Insurance Company Cancels: German American Fire Insurance Company of Washington, DC

G. A. F. Ins. Co.

DEC 12 1898

Washington, D. C.

Insurance Company Cancels: Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company of New York

W. C. F. I. CO.

?? 4 1899

NEW YORK.

W. C. F. I. CO.

JUN 19 1899

NEW YORK.

Insurance Company Cancels: Windham County Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, Connecticut

W. C. M. F. I. CO.

MAR

9

1899

Brooklyn, Conn.

From The Standard, December 1, 1906:

Insurance Company Cancels: Capital Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa

from Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance 1901-02

Insurance Company Cancels: Franklin Fire Insurance Company

FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE CO.

MAY

11

1901

Insurance Company Cancels: What is the N. B. & M Insurance Company?

Please help me identify this company!  It was clearly a major firm on both sides of the Atlantic.  Based on the U. K. document fragment is it possible that its businesss was entirely reinsurance?

N. B. & M. INS. CO.

JAN 8 1901

NEW YORK

Looks like N.B.&M. used printed precancels in the UK.

 

Insurance Company Cancels: US Casualty Company

U. S. CASUALTY CO.

FEB

16

????

 

Insurance Company Cancels: Girard Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Company of Philadelphia

THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE,

ANNUITY & TRUST CO. OF PHILA.

NOV 15 1898

 

Insurance Company Cancels: Atlas Assurance Company

Atlas Firemark

ATLAS

AUG 29 1898

ASSCE. CO.

Insurance Company Cancels: Mechanics Insurance Company of Philadelphia

MECHANICS

JUN 1 1899

INS. CO.

Insurance Company Cancels: Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Germantown, Philadelphia

M. F. I. CO.

JAN 6 1899

GERMANTOWN

M. F. I. CO.

JAN 6 1899

GERMANTOWN

M. F. I. CO.

JAN 6 1899

GERMANTOWN

 

Former Germantown Mutual Fire HQ at the corner of Germantown Ave & School House Lane in Philadelphia

It is a shame that the stamps were removed from the original policy document.  All three likely came from the same policy.

Insurance Company Cancels: Eagle Fire Insurance Company

EAGLE FIRE CO.

JUN 2- 1899

EAGLE FIRE CO.

NOV

26

1900

 

Insurance Company Cancels: Standard Fire Insurance Company

STANDARD

JAN 18 1899

FIRE INS. CO.

 

Insurance Company Documents: American Surety Company Bonds

American Surety Company first appeared here June 6, 2023.  Today is presented two performance bonds.

They are both courtesy of David Thompson who sent them to me awhile back.  The first is a Motorman's bond: 

And a Conductor's bond:  

Each of these bonds were used to bond the operators of street railroad cars in Chicago; each put money up front to help guarantee their safe operation of the cars since the conductor and motorman had their money at risk.  It is likely that the City of Chicago or the Chicago Union Tracation Company required operators to hold these bonds in order to be allowed to work.

Insurance Company Cancels: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of Springfield, Mass.

from The Insurance Journal, January 27, 1898

MASS. MUT. LIFE INS. CO

June

3

1901

Insurance Company Cancels: Fire Association of Philadelphia

1898 advertisement

FIRE ASS'N,

MAR 23 1899

PHILADELPHIA

 

Insurance Company Cancels: Niagara Fire Insurance Company of New York

from The Chronicle, January 21, 1897

 

NIAGARA FIRE

SEP

17

1899

Insurance Company Cancels: Vermont Life Insurance Company

BURLINGTON, VT.

DEC

30

1898

Vermont Life Ins. Co.

from The Burlington Free Press and Times, January 11, 1886

Travelers Insurance Agent Cancels: John B. Pirtle of Louisville, Kentucky

 This post includes Travelers Insurance Agent cancels from the Travelers Insurance 1898 mini-album. 

J. B. PIRTLE.

SEP 16 1899

Louisville, Ky.

from The Travelers Record, November 1900

from The Travelers Record, February 1899

Travelers Insurance Agent Cancels: John L. Way of St. Louis

This post includes Travelers Insurance Agent cancels from the Travelers Insurance 1898 mini-album. 

J. L. W.

SEP 30 1898

CANCELLED

The Travelers wrote accident insurance policies, and John L. Way's agency paid many of these types of claims which were documented by grateful policy holders in The Travelers Record, including burns from radiator steam, a crushed foot, and amputated fingers:

from The Travelers Record, April 1902

from The Travelers Record, June 1898

from The Travelers Record, February 1898