Colección GB 0074 CLC/B/055-27 - UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY

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Código(s) de referencia

GB 0074 CLC/B/055-27

Título

UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Data(s)

  • 1714-1959 (Creación)

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Extensión e medio

94 production units.

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Biografía

This company was established as the Union Fire Office, in 1714 at Blackwell's coffee house on Queen Street. During 1715 it held meetings at Blacksmiths' Hall and Brown's coffee house, before settling in offices on Gutter Lane in 1716. In 1754 it moved to 11 Maiden Lane, and in 1800 to 81 Cornhill, where it remained. It was renamed in 1813 when it expanded its London fire insurance business to include life insurance in the United Kingdom and overseas. It became a subsidiary of Commercial Union Assurance in 1907 when it was restyled Union Assurance Company.

Historia do arquivo

GB 0074 CLC/B/055-27 1714-1959 Collection 94 production units. Union Assurance Society

This company was established as the Union Fire Office, in 1714 at Blackwell's coffee house on Queen Street. During 1715 it held meetings at Blacksmiths' Hall and Brown's coffee house, before settling in offices on Gutter Lane in 1716. In 1754 it moved to 11 Maiden Lane, and in 1800 to 81 Cornhill, where it remained. It was renamed in 1813 when it expanded its London fire insurance business to include life insurance in the United Kingdom and overseas. It became a subsidiary of Commercial Union Assurance in 1907 when it was restyled Union Assurance Company.

The records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Commercial Union in 1969 and 1976. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Union Assurance Society, comprising minutes of board meetings, general meetings, and committee meetings. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice to access.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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 Life insurance Information sources Documents Insurance records Finance Insurance Fire insurance Assurance companies Companies Enterprises Union Assurance Society City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Fonte inmediata de adquisición ou transferencia

The records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Commercial Union in 1969 and 1976. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Área de contido e estructura

Alcance e contido

Records of the Union Assurance Society, comprising minutes of board meetings, general meetings, and committee meetings. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice to access.

Valorización, destrucción e programación

Acumulacións

Sistema de arranxo

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

Área de condicións de acceso e uso

Condicións que rixen o acceso

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Condicións

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Idioma do material

  • Inglés

Escritura do material

  • latino

Language and script notes

English

Características físicas e requerimentos técnicos

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.

Instrumentos de descrición

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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