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- 1824-1857 (Creation)
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16 production units.
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Biographical history
The company was established in 1824 and was also known as Asylum Life Office, and Asylum Foreign and Domestic Life Assurance Company. It amalgamated in 1857 with the London Assurance, which became a subsidiary of the Sun Alliance in 1965.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/192-04 1824-1857 Collection 16 production units. Asylum Life Assurance Company
The company was established in 1824 and was also known as Asylum Life Office, and Asylum Foreign and Domestic Life Assurance Company. It amalgamated in 1857 with the London Assurance, which became a subsidiary of the Sun Alliance in 1965.
The archives of the Asylum Life Assurance Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1979.
Records of the Asylum Life Assurance Company comprising: deed of foundation, 1824; deed of assignment, covenant and declaration of trust, 1857; prospectus, 1836, with related letters, 1951; and rough policy registers, 1824-57.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See CLC/B/192-26 for the papers of London Assurance.
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The archives of the Asylum Life Assurance Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1979.
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Scope and content
Records of the Asylum Life Assurance Company comprising: deed of foundation, 1824; deed of assignment, covenant and declaration of trust, 1857; prospectus, 1836, with related letters, 1951; and rough policy registers, 1824-57.
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Accruals
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Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
See CLC/B/192-26 for the papers of London Assurance.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English