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In the earliest days of railways accidents were an almost daily occurrence and in 1848 the Universal Railway Casualty Compensation Company was formed "to grant assurances on the lives of persons travelling by railway and to grant, in cases, of accident not having a fatal termination, compensation to the assured for injuries received under certain conditions". In 1862 the company was incorporated as the Railway Passengers Assurance Company and continued in business offering a variety of insurances until 2005.