Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/017-16 - INDUSTRIAL LIFE OFFICES ASSOCIATION

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-16

Title

INDUSTRIAL LIFE OFFICES ASSOCIATION

Date(s)

  • 1901-1985 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

46 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Industrial Life Offices Association was founded in 1901 as the Association of Industrial Assurance Companies and Collecting Friendly Societies, by representatives of industrial assurance companies and friendly societies. It acted as a forum for combined action and mutual protection of the Industrial Assurance business. The Association was concerned, in particular, with co-operation to prevent the practice of "transferring", whereby agents poached clients from one company to another, gaining a commission in the process. The Association changed its name to the Industrial Life Offices Association in 1940; and ceased to exist in 1985 when its functions were transferred to the Association of British Insurers.

The Association appears to have been based in its members' offices until it acquired its own offices at 73-76, King William St., EC4 (1950-53); 1, Regent St., SW1 (1954-62); and Aldermary House, 10-15, Queen St., EC4 (1963- ).

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-16 1901-1985 Collection 46 production units. Industrial Life Offices Association x Association of Industrial Assurance Companies and Collecting Friendly Societies

The Industrial Life Offices Association was founded in 1901 as the Association of Industrial Assurance Companies and Collecting Friendly Societies, by representatives of industrial assurance companies and friendly societies. It acted as a forum for combined action and mutual protection of the Industrial Assurance business. The Association was concerned, in particular, with co-operation to prevent the practice of "transferring", whereby agents poached clients from one company to another, gaining a commission in the process. The Association changed its name to the Industrial Life Offices Association in 1940; and ceased to exist in 1985 when its functions were transferred to the Association of British Insurers.

The Association appears to have been based in its members' offices until it acquired its own offices at 73-76, King William St., EC4 (1950-53); 1, Regent St., SW1 (1954-62); and Aldermary House, 10-15, Queen St., EC4 (1963- ).

The records were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Association of British Insurers on 11 July 1994 and 12 February 1998. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The records of the Industrial Life Offices Association consist of minute books, annual accounts and files. The minute books appear to form an almost complete set, except for those of the Executive, which end in 1977; and those of the Quarterly Meeting, which end in 1956. From 1920, the minute books are annotated with reference numbers, apparently referring to supporting papers, the whereabouts of which are unknown.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

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

Further information concerning industrial assurance can be obtained from the following: Sir Arnold Wilson and Hermann Levy, Industrial Assurance: an historical and critical study (OUP, 1937); Dermot Morrah, A History of Industrial Life Assurance (1955); and from the Association's jubilee brochure, Industrial Life Offices Association 1901-51 (1951). All of these are available from the Printed Books Section of Guildhall Library.

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Business records Finance Insurance Industrial insurance Enterprises Companies Assurance companies Financial service industries Service industries Insurance services Professional associations Information sources Documents Insurance records Organizations Associations Trade associations Friendly societies Financial institutions Industrial Life Offices Association x Association of Industrial Assurance Companies and Collecting Friendly Societies UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Association of British Insurers on 11 July 1994 and 12 February 1998. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The records of the Industrial Life Offices Association consist of minute books, annual accounts and files. The minute books appear to form an almost complete set, except for those of the Executive, which end in 1977; and those of the Quarterly Meeting, which end in 1956. From 1920, the minute books are annotated with reference numbers, apparently referring to supporting papers, the whereabouts of which are unknown.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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