, often referred to as , was founded in 1728 as the first marine insurance company in

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. It held a monopoly on marine insurance in Denmark until 1786.

History

Det Kongelige octroierede Søe-Assurance Compagni was founded in the Børsen building in

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in 1728. The company's monopoly on marine insurance was challenged by and other major merchants and ship-owners towards the middle of the century. Its monopoly was finally lifted in 1783, leading to the formal establishment of

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in 1786. The company existed until 1930.

Management

Directors, 18511926

*1851—1866: Matthias Wilhelm Sass (wholesaler) * 1851—1868: Frederik August Paludan (naval officerm commodore) * 1851—21862: Christian Wilhelm Haagen (bank manager) * 1851—1851: Emil Zeuthen Svitzer (wholesaler) * 1851—1875: Pierre Jean Agier (wholesaler) * 1862—1873: Lars Christian Larsen (lawyer) * 1868-1880: F. Paludan (naval officer, captain) * 1874—1878: Helland (consul) * 1876-1883: B. W. Sass (wholesaler) * 1878—1893: H. J. Rønne (wholesaler) * 1881—1892: Carl Frederik Gottlob Stage (shipowner) * 1883–1912; Gustav James Hansen (wholesaler) * 1893—1895: Johan Christian Kraf (naval officer, commodore) * 1893—1913: William Theodor Malling (wholesaler) * 1895—1920: Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye (wholesaler) * 1913—1922: Carl Julius Peter Ryberg (business executive) * 1914—1917: Aage Hjalmar Ostenfeld (business executive) * 1918—1922: de Nully Brown (business executive) * 1920–1923; Jens Daugaard-Jensen. * 1922—1923: Andreas Christian Hamann Erlands en (shipowner) * 1923—: Johs. Stein (lawyer) * 1923—: Direktør Vilhelm A. Bang * 1924—: E. I. Baastrup (business executive) * 1924—: William Malling (wholesaler)

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