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STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED: STAFF


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/ST06

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED: STAFF

Date(s): 1918-1957

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 0.06 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Eagle and British Dominions
Star Life Assurance Society Ltd x Star Assurance Society

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Star Life Assurance Society Limited was founded in 1843 to provide insurance for Wesleyan Methodists. The Society offices were on Moorgate. The directorship always contained at least seven Wesleyan Methodists. They conducted much overseas business in Canada, Europe and South Africa. The name was changed to Star Assurance Society in 1911 when they started offering general insurance. The company was acquired by Eagle and British Dominions in 1917.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Staff records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including papers and correspondence relating to Jesse Hobson and J.D. Watson.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/ST06/03 Employment.

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 Star Life Assurance Society Limited see CLC/B/005/ST01: Corporate; CLC/B/005/ST04: Business; CLC/B/005/ST05: Premises; CLC/B/005/ST07: 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 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 May 2012.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Assurance companies | Companies | Enterprises
Insurance | Finance
Personnel | People by occupation | People

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Corporate names
Star Life Assurance Society Limited

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