IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/017-21
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LONDON CONTINENTAL FIRE INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1920-1939
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 17 production units.
Name of creator(s): Fire Offices' Committee | London Continental Fire Insurance Committee
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The first meeting of offices conducting insurance business on the continent of Europe was held on 7 October 1920 under the auspices of the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign). This led to the formation of the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee.This committee was managed and administered by the Fire Offices' Committee.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute books of the London Continental Fire Insurance Committee.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Minute books in chronological order.
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:
Further information about the Fire Offices' Committee can be found in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11. See CLC/B/017-12 for the Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.