Hand in Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society (1836) Policy Documents include 1891-1904 documents, with vignettes, official marks and signatures, condition varies A/G. Founded in 1696 as the Contributors for Insuring Houses, Chambers, or Rooms for Loss by fire by Amicable Contribution. Renamed Hand-In-Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society in 1836. This was the third earliest fire insurance company established in Britain, dissolved in 1905. (11)