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Date(s)
- 1854-1973 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
227 production units.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
This company was established in 1854 as the Law Union Fire and Life Insurance Company. In 1892 it acquired the Crown Life Assurance Company and changed its name to the Law Union and Crown Fire and Life Insurance Company. In 1898 the Company's name was changed to the Law Union and Crown Insurance Company. In 1909 it acquired, and amalgamated with, the Rock Life Assurance Company and was renamed as the Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Limited.
Its head offices were at 45 Pall Mall, 1854-6; 126 Chancery Lane, 1857-1912; and 7 Chancery Lane ("Old Serjeants Inn"), from 1912. In 1919 the Company was acquired by, and allied with, the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, which in 1961 was acquired by, and allied with, the Royal Insurance Company Limited.
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Histoire archivistique
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-23 1854-1973 Collection 227 production units. Law Union and Crown Insurance Co x Law Union Fire and Life Insurance Co x Law Union and Rock Insurance Co Ltd
This company was established in 1854 as the Law Union Fire and Life Insurance Company. In 1892 it acquired the Crown Life Assurance Company and changed its name to the Law Union and Crown Fire and Life Insurance Company. In 1898 the Company's name was changed to the Law Union and Crown Insurance Company. In 1909 it acquired, and amalgamated with, the Rock Life Assurance Company and was renamed as the Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Limited.
Its head offices were at 45 Pall Mall, 1854-6; 126 Chancery Lane, 1857-1912; and 7 Chancery Lane ("Old Serjeants Inn"), from 1912. In 1919 the Company was acquired by, and allied with, the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, which in 1961 was acquired by, and allied with, the Royal Insurance Company Limited.
The records were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1983-4 by Royal Insurance plc. The records were catalogued in 1985. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
The Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Limited records comprise: deed of settlement, prospectus, agreements, conveyances and related papers 1854-1970; AGM minutes and annual reports and accounts 1855-1970; board minutes and agendas 1858-1973; committee minutes and reports 1857-1935; seal registers 1896-1964; correspondence and reports 1901-28; policy registers 1854-67; instructions to agents 1898-1903; scrapbooks ca.1888-1961; and records concerning staff 1896-1957.
Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the depositor.
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
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For the Crown Life Assurance Company see CLC/B/192-14; and for the Rock Life Assurance Company see CLC/B/192-35.
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 were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1983-4 by Royal Insurance plc. The records were catalogued in 1985. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Limited records comprise: deed of settlement, prospectus, agreements, conveyances and related papers 1854-1970; AGM minutes and annual reports and accounts 1855-1970; board minutes and agendas 1858-1973; committee minutes and reports 1857-1935; seal registers 1896-1964; correspondence and reports 1901-28; policy registers 1854-67; instructions to agents 1898-1903; scrapbooks ca.1888-1961; and records concerning staff 1896-1957.
Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the depositor.
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
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
For the Crown Life Assurance Company see CLC/B/192-14; and for the Rock Life Assurance Company see CLC/B/192-35.
Instruments de recherche
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
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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.
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Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Langue(s)
- anglais