PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED PENSION SCHEME

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4556
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED PENSION SCHEME
Date(s)	: 1950-1959
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Prudential Assurance Company Limited Pension Scheme

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Part of the Prudential Group, The Prudential Assurance Company Limited provides life insurance and pensions to approximately seven million customers. Prudential was founded 30 May 1848, offering loans and life assurance to the middle classes. Upon acquiring its main rivals The British Industry Life Assurance Company and The Consolidated Life Assurance Company in the 1860s, the business changed its name to The Prudential Assurance Company in 1866. Overseas agencies for general and life insurance were established during the 1920s and 1930s, and the Group now provides financial services in Asia, the US and the UK.

Information available at http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudential-plc/aboutpru/ourhistory and http://www. pru.co.uk/about_us (accessed October 2010).

The Prudential Staff Pension Scheme comprises company contributions and optional employee contributions which are then matched by the company. The Scheme is contracted into the State Second Pension, and includes benefits such as the ability to take part of the pension as a tax-free lump sum.

Information available at http://www.prudentialstaffps.co.uk (accessed October 2010).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection consists of explanatory booklets issued by the Prudential Assurance Company Limited Pension Scheme.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

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:

Deposited by the Pensions Archive Trust, April 2008.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Information on the group archives for Prudential plc, including access arrangements, can be found at http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudential-plc/aboutpru/ourhistory/

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Description compiled by Susan Gentles.

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.