Inland Fire Insurance Company Records, 1907-1908

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Inland Fire Insurance Company
Records, 1907-1908

Processed by Lawrence R. Stark in July of 1972.

Number of Containers: 17
Linear Feet of Shelf Space: 8

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.

CONTAINER LIST

Container	Folder	Description

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.

1	1	Lobe & Brown, agents at Bellingham
		Silas Holcomb, agent at Seattle
	2	Roe and Durkinfield, special agents
	3	M-P alphabetical (Agents, policyholders suppliers, etc.)
	4	Lebo-Anderson, general agents, Chicago
	5	Hull Bros., general agents for North Idaho
	6	C's alphabetical
		Pacific Fire Insurance Company, Seattle (re-insurance)
2	7	H. Durkinfield, Special Agent Seattle
	8	R-W alphabetical
	9	B-G alphabetical
	10	Idaho Mutual Cooperative Insurance Co.
	11	S.L. Wait, Special Agent, Kettle Falls, Washington
		B-H alphabetical
	12	Whilden & Hancock, general agents, New York
		Fred Tibbens, general agent, California

3-8	Series 2: Policies, Reports, and Certificates
	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. ca. 1400 items.

9-11	Series 3: Checks, vouchers and forms.
	Canceled checks, pay vouchers, miscellaneous report forms, cancellation forms, and loss claims. ca. 1000 items.

Series 4: Ledgers

12		Policy Register
13		Policy Register
14		Journal
15		Checkbook
16		Accountant report and audit of December 31, 1907, with correspondence, April, 1908, relative to dissolution of company.
17		Agents' Register

Added February, 1975

18		Voucher Index