The National Amalgamated Union of Life Assurance Workers (NAULAW) was a trade union representing insurance workers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
History The union was founded in 1919 when the National Union of Life Insurance Agents merged with the National Association of Prudential Insurance Agents, the Blackburn Philanthropic Agents Association, the National Association of Wesleyan and General Insurance Agents, and the Planet Agents Association. Although all the founding organisations mentioned insurance agents in their name, other workers in the industry, including managers and clerical staff, were also represented.Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.303
By 1923, the union already had 14,106 members, although this fell to only 7,722 by 1948, and just 2,238 by 1963. It merged with the National Federation of Insurance Workers in 1964, forming the National Union of Insurance Workers.Report of the 1963 Trades Union Congress, p.51
Election results The union sponsored a Labour Party candidate in several Parliamentary elections, including a Member of Parliament from 1942 to 1951.
Election Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position 1931 general election Liverpool Everton 7,786 31.2 2 1942 by-election Newcastle-under-Lyme unopposed N/A 1 1945 general election Newcastle-under-Lyme 25,903 66.2 1 1950 general election Newcastle-under-Lyme 30,249 57.8 1
General Secretaries 1919: Bernard Brooke 1926: W. Sheard c.1950: William B. Hannaford 1959: Frank Crump 1963: W. Hindson
References
External links Catalogue of the NAULAW archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick