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===Insurance agents===
The first accident insurance policies were developed in the mid-1800s to cover railway accidents and steam boiler explosions.<ref>A History of UK Insurance, Swiss Re, 2013</ref> Several Station Masters also acted as agents for insurance companies.
*1867, Mr J. N. Hunt was listed as an agent for The Railway Passengers Assurance Company at Bridgnorth Station. The stationmaster at that time was Isaac Norris Hunt, so this may be a typo, although if so, it was repeated in several adverts without correction.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001961/18671019/048/0004 Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 19 October 1867 on the British Newspaper Archive.]</ref>
*1879, Kidderminster Station Master, John Mayers, was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd., London Assurance Corporation (Fire And Life) and Queen Insurance Company.<ref name="littlebury1879"/>
*1879, Bewdley, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd.<ref name="littlebury1879"/> ''Thomas Appleton'' was Station Master at that time.
