Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/144 - LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED

1095 production units.

GB 0074 CLC/B/144 1836-1992 Collection 1095 production units. Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd x Legal and General Life Assurance Society

The firm was established by six lawyers in 1836 as Legal and General Life Assurance Society with offices at 10 Fleet Street, City of London. It changed its name to Legal and General Assurance Society in 1919. Its head office moved to Temple Court, Queen Victoria Street in 1962. The company initially dealt with life assurance business, but grew to become a major financial services company also providing pensions, investments and general insurance plans.

Records covering the life assurance business only, consisting primarily of policy registers, were deposited by Legal and General Assurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 22 September 1977. These records were withdrawn by the depositor on 31 August 1990 and returned to the Manuscripts Section, as a gift, on 19 January 1996, along with the main archive of the Company, (except the board minutes, which were a deposit rather than a gift), at which point it was decided that a sample of only two volumes of building society policy registers would be kept out of an original series of 106 volumes (Ms 18478). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Legal and General Assurance Society Limited, subsidiaries, and companies which it acquired. The records include minutes, annual reports, registers, financial accounts, specimens of policies and forms, and staff registers. The papers relate to life, accident and fire insurance; investments and pensions.

The collection has been arranged in 12 sub-fonds:
CLC/B/144-01: Legal and General Assurance Society Limited.
CLC/B/144-02: Legal and General (Pensions Management) Limited;
CLC/B/144-03: Legal and General (Unit Assurance) Limited;
CLC/B/144-04: Legal and General (Unit Pensions) Limited;
CLC/B/144-05: Legal and General International Limited;
CLC/B/144-06: Legal and General Investment Trust Limited;
CLC/B/144-07: British Commonwealth Insurance Company;
CLC/B/144-08: Glanfield Securities Limited;
CLC/B/144-09: Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society;
CLC/B/144-10: Gresham Life Assurance Society;
CLC/B/144-11: Settle, Speakman and Company;
CLC/B/144-12: Victory Insurance Company.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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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. Legal and General (Unit Assurance) Ltd Legal and General (Pensions Management) Ltd Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd x Legal and General Life Assurance Society Social services Pensions Social security Business records Investment Life insurance Enterprises Companies Assurance companies Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Accident insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Finance Insurance Fire insurance Legal and General (Unit Pensions) Ltd Legal and General International Ltd Legal and General Investment Trust Ltd British Commonwealth Insurance Co Glanfield Securities Ltd Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society Gresham Life Assurance Society Settle , Speakman and Co , coal merchants Victory Insurance Co UK Western Europe Europe

Records covering the life assurance business only, consisting primarily of policy registers, were deposited by Legal and General Assurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 22 September 1977. These records were withdrawn by the depositor on 31 August 1990 and returned to the Manuscripts Section, as a gift, on 19 January 1996, along with the main archive of the Company, (except the board minutes, which were a deposit rather than a gift), at which point it was decided that a sample of only two volumes of building society policy registers would be kept out of an original series of 106 volumes (Ms 18478). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Legal and General Assurance Society Limited, subsidiaries, and companies which it acquired. The records include minutes, annual reports, registers, financial accounts, specimens of policies and forms, and staff registers. The papers relate to life, accident and fire insurance; investments and pensions.

The collection has been arranged in 12 sub-fonds:
CLC/B/144-01: Legal and General Assurance Society Limited.
CLC/B/144-02: Legal and General (Pensions Management) Limited;
CLC/B/144-03: Legal and General (Unit Assurance) Limited;
CLC/B/144-04: Legal and General (Unit Pensions) Limited;
CLC/B/144-05: Legal and General International Limited;
CLC/B/144-06: Legal and General Investment Trust Limited;
CLC/B/144-07: British Commonwealth Insurance Company;
CLC/B/144-08: Glanfield Securities Limited;
CLC/B/144-09: Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society;
CLC/B/144-10: Gresham Life Assurance Society;
CLC/B/144-11: Settle, Speakman and Company;
CLC/B/144-12: Victory Insurance Company.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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English

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.

• anglais