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'''RSA''' may refer to: |
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| name = RSA Insurance Group plc |
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| logo = RSA.svg |
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| type = [[Public limited company]] |
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| traded_as = {{lse|RSA}}<br>[[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE 100 Component]] |
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1996}}<br />(London) |
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| location = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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| key_people = Martin Scicluna (Executive Chairman)<br />[[Stephen Hester]] (CEO) |
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| industry = [[Insurance]] |
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| revenue = [[Pound sterling|£]]7,105 million (2017)<ref name=prelims>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsagroup.com/media/2590/rsa-group-2017-preliminary-results-full-release-22feb2018.pdf|title= Preliminary Results 2017|publisher= RSA Insurance Group|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> |
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| operating_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]448 million (2017)<ref name=prelims/> |
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| net_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]322 million (2017)<ref name=prelims/> |
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| num_employees = 13,500 (2017)<ref name=groupfacts>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/aboutus|title=RSA: About us|accessdate=11 April 2017|publisher=RSA Group|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717140844/http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/aboutus|archivedate=17 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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| subsid = [[123 Money]] |
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| homepage = www.rsagroup.com |
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'''RSA Insurance Group plc''' ([[doing business as|trading as]] '''RSA''', formerly '''Royal and Sun Alliance''') is a British [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[general insurance]] company headquartered in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. RSA has major operations in the UK & Ireland, Scandinavia and Canada and provides insurance products and services in more than 140 countries through a network of local partners. It has 17 million customers.<ref name=groupfacts/> RSA was formed by the merger of Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance in 1996. |
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RSA is listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]]. |
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==History== |
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RSA was formed following the merger of Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance in 1996.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5946/is_199606/ai_n24027639 Smooth merger of Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance] The Banker, June 1996</ref> Sun Alliance was itself a product of the merger in 1959 of The Sun Fire Office, the oldest documented insurance company in the world,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irmi.com/articles/expert-commentary/the-worlds-first-insurance-company|title=History|work= International Risk Management Institute, Inc. (IRMI)|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref> founded in 1710, with The Alliance, which was founded in 1824 by [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]] and [[Moses Montefiore]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/aboutus/history|title=History|work=rsagroup.com|accessdate=21 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402075602/http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/aboutus/history|archivedate=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Sun Alliance went on to acquire London Assurance in 1965 (becoming Sun Alliance & London)<ref name="history"/> and [[Phoenix Assurance]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codan.dk/web/beregn/GetCodanPage?Publisher=18&Language=da&PageID=1433|title=Om Codan - Investor - Targets and strategies - History|work=codan.dk|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align: left;"|<sup>How RSA was created:<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rsagroup.com/who-we-are/history/|title= History - RSA Group|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= rsagroup.com|access-date= 12 October 2017}}</ref></sup> |
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* RSA Insurance Group (2008)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Royal And Sun Alliance weathers the insurance storm|url= |work= [[Daily Telegraph]]|date= 5 March 2008}}</ref> |
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** {{Tree list/final branch}} Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc (1996) |
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*** Sun Alliance & London (1965)<ref group=a>acquired [[Phoenix Assurance]] in 1984</ref> |
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**** Sun Alliance Insurance Limited (1959) |
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***** The Sun Fire Office (1710) |
