A Look at Our Rich History as a National Company

A Look at Our Rich History as a National Company

A Look at Our Rich History as a National Company

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JAMES C. HOUGHTON
1901–1902

JOSEPH A. DeBOER
1902-1915

FRED A. HOWLAND
1916–1937

1900s

Company celebrates 50th anniversary.

100 agents who sold more than $100,000 in the previous year are invited to the Home Office. Agents’ Association organized with George H. Olmsted of Ohio as the first President.

1900

James C. Houghton is elected President.

1901

James C. Houghton dies in Italy.

1902

Actuary Joseph A. DeBoer is elected President.

1902

National Life becomes owner of the Waterbury Opera House on Stowe Street in Waterbury. The Opera House was funded and built by volunteers and considered to be one of the largest and best for any town of its size.

1902

Former President Charles Dewey, eldest son of Dr. Dewey, dies.

1901

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1910s

President Joseph A. DeBoer dies. Born in Holland on June 17, 1861 he was a naturalized American citizen.

1915

Attorney Fred A. Howland is elected President.

1916

United States joins World War I.

National Life subscribes for a Liberty Loan to support the war effort in the amount of $315,000. The employees added $30,000.

1917

The company pays more than $1 million in claims during the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918–19 while also paying World War I claims.

Company paid out on 131 lives with 61 having been Killed In Action.

1918

Ellen Putnam, one of the company’s earliest female agents is contracted as an agent with Rochester Agency #036. Just prior to her death at age 95 on February 27, 1989, she took the largest application. of her career.

1919

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1901
Insurance in force: $100 million

1910
Assets: $50 million

1926
Assets: $100 million

Products issued by
National Life Insurance Company® 

No bank or credit union guarantee | Not a deposit | Not FDIC/NCUA insured | May lose value | Not insured by any federal or state government agency

Guarantees are dependent upon the claims-paying ability of the issuing company.

National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, VT in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.

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