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Adam Mickiewicz Society of Jersey City, Jersey City, N.J. . Merged with Association of the Sons of Poland in 1905.
Afro-American Sons & Daughters, Yazoo City, Miss. . Declared absolvent in 1973.
Aid Association for Lutherans in Wisconsin and Other States, Appleton, Wis. . Name changed to Aid Association for Lutherans in 1910.
Alianza, Tucson, Ariz. . Declared absolvent in 1967.
Alianza Hispano-Americana, Tucson, Ariz. . Name changed to Alianza in 1961.
Alliance Nationale, Montreal, Quebec . Converted to a mutual company in 1948.
Alliance of Poles in the State of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio . Name changed to Alliance of Poles in America in 1918.
Alliance of Poles in America, Cleveland Ohio . Name changed to Alliance of Poles of America in 1962.
Alliance of Poles of America, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Polish Roman Catholic Union of America in 2005.
Alliance of Polish Turners of the United States of America, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Polish Falcons Alliance of America in 1914.
American Benefit Society, Boston, Mass. . Disbanded in 1931.
American Catholic Union . Merged with Catholic Family Protective Life Assurance Society in 1939.
American Fraternal Insurance Society, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Workmen.s Benefit Fund of the USA in 1971.
American Fraternal League . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1904.
American Hungarian Catholic Society, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with William Penn Assn in 1980.
American Insurance Union, Columbus, Ohio . Reincorporated as American Insurance Union, Inc. in 1931.
American Legion of Honor, Boston, Mass. . Into receivership in 1904.
American Life Insurance Association, Bridgeport, Conn. . Merged with William Penn Assn in 1979.
American Nobles, Waterloo, Ohio . Merged with Fraternal Union of America, Denver in 1912.
American Order of Sons of St. George, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to St. George Fraternal Insurance Society in 1936.
American Postal Workers' Accident Benefit Association, Portsmouth, Mass. . Name changed to American Postal Workers Benefit Association.
American Pro Life Assurance Society, Park Ridge, Ill. . Name changed to American Family Society in 1994.
American Sick Benefit and Life Insurance Assn, Bridgeport, Conn. . Name changed to American Life Ins. Assn in 1948.
American Stars of Equity . Reinsured with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1913.
American Union Polish Brotherhood of St. Joseph . Merged with Alliance of Poles of America in 1967.
American Workmen Life Insurance Society, Washington, D.C. . Converted to a mutual company, American Home Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1941.
Ancient Order of Foresters of America . Name changed to Foresters of America in 1895.
Artisans Life Association, Portland, Ore. . Merged with The Maccabees in 1938.
Associacao Portuguesa Protectora e Beneficiente . Name changed to Benevolent Society of California in 1948.
Associacao Protectora Uniao Madeirense do Estado da California, Hayward, Calif. - Merged with Supreme Council of IDES in 1999.
Association Canado-Americaine, Manchester, N.H. . Name changed to ACA Assurance in 1997.
Association of Poles in the East . Merged with Association of the Sons of Poland in 1924.
Association of Polish Women in the United States, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America in 1990.
Assurance League of America,
New York, N.Y. . Merged with Golden Seal Assurance Society, Roxbury, N. Y.
in 1912.
Bavarian National Association of North America, Buffalo, N.Y. . Merged with Unity Life and Accident Insurance Association in 1934.
Beavers Reserve Fund Fraternity, Madison, Wis. . Name changed to Beavers National Mutual Benefit in 1916.
Beavers National Mutual Benefit, Madison Wis. . Name changed to National Mutual Benefit in 1931.
Ben Hur Life Association, Crawfordsville, Ind. . Converted to a commercial company, USA Life Insurance, in 1988.
Benevolent Society of California . Merged with Portuguese Continental Union of California to form United National Life Insurance Society in 1957.
Bohemian American Foresters, Chicago, Ill. . Joined in organizing Czechoslovak Society of America in 1933.
Bohemian American Union, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Czechoslovak Society of America in 1939.
Bohemian Catholic First Central Union, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Catholic Central Union in 1944.
Bohemian Roman Catholic Union of Texas, Shriner, Texas . Name changed to Czech Roman Catholic Union of Texas in 1941.
Bohemian Roman Catholic Women's Union of Texas, Austin, Texas . Name changed to Union of Czech Catholic Women of Texas in 1970.
