IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/107-01
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s): 1821-1959
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 115 production units.
Name of creator(s): Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Co x Guardian Assurance Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company was established as Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company in 1821 and renamed as Guardian Assurance in 1902. It was founded by a group of private bankers for UK and overseas fire and life insurance and expanded into employers' liability from 1897.
During the 19th century the company's address was 11 Lombard Street, but it moved to 68 King William Street in 1922.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company, later known as the Guardian Assurance Company Limited; comprising minute books, reports on potential business overseas, correspondence, shareholders' ledgers and financial accounts.
24 hours notice is required for access to Mss 16209-10 and 18093-111. Access to Ms 16209/1-34 is also subject to special conditions: please consult staff for information.
ACCESS AND 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:
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:
In 1968 it became a subsidiary of Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance and this company deposited the minute books of Guardian Assurance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1971 (Mss 14281-2). Further deposits were made in February 1975 (Mss 16209-10), February 1978 (Mss 18093-111) and September 1994 (Ms 14281/37-40).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Other sub-fonds in this collection comprise:
CLC/B/107-02: Royal Exchange Assurance;
CLC/B/107-03: Albion Fire Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-04: Atlas Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-05: British Equitable Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-06: Caledonian Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-07: Car and General Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-08: Car Services Limited;
CLC/B/107-09: Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-11: Licenses and General Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-12: Liverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-13: Local Government Guarantee Society;
CLC/B/107-14: London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-15: Manchester Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-16: Motor Union Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-17: National Provincial Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-18: Pilot Insurance Corporation Limited;
CLC/B/107-19: Reliance Marine Insurance Company;
CLC/B/107-20: State Assurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-21: United British Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-22: Westminster and General Insurance Company Limited;
CLC/B/107-23: Essex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.