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}} The Alliance Assurance Company (1824)<ref group=a>founded by [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]] and [[Moses Montefiore]]</ref> |
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**** {{Tree list/final branch}} London Assurance Corporation (1720) |
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*** {{Tree list/final branch}} Royal Insurance (1845)<ref group=a>acquired Liverpool & London and Globe Insurance Company in 1919</ref> |
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On 4 February 2014, it was announced that [[Stephen Hester]], former CEO of [[The Royal Bank of Scotland Group|RBS Group]] would become CEO of RSA with immediate effect.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/10617419/Former-RBS-chief-Stephen-Hester-joins-RSA-as-CEO.html |title=Former RBS chief Stephen Hester joins RSA as CEO |publisher=The Telegraph |date=4 February 2014 |accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref> |
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In 2014/2015 New CEO Stephen Hester led a major restructure of RSA to bolster its finances and many 'non core' overseas operations were sold and subject to disposals almost halving the size of the group and aligning the strategic focus back to its core markets.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/4837320/RSA-to-cut-1200-UK-jobs.html RSA to cut 1,200 jobs] Telegraph, 26 February 2009</ref> |
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<gallery class="center" widths=75px > |
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File:Royal Insurance War Memorial.JPG|<center>Royal Insurance war memorial, now relocated to the [[National Memorial Arboretum]].</center> |
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File:SunFireMarkBedfordMuseum.JPG|<center>Sun [[Fire insurance marks|fire insurance plaque]] on display at [[Bedford Museum & Art Gallery|Bedford Museum]].</center> |
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File:AllianceInsuranceMark.JPG|<center>Alliance fire insurance plaque in Bedford Museum.</center> |
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File:Royal Insurance Co logo 1857.jpg|<center>Royal Insurance logo used in Canada, 1857.</center> |
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Fire insurance receipt, 1912-1913, for the Harlington, Harmondsworth and Cranford Cottage Hospital, issued by the Sun Insurance Office, London.jpg|<center>Receipt for [[Harlington, Harmondsworth and Cranford Cottage Hospital|a Middlesex cottage hospital, 1912.]]</center> |
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File:Royal and Sun Alliance logo.svg|<center>Royal and Sun Alliance trademark, 1996-2008</center> |
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File:RSA.svg|<center>RSA logo, 2008–present.</center> |
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</gallery> |
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==Operations== |
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[[File:20 Fenchurch St (Walkie-Talkie building) from Rood Ln, London, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|RSA's London offices at 20 Fenchurch Street]] |
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[[File:JohnsonRSAGroup2.JPG|thumb|Johnson (owned by the RSA Group) office in Canada]] |
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RSA operates in 28 countries and provides insurance products and services in more than 140 through a global network of local partners. It has over 20 million customers around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/products-and-services|title=Products - RSA Group|work=rsagroup.com|accessdate=21 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326110550/http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/products-and-services|archivedate=26 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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RSA is the second-largest general insurer in the United Kingdom. Its global headquarters are in the [[City of London]] on 20 [[Fenchurch Street]] occupying floors 15-17 of the 'walkie-talkie' building. Its UK registered office is 20 Fenchurch St, [[London]]. Other key UK offices are located in [[Liverpool]], [[Bristol]], [[Manchester]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Glasgow]], [[Cardiff]], [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[Belfast]], [[Peterborough]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[Birmingham]], and [[Horsham]]. RSA, including its More Th>n brand, announced itself to be the first [[carbon neutral]] insurance company in the UK on 2 December 2006.<ref>[http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/carbon-neutral-02-12-06.asp Royal & Sun Alliance is carbon neutral] Carpages, 2 December 2006</ref> |
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RSA owns the More Than direct [[car insurance|car]], [[home insurance|home]], [[pet insurance|pet]] and [[travel insurance]] brand in the United Kingdom, recognised widely for its former Lucky The Dog advertisements and its "MORE IS ..." campaign. [[More Than (company)|More Than]] also sells van, business car, shops and offices and business insurance through its More Than Business operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morethan.com/|title=MORE THAN - Cheap Car, Home and Pet Insurance Quotes|work=morethan.com|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref>. RSA also owns the CODAN brand in Denmark and Norway, Johnson brand in Cananda, 123+ brand in Ireland, Trygg-Hansa brand in Sweden, Al-Alamiya in Saudi Arabia, Al-Ahlia in Oman and the Motability, OAK and Insurance Corporation brands in the UK.<ref>RSA website</ref> |
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In September 2015, RSA divested all its Latin American insurance operations to the [[Colombia]]n insurance company [[Grupo Sura]] for [[Pound sterling|£]]403 Million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/42288d88-562e-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html#axzz3lB4lU6Ey|title=RSA sells Latin American assets to Sura|work=Financial Times|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref> |
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===Offices=== |
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====Asia & Africa==== |
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*{{Flagicon|BHN}} Bahrain |
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*{{Flagicon|OMA}} Oman |
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*{{Flagicon|KSA}} Saudi Arabia |
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*{{Flagicon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates |
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====North America and Caribbean==== |
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*{{Flagicon|CAN}} Canada |
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*{{Flagicon|USA}} USA |
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====Europe==== |
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*{{Flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |
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*{{Flagicon|IRE}} Ireland |
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*{{Flagicon|FRA}} France |
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*{{Flagicon|GER}} Germany |
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*{{Flagicon|ESP}} Spain |
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*{{Flagicon|BEL}} Belgium |
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*{{Flagicon|DEN}} Denmark |
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*{{Flagicon|SWE}} Sweden |
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*{{Flagicon|NOR}} Norway |
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==Controversies== |
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Three former RSA Insurance Ireland staff have been fined a combined £182,000 (€206,090) under sanctions tied to an investigation by a UK accounting watchdog into financial irregularities at the firm in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UK watchdog fines three former RSA Insurance Ireland staff|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/uk-watchdog-fines-three-former-rsa-insurance-ireland-staff-1.2984652|work=The Irish Times |date=22 February 2017 |first=Joe|last=Brennan}}</ref> |
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===Asbestos liabilities=== |
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In January 2002 Royal & Sun Alliance became involved in litigation over claims for injury arising from [[asbestosis]] among workers in [[River Clyde|Clyde]] shipyards. The workers alleged that between 1972–1977 R&SA had issued insurance certificates to asbestos manufacturer [[Turner & Newall]] but excluded cover for asbestosis, in breach of the [[Health and safety crime in the United Kingdom#Employer's Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969|Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969]]. R&SA responded that asbestos-related injury was excluded from the policy because it was a risk the company was not willing to underwrite, that Turner & Newall was instead self-insured against asbestosis and should therefore be responsible for any compensation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Insurer rejects asbestos claims|work=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh, UK|date=25 January 2002|first=James|last=Reynolds|page=13}}</ref> |
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In February 2002 R&SA set aside [[Pound sterling|£]]384 million to double its reserves available for asbestos claims which, combined with claims of [[Pound sterling|£]]215 million arising from the [[11 September attacks]], wiped out its 2001 profits.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Royal & Sun forced into sell-off as profits evaporate|work=The Guardian|location=Manchester, UK|date=1 March 2002|first=Jill|last=Treanor|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=September 11 wipes out profits at R&SA|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|location=Edinburgh|date=28 February 2002|first=Nick|last=Bevens|page=B.2}}</ref> R&SA put up seven of its subsidiaries for sale in an attempt to raise a further [[Pound sterling|£]]800 million to cover liabilities for asbestos insurance claims in the United States.<ref name="dey">{{Cite news|title=FIS doubles funds with £240 million R&SA deal|work=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh, UK|date=1 May 2002|first=Iain|last=Dey|page=1}}</ref> [[Friends Provident|Friends Ivory & Sime]] subsequently acquired R&SA's UK asset management subsidiary in May 2002 for £240 million.<ref name=dey/> The situation was further compounded by R&SA having to reserve £1.2 billion against liabilities for [[Annuity (European financial arrangements)|guaranteed annuities]], the product which [[Equitable Life Assurance Society v Hyman|caused the collapse]] of [[The Equitable Life Assurance Society|Equitable Life]], and was also facing a fine from the [[Financial Services Authority]] for failure to meet the deadline in the pension mis-selling review.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Royal & Sun edges towards £800m target for disposals|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|date=12 June 2002|first=Simon|last=Bain|page=19}}</ref> Two months later [[Friends Provident]] acquired R&SA's offshore life unit International Financial Services Limited, based on the [[Isle of Man]], for £133 million.<ref>{{Cite news|title=City round-up: Rival to buy R&SA offshore life unit|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|location=Edinburgh|date=11 June 2002|first=Bill|last=Andrews|page=8}}</ref> In July 2002 R&SA sold its group risk business to [[Canada Life]] for £60 million.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Royal & Sun sells group risk|work=The Guardian|location=Manchester, UK|date=30 July 2002|page=17}}</ref> R&SA was forced to close its life business, with the loss of 1,200 jobs, in August 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stricken insurer cuts jobs and shuts life business|work=The Times |location=UK |date=9 August 2002|first=Antonia|last=Senior|page=25}}</ref> |
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In November 2002 Turner & Newall launched a suit against R&SA on behalf of former employees who had suffered asbestos-related disease, claiming that the insurer was liable because it provided employer liability policies to the engineering firm.<ref>{{Cite news|title=R&SA shares plunge over asbestos fight|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|location=Edinburgh|date=1 November 2002|first=Nick|last=Bevens|page=2}}</ref> In an effort to reduce costs, R&SA chairman Sir Patrick Gillam said it would sell its US business RSUI and "float most of its Asia Pacific operations", bringing total job losses in the UK to 4000.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Insurance giant to axe 900 jobs|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|location=Edinburgh|date=7 November 2002|first=Nick|last=Bevens|page=1}}</ref> The case was heard at the [[High Court of Justice]] in January 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|title=It's D-day in death dust cash battle|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|location=Manchester|date=22 January 2003|first=Neal|last=Snowdon}}</ref> R&SA argued that a policy clause which excluded cover for [[pneumoconiosis]] also excluded other [[asbestos]]-related disease such as [[asbestosis]] and [[peritoneal mesothelioma]]. Colin Edelman [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], representing T&N, told Mr Justice Lawrence Collins that the defence which R&SA had the "temerity" to put forward was "just ridiculous" and that the insurer was trying to "wriggle out of its liability."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Insurers accused of shirking liability to asbestosis victims|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|date=28 January 2003|first=Stephen|last=Stewart|page=8}}</ref> On 9 May 2003 the court ruled that R&SA was liable for the compensation claims.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Damages fight goes on after ruling success|work=[[The Northern Echo]]|location=Darlington|date=12 May 2003|page=8}}</ref> In September 2003 R&SA cut 1,000 jobs in the UK and asked shareholders for £960 million to cover further asbestos claims.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Royal & Sun Alliance cuts 1,000 jobs in UK|work=The Irish Times |location=Dublin|date=5 September 2003|first=Laura|last=Slattery|page=51}}</ref> |
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===Inflated repair costs=== |
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In September 2011, Judge Platt of the Romford County Court in his judgement attacked the method in which RSA recovered their costs by putting a subsidiary within the motor claims process to inflate profits. Several insurers are now refusing to pay RSA's requests for payment without sight of the original invoice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14946628|title=Judge attacks car insurer's repair costs |date=17 September 2011|accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> On 15 June 2012, RSA Insurance was successful in a High Court ruling; the company said the ruling meant "its practices have been deemed legal and its stance vindicated".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/rsa-claims-legal-victory-after-fabricated-repair-charges-case/1397041.article|title=RSA claims legal victory after 'fabricated repair charges' case |date=15 June 2012|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> Within hours, Allianz Insurance lodged an appeal against RSA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/allianz-slams-rsa-legal-victory-as-it-works-on-appeal/1397045.article|title=Allianz slams RSA legal victory as it works on appeal |date=15 June 2012|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> Since then RSA has started to make bilateral agreements, the first announced on 29 June 2012 with Cooperative Insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/rsa-agrees-first-bilateral-agreement-on-motor-repair-costs/1397335.article|title=RSA agrees first bilateral agreement on motor repair costs |date=29 June 2012|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> |
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===Hillsborough disaster=== |
