Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-33 - PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-33

Title

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE

Date(s)

  • 1806-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

81 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The company was established in 1806 for life assurance business. Its first address was in Regent Street, but by 1851 it also had an office at 2 Royal Exchange Buildings which later moved to 14 Cornhill.

In 1906, the company merged with Alliance Assurance Company which, in turn, was acquired by Sun Insurance Company in 1959.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-33 1806-1963 Collection 81 production units. Provident Life Office

The company was established in 1806 for life assurance business. Its first address was in Regent Street, but by 1851 it also had an office at 2 Royal Exchange Buildings which later moved to 14 Cornhill.

In 1906, the company merged with Alliance Assurance Company which, in turn, was acquired by Sun Insurance Company in 1959.

Sun Alliance Insurance deposited the archive of Provident Life Office with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1971, 1978 and 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The Provident Life Office collection comprises constitutional records, minutes, annual reports and other administrative items, as well as the life policy registers for 1806-1906.

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

See CLC/B/192-02 for the Alliance Assurance Company.

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. Business records Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Finance Insurance Life insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Assurance companies Companies Enterprises Provident Life Office City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Sun Alliance Insurance deposited the archive of Provident Life Office with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1971, 1978 and 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Provident Life Office collection comprises constitutional records, minutes, annual reports and other administrative items, as well as the life policy registers for 1806-1906.

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

See CLC/B/192-02 for the Alliance Assurance Company.

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of copies

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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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

    Accession area