STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED: BUSINESS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: CLC/B/005/ST04
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED: BUSINESS
Date(s)	: 1843-1990
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 5.39 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Eagle and British Dominions Star Life Assurance Society Ltd x Star Assurance Society

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Star Life Assurance Society Limited was founded in 1843 to provide insurance for Wesleyan Methodists. The Society offices were on Moorgate. The directorship always contained at least seven Wesleyan Methodists. They conducted much overseas business in Canada, Europe and South Africa. The name was changed to Star Assurance Society in 1911 when they started offering general insurance. The company was acquired by Eagle and British Dominions in 1917.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Business records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including policy registers; policies and papers relating to individual policies; prospectuses and almanacs; endowment rates; specimen bonuses; rate books; fund: accounts, reports, stock exchange transactions, ledgers, journals, correspondence and papers; aircraft insurance policy; diaries; agents' instructions and commission rates; prospectuses for overseas business; Australia: letters and share certificates; South Africa: details of annual bonuses, correspondence, rate books; and Star bookmarks.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/ST04/01 General
CLC/B/005/ST04/02 Aircraft
CLC/B/005/ST04/03 Diaries
CLC/B/005/ST04/05 Agents
CLC/B/005/ST04/06 Overseas
CLC/B/005/ST04/12 Advertising.

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 Star Life Assurance Society Limited see CLC/B/005/ST01: Corporate; CLC/B/005/ST05: Premises; CLC/B/005/ST06: Staff; CLC/B/005/ST07: Acquisitions and Mergers. 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.