NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/192-29
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1836-1869
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Co

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This company was established in Nottingham in 1832. In 1869 its life business was acquired by Norwich Union and its fire business by Imperial Insurance Company which then changed its name to Imperial Fire Insurance Company. In turn, Imperial Fire became part of Alliance Assurance and then Sun Alliance.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Company, comprising minutes and instructions to agents.

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:

48 hours notice required for 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 in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Sun Alliance Insurance Group in May 1978. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For the Imperial Insurance Company see CLC/B/192-18.

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:
January to May 2011.