Bohemian Slavonian Union, Berwyn, Ill. . Joined in organizing the Czechoslovak Society of America in 1933.
Bohemian Slovanic Fraternal Benefit Union, Cleveland, Ohio . Joined in organizing the Czechoslovak Society of America in 1933.
Brith Sholom, Philadelphia, Pa. . Discontinued insurance programs in 1989.
Brotherhood of America, Philadelphia, Pa. . Merged with The Maccabees in 1935
Brotherhood of American Yeoman, Des Moines, Iowa . Reincorporated as Yeomen Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1932; American Mutual Life in 1938.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged into United Transportation Union Insurance Association, Inc. in 1971.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged into United Transportation Union Insurance Assn, Inc. in 1971.
Buffalo Life Association, Buffalo, N.Y. . Reincorporated as Buffalo Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1932.
Canadian Foresters Life Insurance Society, Brantford, Ontario . Merged with Independent Order of Foresters in 1992.
Canadian Order of Chosen Friends, Hamilton, Ontario . Name changed to Reliable Life Insurance Society in 1943.
Canadian Order of Foresters, Brantford, Ontario . Name changed to Canadian Foresters Life Insurance Society in 1969.
Catholic Aid Association of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. . Name changed to Catholic Aid Association in 1955.
Catholic Benevolent Legion, Brooklyn, N.Y. . Merged with Knights of Columbus in 1969.
Catholic Benevolent Legion of Indiana, Fort Wayne, Ind. . Reinsured by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in 1951.
Catholic Central Union, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Catholic Order of Foresters in 1965.
Catholic Family Protective Association of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to Catholic Family Protective Life Assurance Society in 1938.
Catholic Family Protective Life Assurance Society, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to Catholic Family Life Ins. in 1950.
Catholic Knights and Ladies of America, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Columbian Circle in 1918.
Catholic Knights and Ladies of Illinois, Belleville, Ill. . Name changed to Catholic Fraternal Life in 1996.
Catholic Knights Insurance Society, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to Catholic Knights in 2000.
Catholic Knights of America, St. Louis, Mo. . Merged with Catholic Knights in 2005.
Catholic Knights of Illinois, Belleville, Ill. . Name changed to Catholic Knights and Ladies of Illinois in 1921.
Catholic Knights of St. George, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Merged with William Penn Assn in 1983.
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to Catholic Knights Insurance Society in 1961.
Catholic Ladies of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio . Name changed to Catholic Ladies of Columbia in 1908.
Catholic Life Insurance Union, San Antonio, Texas . Name changed to Catholic Life Insurance in 1999.
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, Buffalo, N.Y. . Merged with American Insurance Union in 1920.
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association . Merged with Independent Order of Foresters in 1952.
Catholic Slovak Brotherhood, Braddock, Pa. . Merged with First Catholic Slovak Ladies Assn of the USA in 1970.
Catholic State League of Texas, San Antonio, Texas . Name changed to Catholic Life Insurance Union in 1936.
Catholic Women Benevolent Legion, New York, N.Y. . Merged with Loyal Christian Benefit Association in 1973.
Catholic Women's Fraternal of Texas, Austin, Texas . Name changed to Catholic Family Fraternal of Texas-KJZT in 1983.
Central Benefit Association . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1937.
Central Verband der Siebenburger Sachsen of the U.S., Cleveland, Ohio . Name changed to Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons in 1965.
Chicago Fraternal Life Association, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1937.
Christian Burden Bearers' Association, Manchester, N.H. . Converted to a mutual company, Christian Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1948.
Christian Mutual Benevolent Association, Kirkland, Wash. . Merged with Woodmen of the World (Colorado) in 1962.
Church Fraternal . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1913.
Cleveland Hungarian Young Men's and Ladies' Society, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Hungarian Reformed Federation of America in 1961.
Cleveland Slovak Union, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with the National Slovak Society of the USA in 1945.
Columbian Circle, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Chicago Life Association in 1927.
Columbian Mutual Assurance Society, Atlanta, Ga. . Converted to a mutual company, Columbian Mutual Life, in 1926.
Columbian Woodmen, Atlanta, Ga. . Name changed to Columbian Mutual Assurance Society in 1922.
Columbian Woodmen of Mississippi . Merged with Columbian Mutual Life Association in 1922.
