IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/CL07
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE: ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
Date(s): 1853-1858
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.18 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:
Records of City of London Life Assurance relating to acquisitions and mergers, comprising Absolute: agreement, Achilles: papers relating to amalgamation, County Mutual: directors' deed of indemnity, Deposit and General: directors' deeds of arrangement, Observer: agreement and policy papers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/CL07/AB Absolute
CLC/B/005/CL07/AC Achilles
CLC/B/005/CL07/COM County Mutual
CLC/B/005/CL07/DG Deposit and General
CLC/B/005/CL07/OB Observer
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/CL04: Business and CLC/B/005/CL05: Premises. 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
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: Added to AIM25 April 2012.