ROCK LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/192-35 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : ROCK LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1806-1942 |
Level of description | : Collection
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Extent | : 78 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Rock Life Assurance Co |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company was established in 1806. It traded from 14 (re-numbered c 1850 as 15) New Bridge Street. It was acquired in 1909 by the Law Union and Crown Fire and Life Insurance Company, which was subsequently re-named the Law Union and Rock Insurance Company.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
The Rock Life Assurance Company records comprise: deed of settlement and related papers 1807-1901; minutes, prospectus and circulars 1806-1937; miscellaneous papers relating to directors, auditors and agents 1812-1909; records relating to the company's emblem c 1807; elevation of the company's offices, 1807; dinner menus 1868-1906 and volume relating to the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships 1762-1817.
Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the depositor.
Access & 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:
48 hours notice required for access.
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:
The records were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1983-4 by Royal Insurance plc. They were catalogued in 1985. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
For the Law Union and Rock Insurance Company see CLC/B/192-23.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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:
January to May 2011.
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