subsidiary industry financial services founded 1824 ; 192 years ago 1824 headquarters london united kingdom products life insurance pensions investments parent lloyds banking group website www.clericalmedical.co.uk clerical medical is a british life insurance pensions and investments company founded in 1824 1 and a subsidiary of lloyds banking group . history edit in 1824 dr george pinckard formed a committee of physicians and members of the clergy which published a pamphlet called prospectus for the establishment of a new assurance office with improved arrangements . on 18 june 1824 the medical clerical and general life assurance society was formed . pinckard was appointed as chairman the marquis of huntly as president and pinckard s brother joseph as resident secretary and actuary . a board of directors which included eight eminent physicians was also appointed . the company s first policy was issued to richard pinckard a nephew of dr george pinckard . 1 in 1855 the company moved its headquarters to lichfield house in st james s square london . 1 clerical medical acquired the general reversionary and investment company in 1913 and in 1920 a merger with the employers liability assurance corporation took place . in 1961 by act of parliament clerical medical became a mutual office . 1 in 1975 the company moved its head office from st james s square london to bristol . 1 following the decision to demutualise the company in 1995 clerical medical merged with the halifax in 1996 and was later absorbed into hbos plc in 2001 . 1 hbos was bought by lloyds tsb group in january 2009 . the resulting company lloyds banking group announced in april 2009 that the clerical medical brand would eventually be phased out in favour of its scottish widows subsidiary . 2 references edit a b c d e f http www.lloydsbankinggroup.com about us company heritage halifax heritage clerical medical.asp jonathan russell 29 april 2009 . lloyds cuts 305 jobs and drops clerical . daily telegraph . retrieved 17 march 2013 . external links edit official website v t e lloyds banking group retail lloyds bank lloyds bank international bank of scotland halifax birmingham midshires bank of wales commercial lloyds development capital agricultural mortgage corporation consumer black horse lex autolease colleys insurance scottish widows lloyds bank general insurance underwriter lloyds bank insurance services intermediary former lloyds tsb lloyds associated banking company lloyds and national provincial foreign bank bank of london and south america bank of london and montreal cox & kings national bank of new zealand lloyds bank california lloyds bank canada cunliffe brooks fox fowler and company lewis s bank cheltenham & gloucester trustee savings bank tsb bank hbos bank of scotland international halifax ireland banco halifax hispania intelligent finance clerical medical british linen bank the leeds annual group revenue gb 43.467 billion 2010 employees 100 000 2012 stock symbol lse lloy nyse lyg website www.lloydsbankinggroup.com legislation lloyds tsb act 1998 hbos group reorganisation act 2006 category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clerical medical & oldid 720286466 categories insurance companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1824companies based in bristol1824 establishments in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 14 may 2016 at 22 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view