Concordia Gegenseitiger Unterstuetzungs-Verein, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Concordia Mutual Benefit Society in 1908.
Concordia Mutual Benefit League, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Concordia Mutual Life Association in 1948.
Concordia Mutual Benefit Society, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Concordia Mutual Benefit League in 1912.
Concordia Mutual Life Association, Downers Grove, Ill. . Merged with the National Mutual Benefit in 2001.
Conestoga Fraternal Insurance Association, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Merged with ISDA Fraternal Association in 1969.
Continental Beneficial Association, Philadelphia, Pa. . Into receivership in 1917.
Court of Honor, Springfield, Ill. . Incorporated as Springfield Life in 1924; Merged with Abraham Lincoln Life in 1931; reinsured by Illinois Bankers Life in 1935.
Croatian League of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Croatian Fraternal Union of America in 1925.
Czech Catholic Cleveland Union of Men, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Czech Catholic Union in 1939.
Czech Catholic Union of Texas, The KJT, LaGrange, Texas . Name changed to Catholic Union of Texas (The KJT) in 1990.
Czech Ladies Benevolent Society, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Czechoslovak Society of America in 1949.
Czech Roman Catholic Central Union of American Women, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Czech Roman Catholic Central Union of Women in 1936.
Czech Roman Catholic Central Union of Women, Cleveland, Ohio . Name changed to Czech Catholic Union in 1938.
Czech Roman Catholic Union of Texas . Name changed to Czech Catholic Union of Texas in 1946.
Czech Roman Catholic Women's Union of Texas, Austin, Texas . Name changed to Union of Czech Catholic Women of Texas in 1943.
Czecho-Slovak Protective Society, St. Louis, Mo. . Joined in organizing Czechoslovak Society of America in 1933.
Czechoslovak Society of America, Berwyn, Ill. . Name changed to CSA Fraternal Life in 1982.
Czechoslovakian Workmen's Benevolent Association, St. Paul, Minn. . Merged with Western Bohemian Fraternal Association in 1929.
Danish Brotherhood in America, Omaha, Neb. . Merged with Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Life Assn in 1995.
Daughters of Norway, Minneapolis, Minn. . Merged with Sons of Norway in 1950.
Degree of Honor of Kansas, Winfield, Kan. . Merged with Fidelity Life Association in 1936.
Degree of Honor (Ancient Order of United Workmen of Iowa), Sioux City, Iowa . Merged with Degree of Honor Protective Association.
Early American Life Insurance Association, St. Paul, Minn. . Converted to a mutual company in 1964.
Equitable Aid Union of America, Columbus, Pa. . Into receivership in 1897.
Equitable Fraternal Union, Neenah, Wis. . Combined with Fraternal Reserve Assn to form Equitable Reserve Assn in 1929.
Evangelical Slovak Women's Union of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Combined with Slovak Evangelical Union to form the United Lutheran Society in 1962.
Farmers Life Insurance Association, Humbird, Wis. . Merged with National Mutual Benefit in 1931.
Federation Life Insurance of America, Greenfield, Wis. . Merged with Polish Roman Catholic Union of America in 2005.
Federation of Polish Catholic Laymen, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to the Federation of Poles in American in 1913.
Federation of United Serbs . Merged with Serbian Orthodox Society Srbobran to form the Srbobran Sloga United Societies.
First Catholic Slovak Ladies Union of USA, Beachwood, Ohio . Name changed to First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association of the USA in 1967.
First Kansas Life Insurance Association, Newton, Kan. . Converted to a mutual company, First Kansas Life Insurance Company, in 1970.
First Slovak Wreath of the Free Eagle, Stratford, Conn. . Merged with National Slovak Society of the USA in 1997.
Foresters Franco Americains, Woonsocket, R.I. . Merged with Association Canado-Americaine in 1939.
Fraternal Aid Association, Lawrence, Kan. . Combined with Fraternal Union of America to form Fraternal Aid Union in 1923.
Fraternal Aid Union, Lawrence, Kan. . Name changed to Standard Life Association in 1933.
Fraternal Bankers Reserve Society, Cedar Rapids, Iowa . Merged with Fraternal Aid Union in 1916.
Fraternal Brotherhood, Los Angeles, Calif. . Name changed to Golden West Life Insurance Association in 1931.
Fraternal Home Insurance Society, Philadelphia, Pa. . Merged with The Maccabees in 1937.
Fraternal Life and Accident Association, Richmond, Va. . Reinsured with the Order of Golden Seal.
Fraternal Mystic Circle, Philadelphia, Pa. . Name changed to Fraternal Home Insurance Society.
Fraternal Order of Rangers, Oshkosh, Wis. . Merged with Beavers National Mutual Benefit in 1916.
Fraternal Reserve Assn, Oshkosh, Wis. . Joined with Equitable Fraternal Union to form Equitable Reserve Assn in 1929.
Fraternal Reserve Life Association, Peoria, Ill. . Merged with American Insurance Union in 1918.
Fraternal Society of the Deaf, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to National Fraternal Society of the Deaf in 1907.
Fraternal Union of America, Denver, Colo. . Merged with Fraternal Aid Association to form Fraternal Aid Union in 1923.
German Baptist Life Association, Buffalo, N.Y. . Name changed to Baptist Life Assn in 1934.
German Beneficial Union of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to Greater Beneficial Union of Pittsburgh in 1941.
German Catholics of Texas, San Antonio, Texas . Name changed to Catholic State League of Texas in 1917.
German Roman Catholic Benevolent Association of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. . Name changed to Catholic Aid Association of Minnesota in 1923.
German Roman Catholic Knights of St. George, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to Catholic Knights of St. George in 1928.
Germania Mutual Life Association of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.. Merged with Equitable Reserve Association in 1949.
Golden Seal Assurance Society, Roxbury, N.Y. . Reinsured by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Chicago Fraternal Life Association in 1925.
Grand Fraternity, Philadelphia, Pa. . Merged with Ben Hur Life Association in 1936.
Grand United Order of Moses, Charlotte Court House, Va. . Name changed to Moses Life Insurance Association in 1956.
Greek Catholic Carpatho-Russian Benevolent Association Liberty, Perth Amboy, N.J. . Merged with Orthodox Society of America in 1993.
Greek Catholic Union of Russian Brotherhoods, Beaver, Pa. . Name changed to Greek Catholic Union of the USA in 1944.
Gross Lodge des Deutschen Ordens der Harugari des States Illinois . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1978.
Gruetti Bund der Vereinigten Staatenvon Nord Amerika, Cincinnati, Ohio . Name changed to Nordamerikanischer Schweizerbund in 1911.
Hancock County Mutual Life Association, Carthage, Ill. . Merged with Illinois Standard Mutual Life Assn in 1934.
Heralds of Liberty, Philadelphia, Pa. . Name changed to Liberty Life Assurance Society in 1925.
Home Form Benefit Order, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Safety Fund Insurance Group in 1900.
Home Guards of America, Van Wert, Ohio . Merged with American Insurance Union in 1916.
The Homesteaders, Des Moines, Iowa . Name changed to Homesteaders Life Association in 1923.
Homesteaders Life Association, Des Moines, Iowa . Converted to a mutual company, Homesteaders Life Company, in 1948.
Hungarian Aid Assn of America, Bridgeport, Conn. . Name changed to American Sick Benefit & Life Insurance Assn in 1936.
Ideal Reserve Life Association, Detroit, Mich. . Reinsured by Preferred Life Insurance Company in 1914.
Illinois Catholic Order of Foresters, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Catholic Order of Foresters in 1887.
Illinois Standard Mutual Life Association, Perry, Ill. . Merged with Homesteaders Life Association in 1936.
Improved Order of Brith Abraham, New York, N.Y. . Merged with B'nai Zion in 1981.
Improved Order of Heptasophs, Baltimore, Md. . Merged with Fraternal Aid Union in 1917.
Independent Order of B'rith Abraham, New York, N.Y. . Name changed to Brith Abraham in 1968.
Independent Order of Free Sons of Israel, New York, N.Y. . Name changed to Free Sons of Israel in 1932.
Independent Order of Puritans, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Reinsured by Fraternal Aid Union.
Independent Order of Svithoid, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Banker.s Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1978.
Independent Order of Svithoid of America, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to Independent Order of Svithoid in 1945.
Independent Scandinavian Workingmen, Eau Claire, Wis. . Name changed to Scandinavian American Fraternity.
Institut Jacques-Cartier . Merged with Association Canado-Americaine in 1968.
