Insurance Designation Lookup https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home 1935 — The Social Security Act Early Directors & Officers Liability Insurance (1930s) SIDEBAR: The Cowboy Brokers (1970s–1980s) SIDEBAR: “The Sketchy Comp Carriers” Industrial Indemnity and the Birth of Integrated Workers’ Compensation (1930s–1940s) WWII Wage Controls and the Birth of Employer‑Based Health Benefits (1942–1945) The Birth of Blue Shield (1939) The Birth of Blue Cross (1929) The Great Okeechobee Hurricane (1928) The Great Miami Hurricane (1926) THE PROFESSIONALIZATION ARC (1890–1927) The Institutes Founded (1909) The American College of Financial Services Founded (1927) The Founding of NAIFA (1890) First Auto Insurance Policy (1897) Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911) AAA Enters the Insurance Market (1910s–1920s) Lloyd’s List First Published (1734) Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund Established (1803) Early Lloyd’s Lists & Shipping Intelligence (1690s) The Lloyd’s Act of 1982 The Lloyd’s Act of 1911 The American Adoption of Actuarial Science (Late 19th Century) LOMA Founded (1924) The Lloyd’s Act of 1871 Insurance Timeline The Rise of Auto Insurers (1920s–1930s) Nationwide Founded (1926) GEICO Founded (1936) USAA Begins Offering Auto Insurance (1922–1924) Progressive Insurance Allstate Insurance Founded (1931) Farmers Insurance Founded (1928) Whatever Happened to Fireman’s Fund? How the Big P&C Carriers Lost Auto — and How It Reshaped Their Fate State Farm Insurance Founded (1922) Automobile Liability & the Birth of Auto Insurance (1910s–1920s) 1918 Influenza Pandemic & Life Insurance (1918–1920) Marine & War‑Risk Insurance in WWI Rise of Reinsurance (Early 20th Century) The Rise of Rating Bureaus (Early 20th Century) San Francisco Earthquake & Fire (1906) Galveston Hurricane (1900) Workers’ Compensation (1911–1920s) The Legal Foundations of Modern Liability (1850–1916) Early Liability Insurance (1880s–1910s) IBM Punch‑Card Computing & the Rise of Actuarial Automation (1930s–1950s) Punch Cards for Mortality Tables (1890s) The Institute of Actuaries (Founded 1848) The Marine Insurance Act (UK), 1906