New Haven banks and insurance companies collection, 1792-1964.

Aetna Insurance Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj39t9 (corporateBody)

Farmers' Fire Insurance and Loan Company (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fv55gq (corporateBody)

New Haven Fire Insurance Office

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt0c41 (corporateBody)

Security Insurance Company of New Haven

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xh69nw (corporateBody)

Townsend Savings Bank (New Haven, Conn.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv48mg (corporateBody)

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn209h (corporateBody)

In 1816, the Bank of the United States was rechartered, the first charter having expired in 1811, in an attempt to stabilize the national currency. Within the first three years, the bank was nearly ruined due to mismanagement. Langdon Cheves was elected president of its board of directors in 1819 and restored the bank's credit. In 1822, he resigned the post and was succeeded by Nicholas Biddle. The national charter for the bank expired in 1836, but Biddle kept the bank in operation until 1841, u...

Mutual Insurance Company of New Haven

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r5698z (corporateBody)

Savings Bank of New Haven

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w9zwx (corporateBody)

New Haven Bank

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f82rss (corporateBody)

New Haven Savings Bank

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr9dvq (corporateBody)

New Haven County Bank

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h55gq (corporateBody)

Hartford Fire Insurance Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v3pg2 (corporateBody)

On May 10, 1810, the Connecticut General Assembly incorporated the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, naming Nathaniel Terry its first president. The company wrote the first fire insurance policy for an institution of higher learning when it insured Yale in 1825. Hartford Fire expanded west to Columbus, Ohio, in 1852 and San Francisco, California, in 1870. In 1871, the company paid $2 million in claims from the Great Chicago Fire. Almost thirty years later, Hartford Fire paid for $11....

Ocean Insurance Company of New Haven

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg5cd0 (corporateBody)

Eagle Bank (New Haven, Conn.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh98d5 (corporateBody)

National Capital Life Insurance Company (Washington, D.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz0xcx (corporateBody)

Home Insurance Company of New Haven

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n2rd5 (corporateBody)

City Fire Insurance Company of New Haven

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw13b9 (corporateBody)