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- 1840-1893 (Creation)
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26 production units.
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Biographical history
The Company appears to have been founded c 1840, when the first surviving records begin. It was based at 5 Lothbury, 1840-63 and from then at 9-10 King Street, Cheapside. It became known as the England Assurance Institution in 1892. The following year it was acquired by Imperial Life Insurance Company. In 1902, Imperial Life was acquired by Alliance Assurance and this company merged with Sun Insurance to form Sun Alliance in 1959.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/192-11 1840-1893 Collection 26 production units. Church of England Life and Fire Insurance Trust and Annuity Institution
The Company appears to have been founded c 1840, when the first surviving records begin. It was based at 5 Lothbury, 1840-63 and from then at 9-10 King Street, Cheapside. It became known as the England Assurance Institution in 1892. The following year it was acquired by Imperial Life Insurance Company. In 1902, Imperial Life was acquired by Alliance Assurance and this company merged with Sun Insurance to form Sun Alliance in 1959.
The archives were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1968 and 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Church of England Life and Fire Insurance Trust and Annuity Institution records consist of deeds of settlement, minutes and some financial material.
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
For the Imperial Life Insurance Company see CLC/B/192-19.
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 were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1968 and 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Church of England Life and Fire Insurance Trust and Annuity Institution records consist of deeds of settlement, minutes and some financial material.
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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
For the Imperial Life Insurance Company see CLC/B/192-19.
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