IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLC/B/005/AL04
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ALBION FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY: BUSINESS
Date(s): 1808-1968
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Eagle Insurance Co
Albion Fire and Life Assurance Co
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company was founded in 1805. It offered fire and life insurance, and annuities in the United Kingdom and North America with expansion into India, Australia, Germany, Denmark and Portugal. It was acquired by Eagle Insurance Company in 1858. Offices: 42 New Bridge Street.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Business records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising fire and life policies, and receipts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
These records are arranged as follows:
CLC/B/005/AL04/01 General
CLC/B/005/AL04/02 Fire
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:
See CLC/B/005/AL01 for corporate records of Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company. 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
Date(s) of descriptions: Added to AIM25 April 2012.