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- 1842-1843 (Creation)
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1 production unit.
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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.
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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.
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Scope and content
Directors' minute book of the Farmers and Gardeners Hailstorm Insurance Company.
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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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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 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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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