Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-15 - ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-15

Title

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1823-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

66 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Economic Life Assurance Society was established in 1823 in premises at 34 Bridge Street, Blackfriars. By 1850 the company was at 6 New Bridge Street where it remained until it was acquired by the Alliance Assurance Company in 1913. Alliance Assurance appear to have retained separate series for Economic Life for some years after the takeover. Alliance Assurance itself merged with the Sun Insurance Company in 1960 to form the Sun Alliance Insurance Company.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-15 1823-1939 Collection 66 production units. Economic Life Assurance Society

The Economic Life Assurance Society was established in 1823 in premises at 34 Bridge Street, Blackfriars. By 1850 the company was at 6 New Bridge Street where it remained until it was acquired by the Alliance Assurance Company in 1913. Alliance Assurance appear to have retained separate series for Economic Life for some years after the takeover. Alliance Assurance itself merged with the Sun Insurance Company in 1960 to form the Sun Alliance Insurance Company.

Sun Alliance deposited these records in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Economic Life Assurance Society records comprise constitutional documents, minutes and other financial and administrative 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

See CLC/B/192-02 for the Alliance Assurance Company.

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

Sun Alliance deposited these records in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Economic Life Assurance Society records comprise constitutional documents, minutes and other financial and administrative material.

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

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See CLC/B/192-02 for the Alliance Assurance Company.

Finding aids

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

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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