Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-17 - FARMERS AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AND LOAN AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-17

Titre

FARMERS AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AND LOAN AND ANNUITY COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1839-1961 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

38 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

This company was established in 1840. By 1852 it had changed its name to Royal Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance Loan and Annuity Company and had its office in the Strand.

The company's name changed several times. In 1855 it advertised itself in Kelly's Post Office Directory as Royal Farmers and General Fire Life and Hail Insurance Company. By 1859 the company called itself Royal Farmers Agricultural and Commercial Insurance Company and by 1884 this had been changed to Royal Farmers and General Insurance Company. During this period the office remained at 3 Norfolk Street, Strand.

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

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-17 1839-1961 Collection 38 production units. Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Co

This company was established in 1840. By 1852 it had changed its name to Royal Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance Loan and Annuity Company and had its office in the Strand.

The company's name changed several times. In 1855 it advertised itself in Kelly's Post Office Directory as Royal Farmers and General Fire Life and Hail Insurance Company. By 1859 the company called itself Royal Farmers Agricultural and Commercial Insurance Company and by 1884 this had been changed to Royal Farmers and General Insurance Company. During this period the office remained at 3 Norfolk Street, Strand.

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

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

The Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company collection primarily comprises minutes, but also includes some constitutional documents, examples of policies and other administrative records.

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 Alliance Assurance Company see CLC/B/192-02.

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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Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

The Farmers and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company collection primarily comprises minutes, but also includes some constitutional documents, examples of policies and other administrative records.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

48 hours notice required for access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

For the Alliance Assurance Company see CLC/B/192-02.

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées