Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Fire Insurance Company Act 1840
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1840 c. xx |
| Year | 1840 |
ANNO TERTIO
VICTORLE REGINJE.
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Cap,
xx.
An Act to enable the Protestant Dissenters and
General Life and Fire Insurance Company to
sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman,
Deputy Chairman, or any One of the Directors,
or of the Secretary of the said Company.
[3d April 1840.]
HEREAS several Persons have formed themselves into a
Company or Partnership in the City of London by the
Name of "The Protestant Dissenters and General Life
and Fire Insurance Company," in order to carry on the Business of
making or effecting Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, and
against Loss or Damage by Fire, and all such other Assurances
on Events and Contingencies, either connected with the Duration of
Life or otherwise, as may be effected according to Law, and of
granting Annuities immediate, deferred, and contingent on Survivor-
ship or otherwise, and Endowments, and of purchasing and selling
Reversionary Life and other Interests and Securities, and to make
Loans and "Advances to be assured out of or in proportion to the
Premiums or Sums paid by them, and generally to carry on the
Business usually called or known as Fire Insurance and Life Insurance,
and all Matters connected therewith : And whereas Difficulties may
"hereafter arise in recovering the Debts and Monies due to the said
Company called " The Protestant Dissenters and General Life and
Fire Insurance Company," and in maintaining Actions for Damages
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