Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1891-1959 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
33 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
This company was established in 1890 as the Licenses Insurance Corporation and Guarantee Fund for insurance against loss of liquor licences. It expanded into fire and accident insurance from 1936 onwards. The company was renamed Licenses and General Insurance Company in 1917. From its inception its premises were at 24 Moorgate Street.
Licenses and General Insurance became a subsidiary of Guardian Assurance in 1956 and this company merged with Royal Exchange Insurance in 1968.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/107-11 1891-1959 Collection 33 production units. Licenses and General Insurance Co Ltd
This company was established in 1890 as the Licenses Insurance Corporation and Guarantee Fund for insurance against loss of liquor licences. It expanded into fire and accident insurance from 1936 onwards. The company was renamed Licenses and General Insurance Company in 1917. From its inception its premises were at 24 Moorgate Street.
Licenses and General Insurance became a subsidiary of Guardian Assurance in 1956 and this company merged with Royal Exchange Insurance in 1968.
Guardian Royal Exchange deposited the records of Licenses and General Insurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1976, 1978 and 1994 and they were subsequently catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited records comprise Board minute books and accounts. 24 hours notice is required for access to these records.
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
Other sub-fonds in this collection comprise:
CLC/B/107-01: Guardian Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-02: Royal Exchange Assurance;
CLC/B/107-03: Albion Fire Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-04: Atlas Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-05: British Equitable Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-06: Caledonian Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-07: Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-08: Car Services Limited;
CLC/B/107-09: Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-12: Liverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-13: Local Government Guarantee Society;
CLC/B/107-14: London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-15: Manchester Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-16: Motor Union Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-17: National Provincial Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-18: Pilot Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-19: Reliance Marine Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-20: State Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-21: United British Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-22: Westminster and General Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-23: Essex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society.
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. Insurance services Business records Quarter Sessions records Licences Finance Insurance Fire insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Financial service industries Service industries Accident insurance Licenses and General Insurance Co Ltd UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Guardian Royal Exchange deposited the records of Licenses and General Insurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1976, 1978 and 1994 and they were subsequently catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited records comprise Board minute books and accounts. 24 hours notice is required for access to these records.
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 depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Other sub-fonds in this collection comprise:
CLC/B/107-01: Guardian Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-02: Royal Exchange Assurance;
CLC/B/107-03: Albion Fire Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-04: Atlas Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-05: British Equitable Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-06: Caledonian Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-07: Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-08: Car Services Limited;
CLC/B/107-09: Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-12: Liverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-13: Local Government Guarantee Society;
CLC/B/107-14: London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-15: Manchester Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-16: Motor Union Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-17: National Provincial Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-18: Pilot Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-19: Reliance Marine Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-20: State Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-21: United British Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-22: Westminster and General Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-23: Essex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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Language(s)
- English