The Assurance Companies Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to life assurance companies and extended the regulatory framework to other classes of assurance and insurance business.
The act regulated motor vehicle insurance and became the catalyst for the Road Traffic Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43).
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 37 of the act repealed five enactments, listed in the ninth schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal33 & 34 Vict. c. 61Life Assurance Companies Act 1870The whole act.34 & 35 Vict. c. 58Life Assurance Companies Act 1871The whole act.35 & 36 Vict. c. 41Life Assurance Companies Act 1872The whole act.39 & 40 Vict. c. 22Trade Union Act Amendment Act 1876Section seven.7 Edw. 7. c. 46Employers' Liability Insurance Companies Act 1907The whole act.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 36 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Insurance Companies Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 72), which came into force on 1 November 1958.
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References Maurice Hawtrey Truelove. The Assurance Companies Act, 1909. P S King & Son. Orchard House, Westminster. London. 1910. Google. John Henry Watts. The Assurance Companies Act, 1909. Stevens & Sons. London. 1910. Reviewed at (1911) 36 Law Magazine and Review (Fifth Series) 240 Eric Gore-Browne. The Law relating to Assurance Companies under the Assurance Companies Act, 1909. Jordan & Sons Limited. Chancery Lane, London. 1910. Google.
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