IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/192-03
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ALLIANCE MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY
Date(s): 1824-1916
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 36 production units.
Name of creator(s): Alliance Marine Assurance Co x Alliance Marine and General Assurance Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Alliance Marine Assurance Company was founded in 1824 and based at Capel Court. It was renamed Alliance Marine and General Assurance Company Limited in 1892 and acquired by Alliance Assurance Company Limited in 1905, which was in turn acquired by the Sun Insurance Office in 1959.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Alliance Marine Assurance Company, later known as Alliance Marine and General Assurance Company Limited, comprising deeds of settlement, minutes and financial 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:
These archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1969. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For Alliance Assurance Company Limited see CLC/B/192-02.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.