Saffron Insurance Services Ltd Saffron Insurance Services Ltd Saffron Insurance is a regional insurance broker with branches across East Anglia. The business deals with both personal and commercial lines insurance and currently controls some £28m gross written premium (GWP). Saffron Insurance was established in 1954. It is a UK insurance broker based in Saffron Walden, Essex. They offer a range of insurance products, such as car insurance, home insurance, travel insurance, motorbike insurance, van insurance, property owners insurance, motor trade insurance, motor fleet insurance etc. In July 2011 Saffron Insurance joined Brokerability, a club of independent brokers. The combined group of brokers controls a
St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden John Wastell the master mason who was building King's College Chapel in the nearby city of Cambridge. In 1769 the church was damaged by lightning. The repairs, carried out in the 1790s removed many medieval features but saved the building which was in a dilapidated state. The spire was added in 1832 to replace an older "lantern" tower to a design of Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. Thomas Cornell, progenitor of the American family bearing his name, was baptized in the church around 1592. St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Saffron