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- 1825, 1865 (Creation)
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0.12 linear metres
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Palladium Life and Fire Assurance Society was founded in 1824 offering life and fire insurance, mixed proprietary and mutual. They had offices at 10 Regent Street; 5 (later 7) Waterloo Place; and 276 Cheapside. The fire business was sold to Phoenix in 1829, and the name was changed to Palladium Life Assurance Society. The Society was acquired by Eagle Insurance in 1856.
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CLC/B/005/PA01 1825, 1865 Sub-fonds 0.12 linear metres Eagle Insurance Co
Palladium Life and Fire Assurance Society x Palladium Life Assurance Society
Palladium Life and Fire Assurance Society was founded in 1824 offering life and fire insurance, mixed proprietary and mutual. They had offices at 10 Regent Street; 5 (later 7) Waterloo Place; and 276 Cheapside. The fire business was sold to Phoenix in 1829, and the name was changed to Palladium Life Assurance Society. The Society was acquired by Eagle Insurance in 1856.
Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.
Corporate records of Palladium Life Assurance Society including deed of settlement, and correspondence relating to merger between Eagle and Palladium.
These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/PA01/01 Foundation; CLC/B/005/PA01/11 Merger.
48 hours notice required for access.
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
For other records of Palladium Life Assurance Society see CLC/B/005/PA04: Business. Part of the records of the Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited, CLC/B/005.
Eagle Star, A Guide to its History and Archivesprepared by Zurich Group Archives.
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.
Added to AIM25 May 2012. Insurance Assurance companies Palladium Life and Fire Assurance Society Companies Finance Enterprises
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Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.
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Corporate records of Palladium Life Assurance Society including deed of settlement, and correspondence relating to merger between Eagle and Palladium.
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These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/PA01/01 Foundation; CLC/B/005/PA01/11 Merger.
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48 hours notice required for access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English.
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For other records of Palladium Life Assurance Society see CLC/B/005/PA04: Business. Part of the records of the Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited, CLC/B/005.
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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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- English