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Royal Insurance Company records
M1329  
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  • Conditions Governing Access
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  • Preferred Citation
  • Scope and Contents

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Title: Royal Insurance Company records
    source: Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries
    Creator: Royal Insurance Company
    Identifier/Call Number: M1329
    Identifier/Call Number: 7741
    Physical Description: 16 Linear Feet (44 msb, 3 flat boxes)
    Date (inclusive): bulk 1890s-1930s
    Language of Material: English, with a small amount of French language materials

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research. Materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

    Arrangement

    Records arrived roughly organized by region with most files divided into labeled bags. This order has been maintained.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Royal Insurance Company was founded in Liverpool, England in 1845, growing through a series of mergers and acquisitions. In 1919, it merged with the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, at the time the biggest merger in British insurance history. After a merger with Sun Alliance in 1996 it became part of the RSA Insurance Group. From its inception, the Royal Insurance Company engaged in aggressive overseas expansion and was one of the first foreign insurers to open a permanent branch office in South Africa.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], Royal Insurance Company records (M1329). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

    Scope and Contents

    Papers related to the activities of the Royal Insurance Company Foreign Department during the time of British and other western European colonization of Africa and the West Indies. Also contains some plans from regions in the South Atlantic, Mexico, and Brazil. Primarily consists of insurance plans and related documents (mostly legislative), including correspondence, maps, and newspaper clippings. In addition to documents generated by the Royal Insurance Company, there is also a small number of pamphlets, reports, and volumes collected from other sources.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Insurance -- History
    Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries