STATE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/107-20
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: STATE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1891-1955
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 10 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: State Fire Insurance Co x State Assurance Co Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This company was established in Liverpool in 1891, as State Fire Insurance Company, to cover fire insurance in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America. It was renamed State Assurance Company in 1910 at which time it expanded into general insurance business. In 1924 it became a subsidiary of Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) which in turn merged with Guardian Assurance in 1968, forming Guardian Royal Exchange.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

State Assurance Company Limited records comprise share records 1891-1955 (Mss 16255, 16257-8), minutes 1891-1944 (Ms 16259) and miscellaneous papers 1917-29 (Ms 16256).

Access & 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 depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Guardian Royal Exchange deposited the records of State Assurance Company in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other sub-fonds in this collection comprise:
CLC/B/107-01: Guardian Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-02: Royal Exchange Assurance;
CLC/B/107-03: Albion Fire Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-04: Atlas Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-05: British Equitable Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-06: Caledonian Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-07: Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-08: Car Services Limited;
CLC/B/107-09: Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-11: Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-12: Liverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-13: Local Government Guarantee Society;
CLC/B/107-14: London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-15: Manchester Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-16: Motor Union Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-17: National Provincial Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-18: Pilot Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-19: Reliance Marine Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-21: United British Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-22: Westminster and General Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-23: Essex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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.