Great Britain Share Certificate The Farmers & General Fire & Life Insurance and Loan & Annuity Company 1842 certificate for One ?10 share made out to a Farmer at Colchester, Essex. Two agricultural vignettes, in good clean condition. Note: Established in 1840. The company catered mostly for Farmers and was the first insurance company in Britain to cover damage to crops caused by hail. After several mergers still exists as Royal & Sun Alliance