[UMA-SRE-20120077] NEWS CUTTINGS, NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION HEAD OFFICE

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-20120077Extent5 volumesScope and ContentOriginal control number : NMLS 51. These are nine volumes - plus an exercise book - in this series. The years covered range from: 1880 to 1905; 1910 to 1923; 1923 to 1935; 1933 to 1957; 1931 to 1936 related to 1936 to 1956; 1930 to 1933 related to 1933 to 1938; 1960 to 1965. These cuttings cover subjects such as financial reports, actuarial investigations, bonus declarations, balance sheets, annual reports, court actions, government regulations, effect of taxation on insurances, investment yields, workers compensation, personalities of the National Mutual and other Insurance Companies, business trends and other subjects relevant to the insurance industry. The cuttings have been collected from newspapers, publications and magazines in Australia and from overseas countries in which National carried out business. It is interesting to note that cuttings from earlier days were obtained from many rural and local newspapers. There are two sets of volumes which appear to be related although they overlap. In the first set the 1930-1933 volume covers news items pertaining to Insurance Companies whilst the 1931-1935 covers General Insurance items. The second set relates almost entirely to National Mutual and South Victorian Permanent Building Society. This set also makes many references to the Australasian Insurance & Banking Records and a number of references to Jobsons Investment Digest. The exercise book appears to be a personal collection commencing with the takeover of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, it also covers the opening of new insurance, industrial life assurance and the effects of disbursement of profits etc. The 1960-1965 volume is clippings pertaining to the National Mutual Centre which was occupied on 4th December 1964. Articles follow council approval for 99 year lease and design of the centre as well as progress on construction, occupation and opening of the centre by the then Prime Minister of Australia (Sir Robert Menzies) on 1st March 1965. The earliest volume 1880-1905 contains articles on the book "Guide to Melbourne" issued by National Mutual Life Association. This book contained a narrative of the establishment and operation of the Association. There volumes were collected for archival purposes by Mr Serle from sources unknown.Collection CategoryBusinessAccess StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Series

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CreatorNational Mutual Life Association of Australasia

Dates

Date1880-1965

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Previous System ID2012.0077Descriptive NoteNo Finding Aid. Request by year

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[UMA-SRE-20120077] NEWS CUTTINGS, NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION HEAD OFFICE