Sir Thomas Neill (January 1856 – 31 May 1937) was an Irish insurance executive and pioneer of National Health Insurance in the United Kingdom.
[1] Neill was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, the son of a land agent.
He first became a railway booking clerk, and then an insurance agent in Ballymena.
In 1915 he resigned to become chairman of the National Amalgamated Approved Society, holding the post until his retirement in 1936.
[1] He campaigned for the introduction of a Ministry of Health, which was founded in 1918, after which he became chairman of the Ministry's Consultative Council on Health Insurance Approved Societies until 1924.