saw the perpetrator jailed for 20 years following the arrangement of an explosion which injured 81 people. In 2022 NFUM won several industry fraud awards. Noteworthy court cases In 2010, the NFU Mutual brought an action in the High Court, making a claim against HSBC. In the case, (The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited v HSBC Insurance (UK) Limited [2010] EWHC 773 (Comm)) the NFU Mutual had sought to require HSBC to pay a contribution to the more than £1.8 costs of fire damage to a property that NFU Mutual was insuring for a purchaser after the exchange of contracts. The NFU Mutual lost the case. In Smith (Leah) v National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited and Robinsons Services Limited [2019] NIQB 37, the company sought to deny liability for an accident sustained in the course of an employee's attendance at work, but the court found against the company. In 2016 NFU Mutual sought to force a policyholder to meet a £128,000 bill for damage to a cottage from a water burst, even though she was covered by an insurance policy. The NFU Mutual lost this case in court and was also ordered by Mr Justice Holgate to pay a £100,000 legal costs bill on top of the costs of the damage. References Victor Head; A Triumph of Hope, The Story of the National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited; The National Farmers Union; 1985 External links Fillings history at Companies House Transitional Deduction Measure on Technical Provisions granted to the company to the Bank of England Predental Regulation Authority NFU Mutual complaints data Insurance companies of the United Kingdom Mutual insurance companies Agricultural insurance Financial services companies established in 1910 1910 establishments in England Companies based in Stratford-upon-Avon