2015 Event Health insurance company Aetna announces that it will pay $37 billion for Humana in a combination of stock and cash; the new company will be better positioned to compete against larger rivals such as Anthem 2015 Event The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data on up to 80 million customers of health insurance provider Anthem, Inc.; though free credit monitoring is being offered to victims, such monitoring won't detect or prevent medical identity theft 2014 Event Facebook and Apple are offering to pay the costs of freezing the eggs of female employees covered by the companies' insurance plans; the companies see the offering as a way to help women focus on their careers if they wish to delay motherhood 2014 Event Obamacare renders confusion as two appeals courts issue conflicting rulings regarding the legality of subsidies offered through federal versus state-run insurance exchanges; the ruling will likely to to the U.S. Supreme Court 2014 Event The U.S. announces that it is on track to enroll 7 million people in government-mandated health insurance programs by the deadline at midnight 2013 Event During the first month of its release in October, the U.S. government reports that 106,185 people signed up for health insurance; only 26,794 signed up using the failed website, HealthCare.gov 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1995 Death Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59 1983 Event Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1981 Event Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1978 Death John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80 1973 Event Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents 1961 Event British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive 1959 Death Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'equipe, dies at 66 1953 Event 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois 1940 Birthday George Paul, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group 1938 Event U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized 1938 Event Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance 1936 Birthday Michael Naylor, insurance broker 1934 Event Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective 1933 Event U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, created 1932 Event 1st U.S. state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin) 1929 Event 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx) 1928 Birthday Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1928 Birthday MG Falcon, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group 1925 Event Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England 1923 Birthday Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire 1919 Event Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks 1912 Event British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 1911 Event 1st U.S. group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey 1911 Event North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 1905 Event Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms 1898 Event North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company forms 1898 Event 1st auto insurance policy in U.S. issued, by Travelers Insurance Co 1893 Birthday Karel Lotsy, Dutch insurance director and Olympic-chief d'equipe 1880 Event Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut 1876 Birthday Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company 1868 Event Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms 1867 Event Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. issues 1st policy 1863 Event Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer 1843 Event 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens 1835 Event 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) 1810 Event 1st U.S. fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 1810 Event 1st insurance co managed by blacks, American Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1799 Event 1st U.S. law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts 1792 Event 1st life insurance policy issued in U.S. in Philadelphia 1768 Event 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn) 1761 Event 1st life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Philadelphia 1759 Event 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia 1752 Event 1st U.S. fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia) 1721 Event John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent 1583 Event Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds
