sub-fonds CLC/B/005/SG04 - SOLICITORS AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY: BUSINESS

Identity area

Reference code

CLC/B/005/SG04

Title

SOLICITORS AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY: BUSINESS

Date(s)

  • 1850-1862 (Creation)

Level of description

sub-fonds

Extent and medium

0.03 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Solicitors and General Assurance Society was founded in 1846. It was a proprietary company. The Society had offices at 57 and later 52 Chancery Lane. It was acquired by Eagle Insurance in 1866.

Archival history

CLC/B/005/SG04 1850-1862 Sub-fonds 0.03 linear metres Eagle Insurance Co
Solicitors and General Assurance Society

Solicitors and General Assurance Society was founded in 1846. It was a proprietary company. The Society had offices at 57 and later 52 Chancery Lane. It was acquired by Eagle Insurance in 1866.

Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.

Business records of Solicitors and General Assurance Society comprising policy papers, including prospectus.

These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/SG04/01: General.

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 Solicitors and General Assurance Society see CLC/B/005/SG01: Corporate. 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. Assurance companies Insurance Solicitors and General Assurance Society Companies Finance Enterprises

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Business records of Solicitors and General Assurance Society comprising policy papers, including prospectus.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/SG04/01: General.

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 City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For other records of Solicitors and General Assurance Society see CLC/B/005/SG01: Corporate. Part of the records of the Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited, CLC/B/005.

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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