Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/017-04 - ASSURANCE EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-04

Title

ASSURANCE EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL

Date(s)

  • 1932-1964 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

5 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Assurance Educational Council was set up in 1932 by member offices of the Industrial Life Offices Association, following a report to the Executive of the Association on the perceived usefulness of "educational propaganda" about industrial assurance. The Council's first meetings are recorded in the minute book of the Executive Committee of the Association (Ms 29802/12) until 4 Jan 1933, when the Council resolved to keep its own minutes. The establishment of the Council reflected the industrial assurance business's unease at the investigations of the Departmental Committee of Inquiry (Cohen Committee), and accusations of malpractice. The Assurance Educational Council changed its name to the Industrial Assurance Council in 1949; and its records cease in 1964.

The Council generally met in the offices of its chairman; the chair rotating between the Industrial Life Offices Association and the Prudential Assurance Company Limited.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-04 1932-1964 Collection 5 production units. Assurance Educational Committee x Industrial Assurance Council

The Assurance Educational Council was set up in 1932 by member offices of the Industrial Life Offices Association, following a report to the Executive of the Association on the perceived usefulness of "educational propaganda" about industrial assurance. The Council's first meetings are recorded in the minute book of the Executive Committee of the Association (Ms 29802/12) until 4 Jan 1933, when the Council resolved to keep its own minutes. The establishment of the Council reflected the industrial assurance business's unease at the investigations of the Departmental Committee of Inquiry (Cohen Committee), and accusations of malpractice. The Assurance Educational Council changed its name to the Industrial Assurance Council in 1949; and its records cease in 1964.

The Council generally met in the offices of its chairman; the chair rotating between the Industrial Life Offices Association and the Prudential Assurance Company Limited.

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Association of British Insurers on 11 July 1994.The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Assurance Educational Council, consisting of an incomplete series of minutes and accounts. The minute books from 1942 onwards have reference numbers which appear to cross refer to supporting papers which are no longer with this collection. The existence of any other classes of records, such as files, is not known.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Insurance Industrial insurance Enterprises Companies Assurance companies Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Communication process Mass communication Public relations Professional associations Information sources Documents Insurance records Organizations Associations Trade associations Finance Business records Assurance Educational Committee x Industrial Assurance Council UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Association of British Insurers on 11 July 1994.The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Assurance Educational Council, consisting of an incomplete series of minutes and accounts. The minute books from 1942 onwards have reference numbers which appear to cross refer to supporting papers which are no longer with this collection. The existence of any other classes of records, such as files, is not known.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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