ALBION FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY: CORPORATE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: CLC/B/005/AL01
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ALBION FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY: CORPORATE
Date(s)	: 1805-1843
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Eagle Insurance Co Albion Fire and Life Assurance Co

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company was founded in 1805. It offered fire and life insurance, and annuities in the United Kingdom and North America with expansion into India, Australia, Germany, Denmark and Portugal. It was acquired by Eagle Insurance Company in 1858. Offices: 42 New Bridge Street.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Corporate records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising deeds and Act of Parliament.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/AL01/01 Foundation.

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:

See CLC/B/005/AL04 for business records of Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company. 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

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:
Added to AIM25 April 2012.