Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "Life Insurance"

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Life Insurance.—The following are the principal London offices, with their terms and assets, corrected to date by the officials of the several companies. NB- the names of such companies only as have made returns to the Editor are included in this list.

OFFICES

ADDRESS

ASSETS (£)

Esta-blished

Age 25

Age 30

Age 35

Age 40

Age 45

Age 50

Age 55

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

Alliance

Bartholomew-lane

2,195,769

 55

2 2 6

2 9 2

2 16 8

3 6 6

3 17 8

4 14 2

5 19 11

Church of England

10, King-st Cheapside

 675,405

36

2 1 6

2 6 10

2 13 1

3 3 6

3 16 3

4 13 4

5 16 5

Clergy Mutual

2, Broad Sanctuary

2,497,637

50

2 0 2

2 6 4

2 13 0

3 2 2

3 12 4

4 7 4

5 10 4

Clerical, Med., and Gen.

13, St.James’s-square

2,231,012

55

2 2 6

2 8 9

2 15 9

3 5 0

3 15 6

4 10 9

5 13 9

Crown

188,Fleet-street

1,490,000

54

2 3 8

2 9 3

2 16 3

3 5 1

3 16 10

4 12 5

5 13 3

Eagle

79, Pall Mall

3,083,281

72

2 5 7

2 10 8

2 17 1

3 5 5

3 16 6

4 11 4

5 10 11

Economic

6, NewBridge-street

3,272,219

56

1 19 0

2 4 3

2 10 11

2 19 9

3 11 9

4 7 6

5 4 8

Edinburgh

11, King William-street

1,544,309

57

2 2 0

2 7 7

2 14 6

3 3 2

3 14 2

4 9 0

5 9 1

English & Scottish Law

12, Waterloo-place

1,038,425

40

2 4 6

2 9 9

2 16 6

3 6 6

3 17 9

4 10 9

5 13 9

Equity and Law

 18 Lincoln’s-inn-fields

1,473,185

35

2 3 2

2 8 10

2 15 10

3 4 6

3 15 7

4 10 9

5 12 6

General

62, King William-street

642,106

42

2 4 0

2 9 10

2 16 6

3 5 4

3 16 8

4 12 8

5 11 8

Guardian

11,Lombard-street

2,894,248

58

2 5 4

2 10 4

2 16 7

3 4 6

3 15 2

4 9 3

5 8 4

Hand-in-Hand

New Bridge-street

1,811,052

183

2 4 2

2 10 8

2 18 9

3 8 10

4 2 2

4 19 3

6 1 6

Imperial

1,Old Broad-street

1,107,000

59

2 5 0

2 10 3

2 16 8

3 4 11

3 15 10

4 10 2

5 8 11

Law Life

Fleet-street

5,515,730

56

2 3 8

2 9 4

2 16 2

3 4 10

3 16 3

4 11 0

5 10 9

Law Union

126,Chancery-lane

585,584

25

2 3 7

2 9 4

2 16 7

3 5 3

3 17 0

4 12 0

5 12 8

Legal and General

10 Fleet-street

1,918,287

43

2 5 1

2 10 9

2 17 7

3 5 11

3 16 7

4 10 9

5 11 6

Life Asso. of Scotland

5, Lombard-street

2,085,369

41

2 4 0

2 10 0

2 17 0

3 5 4

3 17 4

4 13 4

5 14 8

Liverpl. &Lon. &Globe

7, Cornhill

 6,126,443

43

2 2 11

2 9 3

2 16 3

3 5 6

3 16 0

4 11 3

5 0  8

London and Provin. Law

21, Fleet-street

863,752

34

2 4 0

2 9 10

2 16 6

3 4 10

3 15 9

4 10 2

5 0 8

London Ass. Corporation

7, Royal Exchange

3,050,351

159

2 4 0

2 9 6

2 16 3

3 4 11

3 16 5

4 11 5

5 11 5

London Life Association

81, King William-street

3,428,450

73

2 13 6

2 19 3

3 7 0

3 17 0

4 9 9

5 7 6

6 9 6

Metropolitan

3, Princes-street, Bank

1,591,751

44

2 4 0

2 9 9

2 17 5

3 6 4

3 18 11

4 12 0

5 14 0

Mutual

39 King-st, Cheapside

951,389

45

2 2 7

2 8 10

2 16 8

3 6 8

4 0 2

4 17 11

6 2 1

National Life Assu. Soc.

2, King William-street

741,889

49

2 5 0

2 10 4

2 17 1

3 5 9

3 17 2

4 12 8

5 13 8

North Brit. & Mercan.

61,Threadneedle street

4,572,125

70

2 3 5

2 9 10

2 17 0

3 6 1

3 16 7

4 11 11

5 11 2

Northern

1, Moorgate-street

2,215,800

43

2 2 10

2 8 8

2 15 10

3 4 10

3 16 9

4 12 4

5 13 2

Norwich Union

50, Fleet-street

2,036,394

71

2 3 8

2 8 10

2 14 10

3 2 0

3 11 0

4 6 0

5 5 3

Prudential

62, Ludgate-hill

1,397,238

31

2 3 2

2 9 6

2 16 8

3 5 11

3 16 6

4 11 11

5 15 4

Queen

6o, Gracechurch-street

822,285

22

2 3 9

2 9 4

2 16 0

3 5 0

3 14 3

4 9 0

5 10 0

Rock

15 New Bridge-street

3,123,700

73

2 8 1

2 13 5

2 19 10

3 7 11

3 17 11

4 10 8

5 6 4

Royal

28, Lombard-street

3,758,042

34

2 4 2

2 9 9

2 16 2

3 4 1

6 14 6

4 8 3

5 10 6

Royal Exchange

Royal Exchange

3,959,635

159

2 5 11

2 11 7

2 18 2

3 6 3

3 17 0

4 11 3

5 8 6

Scottish Equitable

69, King William-street

2,352,846

48

2 6 6

2 11 9

2 18 2

3 6 3

3 16 4

4 10 6

5 13 8

Scottish Provincial

64, Cannon street

1,170,381

54

2 2 0

2 7 11

2 15 4

3 4 8

3 16 5

4 11 8

5 12 2

Scottish Union & Natl..

3, King William street

2,500,000

85

2 3 3

2 10 0

2 17 0

2 5 0

3 15 0

4 10 0

5 11 0

Scottish Widows Fund

28, Cornhill

6,800,000

64

2 6 6

2 11 9

2 18 2

3 6 3

3 16 4

4 10 7

5 13 8

Sovereign

122, Cannon Street

503,036

34

2 3 10

2 9 4

2 16 3

3 5 2

3 16 10

4 12 2

5 12 5

Sun

63, Threadneedle Street

1,882,859

69

2 2 6

2 9 2

2 16 8

3 6 6

3 17 8

4 14 2

5 19 11

United Kingdom Temp.

1, Adelaide-place

2,475,000

39

2 2 7

2 8 10

2 15 7

3 4 11

3 15 5

4 10 6

5 13 8

Universal

1, King William-street

1,075,888

45

2 3 3

2 8 10

2 14 11

3 3 0

3 12 2

4 5 6

5 5 10

West of England

20, New Bridge-street

1,428,797

72

2 5 8

2 11 3

2 17 11

3 6 1

3 16 2

4 9 1

5 5 6

Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879