Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring, founded in 1731, was the first
Danish provider of fire insurance in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
. It existed as an independent enterprise until 1976 and is now part of
Tryg
Tryg A/S is a Scandinavian insurance company present in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The company is the largest provider of general insurance services in the Nordic countries and is listed on Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen.
History
The current co ...
. The company's last headquarters was the
Gustmeyer House at
Ved Stranden 14 in central Copenhagen.
History
The
Copenhagen Fire of 1728
The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 was the largest fire in the history of Copenhagen, Denmark. It began on the evening of 20 October 1728 and continued to burn until the morning of the 23rd of October 1728. It destroyed approximately 28% of the city (me ...
devoured around 28% of the buildings in Copenhagen. The merchants Hans Henrik Bech (c. 1699 – 1783) and Hans Hansen Berg (1688–1736) proposed a fire insurance scheme and Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring was founded by royal resolution on 26 January 1731. The fire insurance was instrumental in speeding up the rebuilding of the city since lending out money for construction projects became less risky. The first building was insured on 21 December 1731 by Otto Blome at
Amagertorv
Amagertorv () is a public square in the district of Indre By in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Today it forms part of the Strøget pedestrian zone, and is often described as the most central square in Copenhagen. Second only to Gammeltorv, it is ...
4.
Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring was originally only active in the market for fire insurance of buildings located inside the
City Walls
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but from 1889 it gradually opened up for fire insurance on buildings in
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...
and a number of surrounding districts.
The company was based in the
Gustmeyer House at
Ved Stranden 14 and its last CEO was Frits Pedersen. The company merged with Danmark/Tryg/Fremtiden G/S under the name Tryg Forsikring in 1976.
Directors
* Knud Engelbreth Langberg
* Christian Hansen
* Jens Lauritzen
* Christian Ludvig Budtz
* Lauritz Rasmussen
* (17511770)
Frederik Barfred
* (17841791)
Jørgen Bech
* (178717893)
Lars Larsen
* Andreas Collstrup
* Rasmus Kirketerp
* Knud Christensen
*
Hans Peder Kofoed
* Peter Andresen
* J. D. Vogel
* Casper Friederich Fiedler
*
Peter Rabe Holm
See also
*
Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn Kreditkassen may refer to:
* Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn, a mortgage credit institution in Denmark
* Christiania Bank
Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, branded domestically as Kreditkassen or K-Bank and internationally as Christiania ...
References
External links
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Defunct companies of Denmark
Danish companies established in 1731
Defunct insurance companies