Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1836-1869 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
This company was established in Nottingham in 1832. In 1869 its life business was acquired by Norwich Union and its fire business by Imperial Insurance Company which then changed its name to Imperial Fire Insurance Company. In turn, Imperial Fire became part of Alliance Assurance and then Sun Alliance.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-29 1836-1869 Collection 2 production units. Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Co
This company was established in Nottingham in 1832. In 1869 its life business was acquired by Norwich Union and its fire business by Imperial Insurance Company which then changed its name to Imperial Fire Insurance Company. In turn, Imperial Fire became part of Alliance Assurance and then Sun Alliance.
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Sun Alliance Insurance Group in May 1978. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Company, comprising minutes and instructions to agents.
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 Imperial Insurance Company see CLC/B/192-18.
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. Nottingham Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Co Enterprises Assurance companies Companies Service industries Business records Financial service industries Insurance services Nottinghamshire Life insurance Documents Information sources Insurance records Finance Insurance Fire insurance England UK Western Europe Europe Derby Derbyshire
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Sun Alliance Insurance Group in May 1978. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Company, comprising minutes and instructions to agents.
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
48 hours notice required for access.
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
For the Imperial Insurance Company see CLC/B/192-18.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English