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EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/079

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Date(s): 1803-1982

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 390 production units.

Name of creator(s): Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable Reversionary Interest Society
Reversionary Interest Society
University Life Assurance Society

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships was formed in 1762. It was the first society to use a scientific form of life assurance which enabled the Equitable to accept a broad range of risks. By 1797 there were over 5,000 assurances in force. The name 'Equitable Life Assurance Society' appeared in brochures by 1857, but the Society only became incorporated with this name in 1893.

The Society acquired the Reversionary Interest Society in 1919; University Life Assurance Society in 1919; and Equitable Reversionary Interest Society in 1920.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Equitable Life Assurance Society spanning 1803 to 1976; with records of associated societies the Equitable Reversionary Interest Society (spanning 1835 to 1976); the Reversionary Interest Society (spanning 1823 to 1982) and the University Life Assurance Society (spanning 1825 to 1957).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

CLC/B/079-01: Equitable Life Assurance Society;
CLC/B/079-02: Equitable Reversionary Interest Society;
CLC/B/079-03: Reversionary Interest Society;
CLC/B/079-04: University Life Assurance Society.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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:

Records deposited in 1992 and 2006.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Assurance companies | Companies | Enterprises
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Insurance policies | Insurance records | Documents | Information sources
Insurance services | Financial service industries | Service industries
Life insurance | Insurance | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable Reversionary Interest Society
Reversionary Interest Society
Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships
University Life Assurance Society

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe