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- 1908-1948 (Creation)
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4 production units.
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Biographical history
This company was established in 1908. It was acquired by, and allied with, the London and Lancashire Insurance Company Limited in 1923. In 1961 the London and Lancashire Insurance Company was acquired by, and allied with, the Royal Insurance Company Limited.
British Fire Insurance Company Limited traded from 167 Fenchurch Street, 1908-9; 106 Charing Cross Road, 1910-11; 46 Queen Victoria Street, 1911-17; 31 Great St. Helen's, 1917-19; 1-2 Bucklersbury, 1919-25; 47-51 King William Street, 1925-41; and 149 Leadenhall Street, from 1941.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-08 1908-1948 Collection 4 production units. British Fire Insurance Co Ltd
This company was established in 1908. It was acquired by, and allied with, the London and Lancashire Insurance Company Limited in 1923. In 1961 the London and Lancashire Insurance Company was acquired by, and allied with, the Royal Insurance Company Limited.
British Fire Insurance Company Limited traded from 167 Fenchurch Street, 1908-9; 106 Charing Cross Road, 1910-11; 46 Queen Victoria Street, 1911-17; 31 Great St. Helen's, 1917-19; 1-2 Bucklersbury, 1919-25; 47-51 King William Street, 1925-41; and 149 Leadenhall Street, from 1941.
The records were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1983-4 by Royal Insurance Plc and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of British Fire Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes of general meetings and directors' meetings.
Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the Company Secretary (further information is available from staff).
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
See CLC/B/192-25 for the London and Lancashire Insurance Company Limited.
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 records were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1983-4 by Royal Insurance Plc and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Records of British Fire Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes of general meetings and directors' meetings.
Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the Company Secretary (further information is available from staff).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Conditions governing access
48 hours notice required for access.
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/192-25 for the London and Lancashire Insurance Company Limited.
Finding aids
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