Charles Povey
British writer and entrepreneur (1652–1743)
Charles Povey (1652? – 4 May 1743) was a British pamphleteer and entrepreneur, who challenged the Royal Mail's postal monopoly by running the "Halfpenny Carriage", a local London postal system similar to William Dockwra's Penny Post.2
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About
He founded the first joint-stock company for fire insurance, the Exchange House Fire Office later the "Sun Fire Office" that remains in business today as the RSA Insurance Group.
From Wikipedia’s article on Charles Povey, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Career
Occupation: writer.4
- Date not recordedFounded Sun Fire Office3
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- 1WikidataCharles Povey on Wikidata
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