International Workers Order, Bronx, N.Y. . Assumed by Continental Assurance Company.
Italian Sons & Daughters of America Fraternal Association, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Also known as ISDA Fraternal Assn.
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Jewish National Workers Alliance of America,
New York, N.Y. . Name changed to Farband Labor Zionist Order in 1950.
Knights and Ladies of Honor, Louisville, Ky. . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1916.
Knights of Honor, Louisville, Ky. . Disbanded in 1916.
Knights of the Loyal Guard, Flint, Mich. . Merged with Columbian Circle in 1917.
Knights of Pythias Endowment Rank, Indianapolis, Ind. . Reincorporated as United Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1930; subsequently American United Life Insurance Company.
L'Entraide Assurance-Vie, Sainte-Fox, Quebec . Converted to a mutual life insurance company in 1997.
L'Ordre des Forestiers Franco-Americans . Merged with Association Canado-Americaine in 1939.
La Societe des Artisans, Montreal, Quebec . Converted to a mutual life insurance company, The Artisans, in 1971.
La Societe Jacques-Cartier . Merged with Association Canado-Americaine in 1939.
La Societe L'Assomption, Moncton, NB, Canada . Converted to a mutual company in 1967.
Labor Zionist Alliance . Liquidated.
Ladies Auxiliary, A.0.H. Life Insurance Fund of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. . Name changed to Hibernian Life Insurance Fund of Minnesota in 1959.
Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association, Titusville, Pa. . Name changed to Loyal Christian Benefit Association in 1970.
Ladies of the Amaranth . Merged into Woman.s Benefit Association in 1949.
Ladies of the Maccabees of the World, Port Huron, Mich. . Name changed to Supreme Hive of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World in 1915.
Ladies of Modern Maccabees, Port Huron, Mich. . Name changed to Women's Benefit Association in 1915.
Ladies Pennsylvania Roman and Greek Catholic Union, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . Name changed to Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union in 1923.
Le Cercle D'Youville, Lewiston, Maine . Merged with Association Canado-Americaine in 1968.
Legion of the Red Cross, Baltimore, Md. . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1914.
Liberty Life Assurance Society, Birmingham, Ala. . Reincorporated as Liberty Life Insurance Company in 1929.
Life Insurance Society of America, Birmingham, Ala. . Reinsured by First National Life Insurance Co. of America in 1984.
Lithuanian Roman Catholic Alliance of America, New York, N.Y. . Name changed to Lithuanian Catholic Alliance in 1975.
Locomotive Engineers Mutual Life and Accident Insurance Association, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with Employees Life Company in 1985.
Loyal American Life Association, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Ben Hur Life Association in 1934.
Loyal American Life Insurance, Springfield, Ill. . Name changed to Loyal American Life Association in 1917.
Loyal Americans, Springfield, Ill. . Name changed to Loyal American Life Insurance in 1916.
Loyal Americans of the Republic, Springfield, Ill. . Name changed to Loyal Americans in 1915.
Loyal Association, Jersey City, N.J. . Liquidated in 1962.
Loyal Mystic Legion of America, Hastings, Neb. . Merged with American Insurance Union in 1919.
Loyal Protective Association, Boston, Mass. . Converted to a mutual company, Loyal Protective Life Insurance Company.
Luther Union, Minneapolis, Minn. . Merged with Lutheran Brotherhood of America to form Lutheran Brotherhood in 1920.
Lutheran Aid Association of Appleton, Wisconsin, Appleton, Wis. . Name changed to the Aid Association for Lutherans in Wisconsin and Other States in July of 1902.
Lutheran Brotherhood of America, Des Moines, Iowa . Merged with Luther Union to form Lutheran Brotherhood in 1920.
Lutheran Fraternities of America, Detroit, Mich. . Name changed to Lutheran Life Association of America in 1963.
Lutheran Fraternities of America Life, Roseville, Mich. . Merged with Greater Beneficial Union of Pittsburgh in 1996.
Lutheran Life Association of America, Detroit, Mich. . Name changed to Lutheran Fraternities of America Life in 1985.
Lutheran Mutual Aid Society, Waverly, Iowa . Reincorporated as Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1938.
L.Union Saint Jean-Baptiste d.Amerique, Woonsocket, R.I. . Name changed to Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste in 1968.
