sub-fonds CLC/B/005/ST04 - STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED: BUSINESS

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Reference code

CLC/B/005/ST04

Title

STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED: BUSINESS

Date(s)

  • 1843-1990 (Creation)

Level of description

sub-fonds

Extent and medium

5.39 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Star Life Assurance Society Limited was founded in 1843 to provide insurance for Wesleyan Methodists. The Society offices were on Moorgate. The directorship always contained at least seven Wesleyan Methodists. They conducted much overseas business in Canada, Europe and South Africa. The name was changed to Star Assurance Society in 1911 when they started offering general insurance. The company was acquired by Eagle and British Dominions in 1917.

Archival history

CLC/B/005/ST04 1843-1990 Sub-fonds 5.39 linear metres Eagle and British Dominions
Star Life Assurance Society Ltd x Star Assurance Society

Star Life Assurance Society Limited was founded in 1843 to provide insurance for Wesleyan Methodists. The Society offices were on Moorgate. The directorship always contained at least seven Wesleyan Methodists. They conducted much overseas business in Canada, Europe and South Africa. The name was changed to Star Assurance Society in 1911 when they started offering general insurance. The company was acquired by Eagle and British Dominions in 1917.

Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.

Business records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including policy registers; policies and papers relating to individual policies; prospectuses and almanacs; endowment rates; specimen bonuses; rate books; fund: accounts, reports, stock exchange transactions, ledgers, journals, correspondence and papers; aircraft insurance policy; diaries; agents' instructions and commission rates; prospectuses for overseas business; Australia: letters and share certificates; South Africa: details of annual bonuses, correspondence, rate books; and Star bookmarks.

These records are arranged as follows:

CLC/B/005/ST04/01 General

CLC/B/005/ST04/02 Aircraft

CLC/B/005/ST04/03 Diaries

CLC/B/005/ST04/05 Agents

CLC/B/005/ST04/06 Overseas

CLC/B/005/ST04/12 Advertising.

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 Star Life Assurance Society Limited see CLC/B/005/ST01: Corporate; CLC/B/005/ST05: Premises; CLC/B/005/ST06: Staff; CLC/B/005/ST07: Acquisitions and Mergers. 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 Star Life Assurance Society Limited Australia South Africa Finance Companies Oceania Southern Africa Enterprises

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.

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Scope and content

Business records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including policy registers; policies and papers relating to individual policies; prospectuses and almanacs; endowment rates; specimen bonuses; rate books; fund: accounts, reports, stock exchange transactions, ledgers, journals, correspondence and papers; aircraft insurance policy; diaries; agents' instructions and commission rates; prospectuses for overseas business; Australia: letters and share certificates; South Africa: details of annual bonuses, correspondence, rate books; and Star bookmarks.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

These records are arranged as follows:

CLC/B/005/ST04/01 General

CLC/B/005/ST04/02 Aircraft

CLC/B/005/ST04/03 Diaries

CLC/B/005/ST04/05 Agents

CLC/B/005/ST04/06 Overseas

CLC/B/005/ST04/12 Advertising.

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 Star Life Assurance Society Limited see CLC/B/005/ST01: Corporate; CLC/B/005/ST05: Premises; CLC/B/005/ST06: Staff; CLC/B/005/ST07: Acquisitions and Mergers. 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

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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

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