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A fatal event at an English FA Cup match, widely known as the [[Hillsborough disaster]], implicated RSA. A [[human crush]] resulted in 96 fatalities and 766 injured persons. The Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Company (which was the insurer for [[Sheffield Wednesday Football Club]] in 1989) refused to waive its entitlement to privilege, thus denying the Hillsborough Independent Panel access to its material. Strenuous efforts were made to persuade the company to allow the Panel confidential access to the material, but it maintained its refusal. RSA were entitled to do this as they are under no obligation to release information relating to the amount of compensation paid out to victims and families; in any case the release of that information would not have effected the result on who was to blame for the Hillsborough disaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/repository/report/HIP_report.pdf|title=Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel |date=September 2012|accessdate=30 September 2012}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Companies}} |
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* [[List of companies based in London]] |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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*{{Cite book |last= Dickson |first= P. G. M |year= 1960|title= The Sun Insurance Office, 1710–1960: The History of Two and a half Centuries of British Insurance}} |
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==External links== |
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*{{Official website|http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/home}} |
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== Organizations == |
== Organizations == |
Revision as of 18:28, 14 April 2018
RSA may refer to:
Organizations
Academia and education
- Rabbinical Seminary of America, a yeshiva in New York City
- Regional Science Association International (formerly the Regional Science Association), a US-based learned society
- Regional Studies Association, a UK-based learned society
- Renaissance Society of America, a scholarly organization based in New York City
- Rhetoric Society of America, an academic organization for the study of rhetoric
- Royal Scottish Academy, a Scottish art institute
- Royal Society of Arts, formally the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, a British institution
Military
- Redstone Arsenal, a United States Army post adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama
- Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association, an organization for the welfare of veterans of New Zealand's military
- Royal School of Artillery, a training establishment for artillery warfare in the British Army
- Royal Signals Association, an organization for serving and retired members of the Royal Corps of Signals
Other organizations
- RSA Insurance Group, a UK-based insurance company
- RSA Security, a U.S. network security provider, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies
- Rehabilitation Services Administration, a federal agency under the United States Department of Education
- Retirement Systems of Alabama, the administrator of the pension fund for employees of the U.S. state of Alabama
- Ridley Scott Associates, a British film and commercial production company
- Road Safety Authority, a statutory organisation of the Republic of Ireland
- Russian Federal Space Agency
- Russian Ski Association
Places
- Republic of South Africa
- Santa Rosa Airport (Argentina), in La Pampa province (IATA code RSA)
In science and technology
Cryptography and security
- RSA (cryptosystem), the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman cryptosystem, a cryptosystem for public-key encryption
- RSA Conference, an annual cryptography convention
- RSA Factoring Challenge, a computational number theory challenge aimed at factorizing a given set of semi-prime numbers
- RSA numbers, a set of numbers that have as factors two prime numbers (semi-prime keys)
- RSA Security, a U.S. network security provider, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies
Biology, organic chemistry, and medicine
- Rsa RNA, partially characterised non-coding RNA from Staphyloccus aureus
- Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, the heart rate variation due to respiration
- Retrosynthetic analysis, in organic chemistry
Other uses in science and technology
- Rational Software Architect, part of IBM Rational Application Developer
- Remote supervisor adapter an out-of-band management interface on IBM servers
- Residual stress analysis, the study of the influence of residual stress on a material's mechanical properties
- Revolver Stechkina-Avraamova, a designation of the Russian OTs-01 Kobalt revolver
- Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis, also called radiostereometric analysis, a method of calculating 3D orientation using X-ray images
Other uses
- Ray Steadman-Allen, a composer of choral and brass music
- Responsible Service of Alcohol, alcohol server training in several Australian states
- [Revenu de solidarité active] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), a French social benefit for people with low incomes
- Revised Statutes Annotated, the entire body of laws in some jurisdictions, such as the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated
- Runway safety area, an extension of a runway constructed to mitigate damage in case of an overrun.