IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/SC04
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SCEPTRE LIFE ASSOCIATION LIMITED: BUSINESS
Date(s): 1865-1966
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.67 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Eagle and British Dominions
Sceptre Life Association Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sceptre Life Association Limited was founded in 1864 to appeal to Methodists by offering life assurance with an active temperance section. Their offices were at 40 Finsbury Pavement. The company was acquired by Eagle and British Dominions in 1917.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Business records of Sceptre Life Association Limited including policy registers, propectuses, policies issued, copies of Married Women's Property Act and report of related legal case, agency appointment and correspondence, and papers relating to fund.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/SC04/01 General.
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 Sceptre Life Association Limited see CLC/B/005/SC01: Corporate and CLC/B/005/SC03: Financial and Accounting. 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 May 2012.