L.Union St. Joseph deDrummondville, Drummondville, Quebec . Converted to a mutual company in 1956.
L.Union St. Joseph du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario . Name changed to Union du Canada Assurance - Vie in 1959.
Maccabees, The, Detroit, Mich. . Converted to a mutual company, The Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1962.
Masonic Life Association, Buffalo, N.Y. . Name changed to Buffalo Life Association in 1927.
Masonic Mutual Life Association, Washington, D.C. . Name changed to Acacia Mutual Life Association in 1922.
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, Boston, Mass. . Name changed to Catholic Assn of Foresters in 1961.
Michigan Union Life Association, Grand Rapids, Mich. . Merged with The Maccabees in 1941.
Modern Aztecs . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1905.
Modern Brotherhood of America, Mason City, Iowa . Merged with the Independent Order of Foresters in 1931.
Modern Order of Praetorians, Dallas, Texas . Converted to a mutual company, The Praetorians, in 1957. Consequently merged with the State Mutual Insurance Company.
Modern Protective Association, Sayre, Pa. . Reinsured by Grand Fraternity.
Modern Samaritans, Duluth, Minn. . Name changed to Samaritan Life Association in 1936.
Mutual Benefit Aid Society, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Workmen.s Benefit Fund of the USA in 1973.
Mutual Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania Railroad Employees, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. . Name changed to Mutual Beneficial Association of Penn Central Employees, Inc. in 1970.
Mutual Beneficial Association of Penn Central Employees, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. . Name changed to Mutual Beneficial Association of Rail Transportation Employees, Inc. in 1976.
Mutual Beneficial Association of Rail Transportation Employees, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. . Name changed to Mutual Beneficial Association, Inc. in 1996.
Mystic Workers of the World,
Fulton, Ill. . Name changed to Fidelity Life Association in 1930.
National Alliance of Poles in the State of Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio . Name changed to Alliance of Poles in the State of Ohio in 1910.
National Americans, Kansas City, Mo. . Merged with Security Benefit Association.
National Association of Railway Postal Clerks, Portsmouth, N.H. . Name changed to Railway Mail Association in 1904.
National Croatian Society of the United States of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to Croatian Fraternal Union of America in 1924.
National Farmers Union Life Association, Denver, Colo. . Converted to a mutual company in 1950.
National Fraternal League, Green Bay, Wis. . Merged with Beavers National Mutual Benefit in 1919.
National Postal Transport Association, Portsmouth, N.H. . Name changed to United Federation of Postal Clerks Benefit Association in 1961.
National Protective Legion, New York, N.Y. . Name changed to National Protective Life Association in 1923.
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, Springfield, Ill. . Merged with Catholic Order of Foresters in 2005.
National Union, The, Popular Bluff, Mo. . Merged with Accredited Hospital and Life Insurance Company and Londen Insurance Group in 1976.
National Union Assurance Society, Toledo, Ohio . Merged with Ben Hur Life Association in 1939.
National Union Security Association, Denver, Colo. . Name changed to National Farmers Union Life Association in 1945.
New England Order of Protection, Boston, Mass. . Merged with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society in 1968.
New Era Life Association, Grand Rapids, Mich. . Name changed to Michigan Union Life Association in 1936.
Nordamerikanischer Schweizerbund, Cincinnati, Ohio . Name changed to North American Swiss Alliance in 1940.
North American Benefit Association, Port Huron, Mich. . Name changed to Woman's Life Insurance Society in 1996.
North American Union Life Assurance Society, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Western Catholic Union in 1998.
North Star Benefit Association, Moline, Ill. . Name changed to North Star Life Insurance Society in 1942.
North Star Life Insurance Society, Moline, Ill. . Converted to a mutual company, Western Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1949.
Northern Fraternal Life Insurance, Milwaukee, Wis. . Merged with Catholic Family Life Insurance in 1993.
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Fraternal Society, Brantford, Ontario . Name changed to Teachers Fraternal Society of Ontario in 1991.
Order der Hermann-Schwestern . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1977.
Order of Alfredians, Boston, Mass. . Disbanded in 1907.
Order of the Amaranth, Westfield, N.J. . Merged into North American Benefit Association in 1968.
Order of Amitie, Philadelphia, Pa. . Disbanded in 1894.
