SCEPTRE LIFE ASSOCIATION LIMITED: BUSINESS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: CLC/B/005/SC04
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SCEPTRE LIFE ASSOCIATION LIMITED: BUSINESS
Date(s)	: 1865-1966
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 0.67 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Eagle and British Dominions Sceptre Life Association Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sceptre Life Association Limited was founded in 1864 to appeal to Methodists by offering life assurance with an active temperance section. Their offices were at 40 Finsbury Pavement. The company was acquired by Eagle and British Dominions in 1917.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Business records of Sceptre Life Association Limited including policy registers, propectuses, policies issued, copies of Married Women's Property Act and report of related legal case, agency appointment and correspondence, and papers relating to fund.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

These records are arranged as follows: CLC/B/005/SC04/01 General.

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 Sceptre Life Association Limited see CLC/B/005/SC01: Corporate and CLC/B/005/SC03: Financial and Accounting. 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 May 2012.