Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/055-24 - PROVIDENT CLERKS AND GENERAL GUARANTEE AND ACCIDENT COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/055-24

Title

PROVIDENT CLERKS AND GENERAL GUARANTEE AND ACCIDENT COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1911-1958 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

This company was established in 1876 as Provident Clerks and General Accident Insurance Company for accident insurance business. Its address was 61 Coleman Street. It was renamed in 1907 when it merged with its sister company (Provident Clerks and General Guarantee Association) from which date it also provided fidelity guarantee insurance. In 1917 it became a subsidiary of Northern Assurance Company and was renamed Provident Accident and Guarantee Company until 1925 when it merged with another subsidiary, White Cross Insurance Association, and was restyled Provident Accident and White Cross Insurance Company. This name was changed to White Cross Insurance Company in 1949. Northern Assurance became a subsidiary of Commercial Union Assurance in 1968.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/055-24 1911-1958 Collection One production unit. Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Co Ltd

This company was established in 1876 as Provident Clerks and General Accident Insurance Company for accident insurance business. Its address was 61 Coleman Street. It was renamed in 1907 when it merged with its sister company (Provident Clerks and General Guarantee Association) from which date it also provided fidelity guarantee insurance. In 1917 it became a subsidiary of Northern Assurance Company and was renamed Provident Accident and Guarantee Company until 1925 when it merged with another subsidiary, White Cross Insurance Association, and was restyled Provident Accident and White Cross Insurance Company. This name was changed to White Cross Insurance Company in 1949. Northern Assurance became a subsidiary of Commercial Union Assurance in 1968.

Commercial Union deposited this minute book in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1976. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Minutes of the Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company Limited.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

CLC/B/055-01: Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd;
CLC/B/055-02: Accident Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-03: British and European Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-04: British General Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-05: Edinburgh Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-06: Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-07: Fine Art and General Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-08: General Accident and Guarantee Co;
CLC/B/055-09: Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-10: Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-10A: Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-11: Indemnity Marine Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-12: Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-13: London Amicable Assurance Society;
CLC/B/055-14: London and Scottish Assurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-15: Mercantile Fire Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-16: New India Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-17: North British and Mercantile Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-18: Northern Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-19: Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation;
CLC/B/055-20: Ocean and General Guarantee Co;
CLC/B/055-21: Ocean Marine Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-22: Palatine Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-23: Planet Assurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-24: Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Co;
CLC/B/055-25: Railway Passengers Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-26: Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-27: Union Assurance Society;
CLC/B/055-28: United Kingdom Life Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-29: Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Ltd;
CLC/B/055-30: World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-31: World Marine and General Insurance Co.

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. Business records Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Finance Insurance Accident insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Co Ltd City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Commercial Union deposited this minute book in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1976. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Minutes of the Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company Limited.

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

Available for general 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

CLC/B/055-01: Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd;
CLC/B/055-02: Accident Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-03: British and European Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-04: British General Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-05: Edinburgh Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-06: Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-07: Fine Art and General Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-08: General Accident and Guarantee Co;
CLC/B/055-09: Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-10: Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-10A: Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-11: Indemnity Marine Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-12: Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-13: London Amicable Assurance Society;
CLC/B/055-14: London and Scottish Assurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-15: Mercantile Fire Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-16: New India Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-17: North British and Mercantile Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-18: Northern Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-19: Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation;
CLC/B/055-20: Ocean and General Guarantee Co;
CLC/B/055-21: Ocean Marine Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-22: Palatine Insurance Co;
CLC/B/055-23: Planet Assurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-24: Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Co;
CLC/B/055-25: Railway Passengers Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-26: Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-27: Union Assurance Society;
CLC/B/055-28: United Kingdom Life Assurance Co;
CLC/B/055-29: Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Ltd;
CLC/B/055-30: World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation;
CLC/B/055-31: World Marine and General Insurance Co.

Finding aids

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

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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