Wesleyan Assurance Society

Wesleyan Assurance Society is a financial services mutual that provides advice and products to select professional groups – notably GPs, hospital doctors, dentists and teachers.

[1] The society was founded in Birmingham, England, in 1841 and its head office remains in the city centre – based at Colmore Circus.

It was founded in 1841[3] by members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church to help people overcome financial problems brought on by the first Industrial Revolution.

To celebrate the end of the war, the government issued Victory Bond policies and the Wesleyan & General bought bonds amounting to £3⁄4 million Following the outbreak of World War II, the Chief Office basement and other buildings owned by the society were converted into air raid shelters, with a local first aid HQ established in the basement toilets.

[10][11] The merger enabled the society to reach many more Doctors and Dentists, a position further strengthened with the acquisition of the Professional Affinity Group Services (PAGS) in 2002.

[25] The building itself is clad in artificial pink granite which the Pevsner Guide[26] for Birmingham says is, "angled between floors, like the legs of a huge insect."

According to an article in the Midlands Business News, "Intelligent lift technology has trebled the energy efficiency of Birmingham's iconic Wesleyan Assurance Society Building and reduced its annual carbon emissions".