Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) provides mortgages, savings, personal loans, and brokerage services. One of the UK's largest mutually owned financial institutions, the group also offers insurance coverage including mortgage-payment policies and home and auto insurance. YBS operates more than 175 offices in the UK and Northern Ireland; subsidiaries include Yorkshire Guernsey, Yorkshire Key Services, and Accord Mortgages. The society merged with Chelsea Building Society in 2010 in a deal that added about 35 locations. YBS, which has more than �36 billion in assets under management, was established in 1864 as the Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Benefit Building Society.