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The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in South Carolina, in 1735.

— Andrew Tobias The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982)

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The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it.

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The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts.

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In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens America.

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