IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/CT01
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CATTLE TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY: CORPORATE
Date(s): 1916-1991
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.20 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Cattle Traders' Insurance Co Ltd x Cattle Traders' Marine x Shipowners' Security Insurance Co Ltd
Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited was founded in 1915 as Cattle Traders' Marine, the name was changed in 1923. The company specialised in the marine insurance of livestock. They had offices at Ferry Buildings, Birkenhead; Martins Bank Buildings, Birkenhead. They were acquired by Eagle Star in 1947. The name was changed to Shipowners' Security Insurance Company Limited in 1963.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Corporate records of Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited comprising certificate of incorporation, shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings minutes, annual reports and accounts, audited accounts, registers of directors and secretaries, share ledger, register of transfers, and company seal book.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/CT01/04 Incorporation
CLC/B/005/CT01/07 Annual general meetings
CLC/B/005/CT01/08 Annual reports and accounts
CLC/B/005/CT01/09 Directors and Secretaries
CLC/B/005/CT01/10 Sealing
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 Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited see CLC/B/005/CT02: Shares and CLC/B/005/CT04: 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 April 2012.