Minutes of Birmingham Mutual Fire and General Insurance Association.

Church of England Life and Fire Insurance Trust and Annuity Institution records consist of deeds of settlement, minutes and some financial material.

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.

The Law Fire Insurance Society records consist of constitutional documents, minutes, administrative material including items relating to staff and salaries, reinsurance treaties, annual reports and financial material. Ms 29198 comprises annotated copy minutes and meetings papers of the Accident Offices Association found amongst the Society's records.

The Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company records comprise: deed of settlement and related papers, 1803, 1850-1858; committee minutes and reports, 1803-1922; financial records, 1803-1927; policy records, 1823-1884; "Million Fund" records, 1860-1909; registers of dividends and sureties, ca. 1830-1884; muniments of title, 1710-1913; and correspondence and other papers relating to property, 1821-1908.

The London Assurance Corporation records comprise: corporate and share records, 1719-1955; committee minutes, 1720-1927; administrative records, 1883-1967; investment books 1831-1926; policy records, 1721-1967; risks books, 1832-54; ship charter records, 1720-1853; fire charter records, 1721-1854; financial records, 1721-1958; staff records, 1906-63; property records, 1703-1923; plans, 1747-8, 1882-4; and other miscellaneous records, 1725-1932.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE ASSURANCE MATERIAL IS CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

London, Edinburgh and Dublin Life Assurance Company Directors' minute book.

The Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company records comprise: committee minutes 1835-57; copy deed of settlement, 1836; and deed of arrangement, 1857.

York and London Fire and Life Assurance Company records comprising instruction booklet for agents.

Constitutional records of the Sun Insurance Office Limited, including articles of agreement; deeds; registration as a joint stock company; laws and regulations of the company; and papers relating to the take-over of other companies.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Correspondence of the Sun Insurance Office Limited, including letter books, correspondence and cable log books of Managers and Secretaries; correspondence with branches in Argentina, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Romania, Denmark, Uruguay, and the USA; correspondence with the Leeds branch; correspondence with the Patriotic Assurance Company, Dublin; and correspondence with the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Records of Sun Insurance Office Limited relating to agencies, both UK and abroad; including instructions to agents; lists and registers of agents; scrapbooks and notebooks containing notes, press cuttings and notices about agencies; foreign agency memorandum books; and foreign instructions books for Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Russia.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Records of Sheppards and Chase, stockbrokers, comprising clients' ledgers 1851-1864 and 1893-1907; stock transaction records 1845-1935 and private ledgers 1854-95.

The records of Price and Pott comprise accounts 1869-84 and a clients' ledger 1850-1854.

Two volumes of accounts 1834-1847 and 1859-1874 have been attributed to the firm of Scott, Corthorn and Scott by internal evidence.

The records of Cannon, Pelly and Allcard and its predecessors comprise a list of principals ca. 1848-58 and client ledgers 1845-9, 1851-60.

The records of George Davidge and John H. Davidge comprise client lists ca. 1818-54.

24 HOURS NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR ACCESS TO THESE RECORDS

Records of discount bankers Smith St Aubyn and Company Limited, comprising ledgers and general ledgers 1891-1954, ledgers of partners' and trustees' accounts 1930-1939, trade acceptors ledgers 1927-1955, cash books 1891-1960, daybooks and rough daybooks 1891-1958, journals 1946-50, loans books and ledgers 1932-1952, private accounts loans and interest books 1931-1952, bills books 1891-1892 and 1933-1956, business and appointments diaries 1891-1959.

Records of Hermes Securities Limited including minutes of the board, directors reports and accounts and register of members and share register. Also includes minutes and directors reports and accounts for Hermes Credit Corporation Limited (CLC/B/207/MS40937 - MS40941).

London and South African Bank records comprise: charters of incorporation, 1860, 1864-5; general ledgers, 1869-77; deed of settlement, 1861; correspondence, 1867-8; and contract of service, 1864.

Records of E D Sassoon Banking Company Limited including a property register and deeds relating to 46 Dorset Mews, Westminster and 46 Grosvenor Place, Westminster including leases, covenants, assignments, counterpart leases and abstracts. Some deeds date back to 1856 as they relate to the change in ownership of the properties before they were acquired by the Sassoon family, E D Sassoon and Company Limited or E D Sassoon Banking Company Limited.

Records of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including combined register of shares.

Records of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including correspondence files relating to business links and investment in South Africa; and copy judgement.

Records of the National Bank of India including one indexed ledger of government securities, detailing name of account holder, date of loan, amount loaned and loan number and certificates for Henry Chalmers of Shanghai and Frank Elliot of Bush Lane House, Cannon Street, London authorising the Manager, Sub-Manager and Accountant of the Calcutta Branch of the National Bank of India to act on their behalf if necessary. Both signed by the appointees and Clerks of the bank.

Records of the P & O Banking Corporation including records created at the foundation of the company, records and reports of the annual meetings of the company, and records dealing with the liquidation of the Corporation.

Records of P & O Banking Corporation including the legal files of the bank (under the responsibility of the General Manager) and files on the liquidation of the Corporation.

Records of P & O Banking Corporation including legal documents of corporate clients, and signature registers of individual account holders. Does not include detailed customer financial information.

Records of P & O Banking Corporation including regulations and legal agreements. These contain no information on individual staff except signatures (apart from R Douglas Butterfield's file).

Records of Standard Chartered Bank Limited including Corporate Development Department correspondence, memos, draft agreements, Wallace Brothers balance sheets and company structures concerning acquisition of Wallace Brothers and Company (Holdings) Limited.

Records of Business Archives Council survey of historical records of the bank and predecessors including lists correspondence and records on premises and historical records held.

Records of Standard Bank Ghana Limited including inward and outward letter books.

Records of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including the first Memorandum and Articles of Association and Reports and Accounts for 1969

Records of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including Code of Employment Practice.

Records of Standard Bank Finance and Development Corporation Limited including the founding Memorandum and Articles of Association for the Corporation.

Records of Standard Bank of West Africa Limited including the Annual Report for 1973.

Records of Wills, Faber and Dumas Limited comprising sea casualty books, 1916-20 and 1930-50; and a register of claims, 1932-54.

Minute book of the Associated Fire Insurers (Government Commodities) Management Committee.

General foreign out-letter book of Heckscher and Pearson, commission merchants and underwriters.

Letters to C. S. Knight, insurance broker, concerning membership of a syndicate of Lloyd's of London underwriters.

Draft deed of settlement establishing the Wellington Reversionary Annuity and Life Assurance Society; with papers relating to the sale of all their assets, policies, and property to the India and London Life Assurance Company.

The grant of arms and grant of livery of the Worshipful Company of Actuaries, 1980.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising an agreement settling a dispute as to boundary line dividing plot of land no. 22, owned by Edwin Brier Woodford, from plot no. 21, owned by George Allen Aylwin, on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, 1904; and assignment of debt of £36 15s. 3d. due to George Slark from Cuthbert Coates Smith and Bernard Edgar Aylwin, carrying on business as motor boat manufacturers under style of The Vaal Motor and Launch Company at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, 1905.

Insurance policy upon passengers' effects, to be shipped on the "Rhone" from London to Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa, taken out by A. F. Evans, 1894.

Papers of Parnel Seaton, including letters, receipts for payments, assessments for tax on houses, servants, carriages, horses, dogs, hair powder and armorial bearnings, and certificates of assessments for property in Twickenham.

Records of Joshua Alexander, solicitor and property developer, recording the drawing up of building agreements and the granting of leases of the resulting houses. None of the agreements or leases survive but the pattern of development can be traced through the accounts of advances for building and the ground rents received for leases.

Building agreements and lease books: These books record cash advances made by Joshua Alexander and his business partner William Bradshaw under building agreements for the development of their various estates. When leases were granted of newly erected houses, ground rents received under them were likewise recorded. Apart from including names of lessees and addresses of property leased, the books are heavily annotated with references to court proceedings, assignments of interests and other actions necessary for administrating estates. Each book is indexed under names of tenants.

Rentals: These record the payment of ground rents by lessee of houses on the various estates described above. Each rental is arranged by estate and contains name and address of lessee or assignee, address of property rented, amount of ground rent due and summaries of totals..

Letter books: family and personal letters. Copies of letters from Lionel Alexander of personal and family nature, many concerning involvement with Jewish institutions, charities and general affairs, also copies of letters to press and articles.

Records of the Prudential Assurance Company relating to property, 1882-1947, including draft and copy deeds, abstracts of title, agreements, contracts, plans, correspondence and other papers regarding ground rents in Croydon, Westminster, Holborn, City of London, Teddington, Winchmore HIll, Tooting, Fulham, Muswell Hill, Hornsey and Richmond.

Financial records of the Blue Nile Brewery Limited, including balance sheets; correspondence; budgets; cash forecasts; remuneration file; excise duty files and financial accounts.

Corporate records of Camwal Limited, soft drinks manufacturers, including share records; articles of association and reports.

Corporate records of the Dartford Brewery Company Limited, including board meetings minutes; annual general meeting minutes; stockholders' meetings minutes; registers of directors, secretaries, members, shares, mortgages and deeds; share records; articles of association; annual and half-yearly reports, statistics and accounts.

Corporate records of Style and Winch Limited, brewers, including minutes of Board and general meetings; minutes of joint committee with the Dartford Brewery and the Royal Brewery Brentford; registers of members, shares, mortgages, sealing, and directors; trust deeds; articles of association; directors' reports and accounts; and agreements.

Property records for Style and Winch Limited, brewers, including joint diary with the Royal Brewery Brentford and Dartford Brewery recording notes on premises and public houses; register of insurance for public houses; order book for repairs; tenants dilapidation registers; and repairs ledger.

Corporate records of Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including Directors' meetings minute books; general meetings minute books; papers of the Board; papers of the Secretary; records of the Investment Committee; register of appeals; register of directors' holdings; articles of association; seal register; powers of attorney; papers relating to company formation; papers relating to the liquidation of Farnham United Brewery; and annual reports.

Financial records of Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including balance sheet ledgers; balance and stock sheets; annual costings; accounts ledgers; analyses; journals; cash books; deposits and withdrawals; bills and general financial papers.

Sales records of Courage and Company Limited, including Sales Committee minutes; trading figures; trade books; records of supplies; prices and charges; records of beer bought and sold; records of beer recieved; purchase and adjustment account papers; sales summaries; delivery records; licences, agreements and contracts.

Records of Charles Kinloch and Company Limited, wine merchants, including Board minutes; share transfers; sales figures; printed reports; papers relating to mergers; correspondence and papers relating to financial matters; and price lists.