Collectie GB 0074 CLC/B/192-32 - PLANET ASSURANCE COMPANY

5 production units.

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-32 1921-1951 Collection 5 production units. Planet Assurance Co Ltd

This company was established in 1920 for all insurance business except life insurance. In 1927 the Sun Insurance Office took over underwriting and management of the company. Planet Assurance Company Limited became a subsidiary of Sun Alliance in 1968.

From 1920 until at least 1925, Planet Assurance Company Limited had a registered office at 118 Fenchurch Street. From ca. 1928 it shared premises with the Sun Insurance Office and traded from the following offices: 63 Threadneedle Street, 1928-65; 45 Cornhill, 1928-40 and 1949-ca. 1957; 3 Lime Street, 1929-38; 37 Lime Street, 1939-40 and 1952-c 1971; Lloyds Building, Lime Street, 1940-51 and 183 Rushey Green (a branch office of Sun Life Assurance), 1965-c 1969.

These items from the Planet Assurance Company Ltd were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1978 and 1994 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1979 and 2008. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Planet Assurance Company Limited records comprise notices of annual general meetings, 1921-2, 1924-5; and out-letter books, 1926-51.

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 Sun Insurance Office see CLC/B/192/A to H.

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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These items from the Planet Assurance Company Ltd were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1978 and 1994 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1979 and 2008. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Planet Assurance Company Limited records comprise notices of annual general meetings, 1921-2, 1924-5; and out-letter books, 1926-51.

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.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

For the Sun Insurance Office see CLC/B/192/A to H.

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.

• Engels