IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/SG01
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SOLICITORS AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY: CORPORATE
Date(s): [1840]-[1869]
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.09 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Eagle Insurance Co
Solicitors and General Assurance Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Solicitors and General Assurance Society was founded in 1846. It was a proprietary company. The Society had offices at 57 and later 52 Chancery Lane. It was acquired by Eagle Insurance in 1866.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Corporate records of Solicitors and General Assurance Society including deeds of settlement, and memorial relating to policyholders' petition for meeting to convert to mutual status.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/SG01/01 Foundation and CLC/B/005/SG01/13 Status.
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 Solicitors and General Assurance Society see CLC/B/005/SG04: Business. 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.