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The Story of Life Insurance/Chapter III

The Story of Life Insurance — Chapter III, The "Founder" of the Equitable Burton J. Hendrick

Contents

1 A Famous Life-Insurance Trio 2 A "Proxy Election" in 1853 3 Hyde Dismissed from the Mutual 4 The Era of Competition Begins 5 Evolution of the Modern Life-Insurance Agent 6 "Stealing Agents" 7 Hyde's "Extra Compensation" 8 A $4,000,000. Equitable Building 9 Mutual-Equitable War

A Famous Life-Insurance Trio [edit ]

From his earliest days Hyde seemed destined to a life-insurance career. He was born at Catskill, New York, in 1834, the son of a small country merchant. He had limited educational opportunities, and, at sixteen, found it necessary to shift for himself, As a boy he lingered wistfully ar... http://insurance-auto.ucoz.com/news/equitable_life_insurance/2013-07-01-4257