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INSURANCE COMPANIES (WAR SETTLEMENT) COMMITTEE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/017-17

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: INSURANCE COMPANIES (WAR SETTLEMENT) COMMITTEE

Date(s): 1943-1953

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 production units.

Name of creator(s): Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The inaugural meeting of the committee was held on 14 October 1943. Its object was to advise Government on the interests of insurance companies in post-war settlements. The committee considered all classes of business dealt with by the companies: accident, fire and life insurance. Lloyd's of London had its own War Settlement Committee.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes of the Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee.

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:

Records deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library along with those of the Fire Offices' Committee. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Further details about the history of the Fire Offices' Committee and the deposit of the records are given in the Fire Offices' Committee introductory notes; see CLC/B/017-11.

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
Accident insurance | Insurance | Finance
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Fire insurance | Insurance | Finance
Insurance records | Documents | Information sources
Insurance services | Financial service industries | Service industries
Life insurance | Insurance | Finance
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Trade associations | Associations | Organizations
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee

Places
UK | Western Europe | Europe