Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-18 - IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-18

Titre

IMPERIAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1802-1957 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

62 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

Imperial Insurance Company was established in 1803 for the purpose of UK and overseas fire insurance. Between 1869 and 1891 it was officially styled Imperial Fire Insurance Company, although it had always appeared in Post Office directories under this name.

The company's original offices were at Sun Court, Cornhill, and 5 St James's Street, but in 1845 its West End offices moved to 16 Pall Mall and in 1848 its head office moved to 1 Old Broad Street.

In 1902, Imperial Insurance Company was acquired by Alliance Assurance and this company merged with Sun Insurance to form Sun Alliance in 1959.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-18 1802-1957 Collection 62 production units. Imperial Insurance Co x Imperial Fire Insurance Co

Imperial Insurance Company was established in 1803 for the purpose of UK and overseas fire insurance. Between 1869 and 1891 it was officially styled Imperial Fire Insurance Company, although it had always appeared in Post Office directories under this name.

The company's original offices were at Sun Court, Cornhill, and 5 St James's Street, but in 1845 its West End offices moved to 16 Pall Mall and in 1848 its head office moved to 1 Old Broad Street.

In 1902, Imperial Insurance Company was acquired by Alliance Assurance and this company merged with Sun Insurance to form Sun Alliance in 1959.

Sun Alliance deposited the records of Imperial Insurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates from 1968. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The Imperial Insurance Company (also known as the Imperial Fire Insurance Company) collection comprises constitutional documents, minutes, and 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 and Spanish.

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

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.

January to May 2011. Assurance companies Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Business records Finance Insurance Fire insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Companies Enterprises Imperial Insurance Co x Imperial Fire Insurance Co London England UK Western Europe Europe

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Sun Alliance deposited the records of Imperial Insurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates from 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 Imperial Insurance Company (also known as the Imperial Fire Insurance Company) collection comprises constitutional documents, minutes, and financial and administrative material.

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 and Spanish.

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

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