Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/017-17 - INSURANCE COMPANIES (WAR SETTLEMENT) COMMITTEE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-17

Title

INSURANCE COMPANIES (WAR SETTLEMENT) COMMITTEE

Date(s)

  • 1943-1953 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The inaugural meeting of the committee was held on 14 October 1943. Its object was to advise Government on the interests of insurance companies in post-war settlements. The committee considered all classes of business dealt with by the companies: accident, fire and life insurance. Lloyd's of London had its own War Settlement Committee.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-17 1943-1953 Collection 3 production units. Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee

The inaugural meeting of the committee was held on 14 October 1943. Its object was to advise Government on the interests of insurance companies in post-war settlements. The committee considered all classes of business dealt with by the companies: accident, fire and life insurance. Lloyd's of London had its own War Settlement Committee.

Records deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library along with those of the Fire Offices' Committee. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Minutes of the Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee.

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 details about the history of the Fire Offices' Committee and the deposit of the records are given in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11.

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. Financial service industries Insurance services Accident insurance Life insurance Professional associations Information sources Documents Insurance records Finance Insurance Fire insurance Organizations Associations Trade associations Service industries Business records World War Two (1939-1945) World wars (events) Wars (events) Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library along with those of the Fire Offices' Committee. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Minutes of the Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee.

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

Further details about the history of the Fire Offices' Committee and the deposit of the records are given in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11.

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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