Pavilion Insurance
Encyclopedia
Pavilion Insurance was a Coventry
based marketing company offering insurance solutions through the internet
, powered by its own internally developed software.
. Following this, various products were developed, including Cycleguard in late 1998, an insurance solution for cyclists and Photoguard in 1999, an insurance solution for photographers.
Pavilion was first listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market
on 17 June 2004. The Company was acquired by Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
in May 2007.
ers, DJs, orchestra
members, mobile phone
users, laptop
owners, photographers and owners of art
and art collections.
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
based marketing company offering insurance solutions through the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, powered by its own internally developed software.
History
The company was founded in 1997 by Chairman and CEO, Andrew Selby. The first product was launched in the year of the Company’s inception under the Musicguard brandBrand
The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers."...
. Following this, various products were developed, including Cycleguard in late 1998, an insurance solution for cyclists and Photoguard in 1999, an insurance solution for photographers.
Pavilion was first listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market
Alternative Investment Market
AIM is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, allowing smaller companies to float shares with a more flexible regulatory system than is applicable to the main market....
on 17 June 2004. The Company was acquired by Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group is a leading British-based insurance and re-insurance business. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
in May 2007.
Products
Pavilion offered insurance products for anglers, golfGolf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
ers, DJs, orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
members, mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
users, laptop
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
owners, photographers and owners of art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
and art collections.