Equitable Life is Britain's oldest mutual life insurance
company. Founded on Thursday 16 September 1762 at a meeting in the White Lion
tavern in Cornhill in the City of London, it closed for new business on 8 December
2000 leaving more than a million policyholders uncertain about their
future.
20 January 2001 The Guardian Trust is in the balance
21 January 2001 Radio 4 Money Box An Inequitable Life from this page hear the programme or read the transcript
24 January 2001 BBC Online An Inequitable Life
2 February 2001 How many policyholders? the real figures.
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