Order of B'rith Abraham, New York, N.Y. . Liquidated in 1927.
Order of Chosen Friends, Indianapolis, Ind. . Disbanded in 1900.
Order of Equity, Indianapolis, Ind. . Into receivership in 1897.
Order of Golden Links, Wheeling, W.V. . Merged with American Insurance Union in 1922.
Order of Golden Seal, Richmond, Va. . Name changed to Golden Seal Assurance Society in 1929.
Order of Home Guardianss, Mitchell, S.D. . Merged with Loyal Americans of the Republic in 1909.
Order of Iron Hall, Indianapolis, Ind. . Into receivership in 1892.
Order of Iroquois, Buffalo, N.Y. . Merged with the Fraternal Home Insurance in 1922.
Order of Mutual Protection, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Royal League in 1932.
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Cleveland, Ohio . Merged with the United Transportation Union Insurance Association in 1971.
Order of Railroad Telegraphers, St. Louis, Mo. . Mutual benefit department merged with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society in 1964.
Order of Scottish Clans, Boston, Mass. . Merged with Independent Order of Foresters in 1972.
Order of Sons of Zion, New York, N.Y. . Name changed to Bnai Zion in 1944.
Orthodox Society of America
Pacific Circle, Women of Woodcraft, Portland, Ore. . Name changed to Neighbors of Woodcraft in 1917.
Pacific Jurisdiction, Head Camp Woodmen of the World, Denver, Colo. . Name changed to Woodmen of the World (Colorado) in 1916.
Pathfinders Life Insurance Company . Reinsured by Postal Life in 1943.
Patriot Life Insurance Society, Petal, Miss. . Name changed to First American Christian Society in 1998.
Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . Merged with First Catholic Slovak Union of the United States and Canada in 1990.
Pennsylvania Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . Name changed to Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union in 1954.
Pike County Mutual Life Association, Perry, Ill. . Name changed to Illinois Standard Mutual Life Association in 1934.
Pioneer Fraternal Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba . Merged with the Wawanesa Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1972.
Platt Deutsche Grot Gilde Von De Vereinington Staate, Von Nord Amerika . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1960.
Police and Firemen's Insurance Association, Carmel, Ind. . Also known as Police and Firefighters. Assn in 1993.
Polish Alliance of America, Plymouth, Pa. . Merged into the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America in 1968.
Polish Alliance of the State of New Jersey . Merged with Association of the Sons of Poland in 1912.
Polish Alma Mater of America . Merged with Polish National Alliance of the U.S. of North America in 1985.
Polish Association of America, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to Northern Fraternal Life Insurance in 1976.
Polish Falcons Alliance of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to Polish Falcons of America in 1928.
Polish Military Alliance of the United States of America . Merged with Association of the Sons of Poland in 1903.
Polish Roman Catholic Assn of America, Detroit, Mich. . Merged with Polish Roman Catholic Union of America in 1953.
Polish Roman Catholic Union of New Jersey . Merged with Association of the Sons of Poland in 1918.
Polish White Eagle Association, Minneapolis, Minn. . Name changed to Eagle Fraternal Life Association in 1998.
Polish Womans Aid Circle of America, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . Merged with Polish Roman Catholic Union of America in 1939.
Portuguese Continental Union of California . Combined with Benevolent Society of California to form United National Life Insurance Society in 1957.
Preferred Life Assurance Society, Montgomery, Ala. . Converted to the Preferred Life Insurance Company in 1962.
Presbyterian Beneficial Union, Burgettstown, Pa. . Merged with National Slovak Society of the USA in 1997.
Progressive Order of the West, St. Louis, Mo. . Liquidated.
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Railway Mail Association, Portsmouth, N.H. . Name changed to National Postal Transport Association in 1949.
Railwaymen's Relief Association, Muskegon, Mich. . Name changed to Liberty Life and Accident Association in 1943.
Rakoczi Aid Association, Bridgeport, Conn. . Merged with Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association to form William Penn Fraternal Association in 1955.
Rakoczi Hungarian Sick Benefit, Bridgeport, Conn. . Name changed to Rakoczi Aid Association in 1935.
Reliable Life Insurance Society, Hamilton, Ontario . Converted to a joint stock company in 1964.
Roman and Greek Catholic Gymnastic Slovak Union Sokol, Passaic, N.J. . Name changed to Slovak Catholic Sokol in 1934.
