IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/CL04
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE: BUSINESS
Date(s): 1846-1859
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.12 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Eagle Insurance Co
City of London Life Assurance
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
City of London Life Assurance was founded in 1845, offering proprietary, life assurance and annuities. Their offices were based at 13 St Swithun's Lane, 2 Royal Exchange Buildings, 5 Waterloo Place, and 18 New Bridge Street. The company acquired various companies before being acquired by Eagle Insurance Company in 1859.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Business records of City of London Life Assurance comprising policy papers, propectuses, and agency appointment papers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/CL04/01 General
CLC/B/005/CL04/05 Agency
Conditions governing access:
48 hours notice required for access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Accessioned as part of the Eagle Star Insurance Company archive.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For other records of City of London Life Assurance see CLC/B/005/CL02: Shares; CLC/B/005/CL05: Premises and CLC/B/005/CL07: Acquisitions and Mergers. Part of the records of the Eagle Star Insurance Company Limited, CLC/B/005.
Publication note:
Eagle Star, A Guide to its History and Archivesprepared by Zurich Group Archives.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Added to AIM25 April 2012.