Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1824-1965 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
386 production units.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
The Alliance Assurance Company, of 1 and 2 Bartholomew Lane, was established in 1824. Until 1886 the company was known as the Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company. In the 19th century, its business was extended to Europe, USA, the West Indies and India. It was acquired by the Sun Insurance Office in 1959.
In 1902 the income from the life and annuity policies of the Imperial Life Insurance Company, the Argus Life Assurance Company and the England Assurance Institution was amalgamated to form the Imperial Life Assurance Fund (see Ms 38911-15).
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-02 1824-1965 Collection 386 production units. Alliance Assurance Co Ltd x Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Co
The Alliance Assurance Company, of 1 and 2 Bartholomew Lane, was established in 1824. Until 1886 the company was known as the Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company. In the 19th century, its business was extended to Europe, USA, the West Indies and India. It was acquired by the Sun Insurance Office in 1959.
In 1902 the income from the life and annuity policies of the Imperial Life Insurance Company, the Argus Life Assurance Company and the England Assurance Institution was amalgamated to form the Imperial Life Assurance Fund (see Ms 38911-15).
The archives of the Alliance Assurance have been deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1968 by the Sun Alliance Insurance Group except for volumes relating to the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) which were found amongst records deposited by the Fire Offices' Committee. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Alliance Assurance Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents; board minutes and various committee minutes; life policy registers; reports of foreign visits, 1863-1965; agents' instruction books, 1868-1963, and other financial and administrative records.
'Life' material is subject to a 75 year closure period. Other material is subject to a 50 year closure period.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
48 hours notice required for access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Some local board and committee minutes are held at other repositories. For the Sun Insurance Office see CLC/B/192/A to H.
See Sir W Schooling, Alliance Assurance, 1824-1924, London 1924 and H Cockerell & E Green, The British Insurance Business: A Guide to its History and Records, London, 1976.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
January to May 2011. Enterprises Companies Assurance companies Service industries Financial service industries Business records Insurance services Life insurance Finance Insurance Fire insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Alliance Assurance Co Ltd x Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Co City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The archives of the Alliance Assurance have been deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1968 by the Sun Alliance Insurance Group except for volumes relating to the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) which were found amongst records deposited by the Fire Offices' Committee. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Records of the Alliance Assurance Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents; board minutes and various committee minutes; life policy registers; reports of foreign visits, 1863-1965; agents' instruction books, 1868-1963, and other financial and administrative records.
'Life' material is subject to a 75 year closure period. Other material is subject to a 50 year closure period.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
48 hours notice required for access.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
English
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Some local board and committee minutes are held at other repositories. For the Sun Insurance Office see CLC/B/192/A to H.
Instruments de recherche
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Langue(s)
- anglais