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London Metropolitan Archives

NAVIGATORS AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED: BUSINESS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/NG04

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: NAVIGATORS AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED: BUSINESS

Date(s): 1925-1995

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 0.44 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
Navigators and General Insurance Co Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited was founded in 1921. They offered yacht and motor boat insurance. The company had offices in Finsbury Court, Moorgate; 32 Queen Victoria Street; Oriental House, New Broad Street; 23 Leadenhall Street; and 15016 Cullum Street. It was acquired by Army, Navy and General in 1945, and then by Removers and General in 1954. The company became fully owned by Eagle Star in 1960.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Business records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including proposal forms and flyer, specimen policies and related papers, policies issued, printed books and booklets, agency appointment, notes for brokers and agents, posters, advertisements, showcard and exhibition flyer, photograph illustrating salvage operations, and brochure about a boatyard near Ely.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/NG04/01 General
CLC/B/005/NG04/03 Publications
CLC/B/005/NG04/11 Agents
CLC/B/005/NG04/12 Advertising.

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 Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited see CLC/B/005/NG01: Corporate; CLC/B/005/NG02: Shares; and CLC/B/005/NG06: Staff. 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 May 2012.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Insurance | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names
Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited

Places
Ely | Cambridgeshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe