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FIRE OFFICES' COMMITTEE (FOREIGN)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/017-12

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: FIRE OFFICES' COMMITTEE (FOREIGN)

Date(s): 1874-1985

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 194 production units.

Name of creator(s): Fire Offices' Committee | Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign)

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Offices transacting fire insurance business overseas had been meeting since at least 1859 (see Ms 18862/1). By 1869, 29 foreign fire insurance tariffs were in operation, and the participating offices formed the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) for supervising rates. Co-operation assisted British fire offices in their development of overseas markets where they had problems with competition from local companies and the novelty and complexity of overseas risks, and had to deal with legislation by foreign governments (see Ms 29489). During the 20th century, the growth of foreign business was such that several committees were established by the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) to protect and promote the interests of companies transacting business in particular parts of the world. These were: the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee set up in 1920 (see CLC/B/017-21); the London Australasian Insurance Committee in 1925 (see CLC/B/017-20); the London West Africa Insurance Committee in 1958 (see CLC/B/017-25); the London South African Insurance Committee in 1966 (see CLC/B/017-24); and the Fire Offices' Committee of Ireland in 1975 (see CLC/B/017-13). The interests of some of these committees extended beyond fire insurance to accident, life and marine insurance.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) comprise minute books and indexes.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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:

Fire Offices' Committee records, and those of the other organisations associated with it (apart from some minutes and other records which were found amongst the archives of the Sun Insurance Office and the records of the London Wharf and Warehouse Committee which have been listed separately) were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 26 and 27 June 1985, and on 30 April and 1 June 1987. In June 1994 the deposit was converted to a gift by the Association of British Insurers. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

The Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) and associated committees were managed and administered by the Fire Offices' Committee. Further details about the history of the Fire Offices' Committee and the deposit of the records may be found in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11. Some records of the Fire Offices' Committee, particularly the accounts, contain references to the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) and its associated committees.

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: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Fire insurance | Insurance | Finance
Insurance records | Documents | Information sources
Insurance services | Financial service industries | Service industries
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Trade associations | Associations | Organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Fire Offices' Committee | association for fire insurance providers
Fire Offices' Committee | Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign)

Places
UK | Western Europe | Europe