was founded in 1841 by members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church to help people overcome financial problems brought on by the first industrial revolution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wesleyan.co.uk/about-us/history )〕 The Society began offering life assurance on a nationwide scale in 1855 and continued to grow in the late 1800s. In 1914 The Wesleyan & General Assurance Society Act was granted, giving the Society a corporate identity of its own and allowing it more investment freedom. The Society was also a subscriber to the Government and allies' War Loan funds during the Great War, and in February a single cheque for £250,000 was drawn for this purpose. To celebrate the end of the war, the Government issued Victory Bond policies and the Wesleyan & General bought Bonds amounting to £3/4 million. Following the outbreak of World War II, the Chief Office basement and other buildings owned by the Society were converted into air raid shelters, with a local first aid HQ established in the basement toilets. According to the Glasgow Herald, the society also applied for £50,000 of National War Bonds in June 1940. In 1991 the Society celebrated its 150th anniversary and moved into its current Head Office at Colmore Circus, Birmingham. A special limited edition Anniversary Bond was also launched offering customers a guaranteed return with no risks. 1993 saw the launch of Wesleyan Savings Bank, while 1997 saw a merger with the Medical Sickness Society take place. The merger enabled the society to reach many more Doctors and Dentists, a position further strengthened with the acquisition of the Professional Affinity Group Services (PAGS) in 2002. Wesleyan selected Birmingham Children's Hospital as its chosen charity in 2014 and raised £250,000 in twelve months,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-childrens-hospital-receive-250000-8360284 )〕 thus becoming their biggest corporate sponsor〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.bch.org.uk/?q=content/meet-our-partners )〕 In 2015, they were the main sponsors of The Big Bandage〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.uksponsorship.com/ukjun15wesleyan.htm#.ViFMdkekqK0 )〕 for the third year running and agreed to extend their relationship with the hospital until the end of 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/finance/wesleyan-extend-birmingham-childrens-hospital-7392448 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wesleyan Assurance Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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