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EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY: BUSINESS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/EA04

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY: BUSINESS

Date(s): 1808-[1999]

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 2.49 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Eagle Insurance Co
British Dominions General

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Eagle Insurance Company was founded in 1807; it was acquired by British Dominions General in 1916. The company was founded 'for fire and life assurance and for granting annuities' at a meeting of merchants, bankers and traders at Cole's Coffee House, Ball Court, Cornhill. A key figure in the company until 1838 was Sir William Rawlins (1753-1838). Fire insurance was the main business of the company until it was sold to Protector Fire in 1826. Eagle saw a large number of amalgamations due to the work of Charles Jellicoe, actuary from Protector Life. The company had offices at Freeman's Court, Cornhill; Haymarket; Waterloo Place; 3 Crescent, New Bridge Street; 14 Ludgate Hill; 79 Pall Mall with City office at 41 Threadneedle Street. Local Councils were situated in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Manchester.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Business records of Eagle Insurance Company including indexes of lives assured; individual life policies, assignments and related correspondence; life prospectuses, specimen proposal forms, medical reports and related papers; premium receipts and cheques; Eagle fund annual accounts, quinquennial reports and related papers; fire policies; newspapers, press cuttings and advertisements relating to Eagle Star; prospectuses for foreign business; and correspondence from Bristol branch.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/EA04/01 General
CLC/B/005/EA04/02 Fire
CLC/B/005/EA04/03 Publicity
CLC/B/005/EA04/06 Foreign
CLC/B/005/EA04/10 Branch.

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 papers of Eagle Insurance Company see CLC/B/005/EA01: Corporate; CLC/B/005/EA02: Shares; CLC/B/005/EA05: Premises; CLC/B/005/EA06: Staff and CLC/B/005/EA07: 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 April 2012.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Insurance | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names
Eagle Insurance Company

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