Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-21 - LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-21

Titre

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1823-1933 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

55 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

The Society was established in 1823, with a subscribed capital of £1,000,000. By February 1859 it had become the second largest life insurance company in Britain (Insurance Gazette), with a home business concentrated on those in the law, army, navy and church. The Society also attracted a number of celebrity and wealthy clients.

From 1823-35 the Society was based in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and from 1835-1909 in Fleet Street in the City of London. In 1909/10 the Society was acquired by Phoenix Assurance.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-21 1823-1933 Collection 55 production units. Law Life Assurance Society

The Society was established in 1823, with a subscribed capital of £1,000,000. By February 1859 it had become the second largest life insurance company in Britain (Insurance Gazette), with a home business concentrated on those in the law, army, navy and church. The Society also attracted a number of celebrity and wealthy clients.

From 1823-35 the Society was based in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and from 1835-1909 in Fleet Street in the City of London. In 1909/10 the Society was acquired by Phoenix Assurance.

The records of Law Life Assurance Society have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1974. They were catalogued between 1975 and 1991. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Law Life Assurance Society comprise: policy registers 1823-1912; minutes 1823-1911; accounts 1823-91; papers relating to the transfer of business to Phoenix Assurance 1909-10; and papers concerning directors of the company 1910-33.

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 depositor.

English

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

The records of Phoenix Assurance are held by Cambridge University 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.

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Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

The records of Law Life Assurance Society have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1974. They were catalogued between 1975 and 1991. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Records of the Law Life Assurance Society comprise: policy registers 1823-1912; minutes 1823-1911; accounts 1823-91; papers relating to the transfer of business to Phoenix Assurance 1909-10; and papers concerning directors of the company 1910-33.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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

The records of Phoenix Assurance are held by Cambridge University Library.

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

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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

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