IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/192-15
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Date(s): 1823-1939
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 66 production units.
Name of creator(s): Economic Life Assurance Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Economic Life Assurance Society was established in 1823 in premises at 34 Bridge Street, Blackfriars. By 1850 the company was at 6 New Bridge Street where it remained until it was acquired by the Alliance Assurance Company in 1913. Alliance Assurance appear to have retained separate series for Economic Life for some years after the takeover. Alliance Assurance itself merged with the Sun Insurance Company in 1960 to form the Sun Alliance Insurance Company.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Economic Life Assurance Society records comprise constitutional documents, minutes and other financial and administrative material.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
48 hours notice required for access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Sun Alliance deposited these records in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See CLC/B/192-02 for the Alliance Assurance Company.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.