Insurance
Update: The Missouri Insurance Company
Over on our soon-to-be-vacated blogspot.com site, my Brayboy cousin Karen Burney had this to say in the comments: Craig, that is a great artifact. Sorry to be the “Devils Advocate” but thought I would share some thoughts on why these policies were so popular and seemed a good investment then and even now. First, as you point out, the primary …
August 8, 2008 Friday at 4:00 am
The Missouri Insurance Company
In the first half of the twentieth century, it was a common practice of many immigrant families and African-American families to purchase life insurance policies on their infant children. Indeed, as late as the 1990′s, a well respected baby food company was sponsoring such insurance policies. Why would someone purchase a life insurance policy on an infant? Isn’t the textbook …
August 6, 2008 Wednesday at 5:30 am
