Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/017-21 - LONDON CONTINENTAL FIRE INSURANCE COMMITTEE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-21

Title

LONDON CONTINENTAL FIRE INSURANCE COMMITTEE

Date(s)

  • 1920-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

17 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The first meeting of offices conducting insurance business on the continent of Europe was held on 7 October 1920 under the auspices of the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign). This led to the formation of the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee.This committee was managed and administered by the Fire Offices' Committee.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/017-21 1920-1939 Collection 17 production units. Fire Offices' Committee , London Continental Fire Insurance Committee

The first meeting of offices conducting insurance business on the continent of Europe was held on 7 October 1920 under the auspices of the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign). This led to the formation of the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee.This committee was managed and administered by the Fire Offices' Committee.

Fire Offices' Committee records, and those of the other organisations associated with it (apart from some minutes and other records which were found amongst the archives of the Sun Insurance Office and the records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee which have been listed separately) were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 26 and 27 June 1985, and on 30 April and 1 June 1987. In June 1994 the deposit was converted to a gift by the Association of British Insurers. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Minute books of the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee.

Minute books in chronological order.

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 information about the Fire Offices' Committee can be found in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11. See CLC/B/017-12 for the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign).

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 Business records Finance Insurance Fire insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Professional associations Organizations Associations Trade associations Service industries Fire Offices' Committee , Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) Fire Offices' Committee , association for fire insurance providers Fire Offices' Committee , London Continental Fire Insurance Committee Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Fire Offices' Committee records, and those of the other organisations associated with it (apart from some minutes and other records which were found amongst the archives of the Sun Insurance Office and the records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee which have been listed separately) were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 26 and 27 June 1985, and on 30 April and 1 June 1987. In June 1994 the deposit was converted to a gift by the Association of British Insurers. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Minute books of the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Minute books in chronological order.

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 information about the Fire Offices' Committee can be found in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11. See CLC/B/017-12 for the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign).

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

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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