IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/166-02
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: NATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Date(s): 1830-1938
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 50 production units.
Name of creator(s): National Life Assurance Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The National Life Assurance Society was formed at a meeting of prospective shareholders on 31 December 1829, and became a mutual in 1847. It established agencies internationally, as well as acquiring many from the takeover of the Whittington Life Assurance Company in 1894. It premises were at 2 King William Street until its merger with the Mutual Life Assurance Society to form the National Mutual Life Assurance Society in 1896.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
National Life Assurance Society records comprise constitutional documents, minutes, annual reports and accounts, correspondence, accounts, reports, policy registers and books of tables. They include some series continued after the merger in 1896.
24 hours notice is required for access to this material.
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:
Given to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the National Mutual in 2002 and were subsequently catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the Whittington Life Assurance Company see CLC/B/166-04; for the Mutual Life Assurance Society see CLC/B/166-03; and for the National Mutual Life Assurance Society see CLC/B/166-01.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.