The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, … - Andrew Tobias

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The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available to the clergy through the Presbyterian Ministers Fund, founded in 1759(still in existence), and the Episcopal Corporation, founded ten years later (subsequently merged).

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