Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-16 - FARMERS AND GARDENERS HAILSTORM INSURANCE COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-16

Title

FARMERS AND GARDENERS HAILSTORM INSURANCE COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1842-1843 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Company was established in May 1842 by a group of directors of the Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company and was sold to that company in December 1843.

In 1888, the Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company was taken over by the Alliance British and Foreign Fire and Life Assurance Co (renamed Alliance Assurance Company in 1905). Alliance Assurance merged with Sun Insurance in 1959 to form Sun Alliance and London Assurance Group.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-16 1842-1843 Collection 1 production unit. Farmers and Gardeners Hailstorm Insurance Co

The Company was established in May 1842 by a group of directors of the Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company and was sold to that company in December 1843.

In 1888, the Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company was taken over by the Alliance British and Foreign Fire and Life Assurance Co (renamed Alliance Assurance Company in 1905). Alliance Assurance merged with Sun Insurance in 1959 to form Sun Alliance and London Assurance Group.

The records were deposited by Sun Alliance and London Assurance Group in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library ca.1968. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Directors' minute book of the Farmers and Gardeners Hailstorm Insurance Company.

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 Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company see CLC/B/192-17.

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 by Sun Alliance and London Assurance Group in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library ca.1968. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Directors' minute book of the Farmers and Gardeners Hailstorm Insurance Company.

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

For the Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company see CLC/B/192-17.

Finding aids

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

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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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