New Ireland Assurance

New Ireland Assurance Company plc
Native name
Comhlucht na hÉireann um Árachas cpt
FormerlyNew Ireland Assurance Collecting Society
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedJanuary 1918 (January 1918)
Headquarters
Dublin
,
Ireland
ParentBank of Ireland
Websitewww.newireland.ie

New Ireland Assurance Company plc (Irish: Comhlucht na hÉireann um Árachas cpt) is an insurance company in Ireland with origins in Ireland's independence movement. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Ireland.

It was founded as the New Ireland Assurance Collecting Society in January 1918. by amongst others, Frank Thornton while still in prison. Thornton became assistant manager in 1924, manager in 1954, and general manager in 1959

The business was located in dedicated offices in an unusual Celtic Revival style at 9-12 Dawson Street but in later years is moved to Ballsbridge.

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