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Inland Fire Insurance Company Records, 1907-1908

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Inland Fire Insurance Company
Title
Inland Fire Insurance Company Records
Dates
1907-1908 (inclusive)
Quantity
17 containers., (.8 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 23
Summary
Correspondence (1907), vouchers, checks, policy registers, account books, and policy certificates surrendered for claims upon failure of the firm. Included are records from a closely related firm, the Idaho Mutual Cooperative Insurance Company of Boise, Idaho, both under the management of Edward C. Arnold, secretary.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Inland Fire Insurance Company was organized at Spokane, Washington in early 1907 and operated for approximately one and a half years. In the insurance parlance of its day, it was known as a "Lloyd's" company. That is, it was neither a stock, nor a mutual firm. It was an extended partnership, "capitalized" by a "guarantee fund" which was subscribed for, but not paid-in, by a number of subscribers who were not necessarily policyholders and who were to be liable for assessment should the company need funds to pay fire loss claims.

The Inland Fire Insurance Company wrote most of its policies in the Inland Empire region, but did considerable business in Western Washington and in California. The company was also licensed in several other states and maintained general agency contracts in New York and Chicago for the placement of "surplus line" policies. The company records include some material from a closely related firm, the Idaho Mutual Cooperative Insurance Company of Boise, both firms having been under the management of Edward C. Arnold.

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Content Description

Correspondence (1907), vouchers, checks, policy registers, account books, and policy certificates surrendered for claims upon failure of the firm. Included are records from a closely related firm, the Idaho Mutual Cooperative Insurance Company of Boise, Idaho, both under the management of Edward C. Arnold, secretary.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 23, Guide to the Inland Fire Insurance Company Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Series 1: Correspondence, 1907

    The extant correspondence of the company consists of 11 folders of letters dating from March through November, 1907. Although the letters have been removed from their original folders, the original working order has been retained.

  • Description: Series 2: Policies, Reports, and Certificates
    1400 items.

    Policies and daily reports for Inland Fire Insurance policies and policies of various re-insuring firms, especially the Ohio German Fire Insurance Company, Pacific Fire Insurance Company and La Concorde: Societe d'Assurance Centre l'Incendie. Some correspondence attached.

    Container: Box 3-8
  • Description: Series 3: Checks, vouchers and forms
    1000 items.

    Canceled checks, pay vouchers, miscellaneous report forms, cancellation forms, and loss claims.

    Container: Box 9-11

  • Series 4: Ledgers

    • Description: Policy Register
      Container: Volume 12
      Location: Series 4: Ledgers
    • Description: Policy Register
      Container: Volume 13
      Location: Series 4: Ledgers
    • Description: Journal
      Container: Volume 14
      Location: Series 4: Ledgers
    • Description: Checkbook
      Container: Volume 15
      Location: Series 4: Ledgers
    • Description: Accountant report and audit of December 31, 1907, with correspondence, April, 1908, relative to dissolution of company.
      Dates: 1907-1908
      Container: Volume 16
      Location: Series 4: Ledgers
    • Description: Agents' Register
      Container: Volume 17
      Location: Series 4: Ledgers

  • Series 5: Later Addition, added February, 1975

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Subject Terms

  • Idaho Mutual Cooperative Insurance Company
  • Insurance companies--Idaho--Boise--Records and correspondence
  • Insurance companies--Washington (State)--Spokane--Records and correspondence

Personal Names

  • Arnold, Edward C.

Corporate Names

  • Inland Fire Insurance Company --Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Lawrence R. Stark
2012

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