Roman and Greek Catholic Slovak Brotherhood, Braddock, Pa. . Name changed to Catholic Slovak Brotherhood in 1940.
Royal Highlanders, Lincoln, Neb. . Converted to a mutual insurance company in 1937; name changed to Lincoln Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1946.
Royal League, Berwyn, Ill. . Merged with Equitable Reserve Association in 1970.
Royal Templars of Temperance, Hamilton, Ontario . Merged with Independent Order of Foresters in 1931.
Russian National Mutual Aid Society, Philadelphia, Pa. . Merged with International Workers Order in 1935.
Russian Independent Mutual Aid Society (RIMAS), Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Loyal Christian Benefit Association in June 2004.
Russian Orthodox Catholic Mutual Aid Society, Wilkes Barre, Pa. . Merged with Polish National Union in 2005.
Russian Orthodox Catholic Women's Mutual Aid Society
Saint George Fraternal Insurance Society, Chicago, Ill. . Reinsured by North Amer. Union Life Assurance Society in 1941.
Saint George Greek Catholic Union, N.J. . Merged with Hungarian Reformed Federation of America in 1989.
Saint George Polish Catholic Death Beneficial Organization . Merged with Polish National Alliance of United States of North America of Illinois in 1976.
Saint John Nepomucene Society . Merged with St. Stephen's Society to form First Slovak Wreath of the Free Eagle.
Saint Stephen's Society, Bridgeport, Conn. . Merged with St. John Nepomucene Society to form the First Slovak Wreath of the Free Eagle.
Saint Vito Fraternal Aid Association of Ricigliano, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Italo American National Union in 1958.
Samaritan Life Association, Duluth, Minn. . Converted to a mutual company in 1950.
Scandinavian American Fraternity
Security Benefit Associationn, Topeka, Kan. . Converted to a mutual company, Security Benefit Life Insurance in 1950.
Serb Federation Sloboda, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Merged with Srbobran Sloga United Societies to form the Serb National Federation in 1929.
Serbian Orthodox Society Srbobran, McKeesport, Pa. . Merged with Federation of United Serbs to form the Srbobran Sloga United Societies in 1921.
Slavic Progressive Beneficial Union . Merged with The Maccabees in 1937.
Slavonian Calvinistic Presbyterian Union, Philadelphia, Pa..Name changed to Slovak Calvinistic Presbyterian Union in 1938.
Slavonian Roman and Greek Catholic Gymnastic Union Sokol of Passaic, New Jersey, Passaic, N.J. . Name changed to Roman and Greek Catholic Gymnastic Slovak Union Sokol in 1916.
Sloga Fraternal Life Insurance Society, Milwaukee, Wis. . Merged with Croatian Fraternal Union of America in 1994.
Slovak Calvinistic Presbyterian Union, Philadelphia, Pa. . Name changed to Presbyterian Beneficial Union in 1962.
Slovak Evangelical Society . Merged with Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol of the USA in 1944.
Slovak Evangelical Union, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Joined Evangelical Slovak Women.s Union of America to form United Lutheran Society in 1962.
Slovanic Croatian Union, Calumet, Mich. . Merged with Croatian Fraternal Union of America in 1939.
Slovene Progressive Benefit Society, Chicago, Ill. . Merged with Slovene National Benefit Society in 1941.
Slovenian Mutual Benefit Association, Cleveland, Ohio . Name changed to American Mutual Life Association in 1966.
Sociedad Proteccion Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Antonito, Colo. . Merged with WSA Fraternal Life in 1995.
Societe L'Assomption, Monaton, New Brunswick . Converted to a mutual company in 1969.
Society of Taborites, Chicago, Ill. . Joined in organizing Czechoslovak Society of America in 1933.
Sons of Hermann Grand Lodge, Columbus, Neb. . Name changed to Columbia Life Insurance Society in 1951.
South Slavic Benevolent Union .Sloga., Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to Sloga Fraternal Life Ins. Society in 1968.
South Slavonic Catholic Union, Ely, Minn. . Name changed to American Fraternal Union in 1941.
Southern Mutual Benefit Association, Knoxville, Tenn. . Merged with Tennessee Valley Life in 1951.
Srbobran Sloga United Societies, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Merged with the Serb Federation Sloboda to form the Serb National Federation in 1929.
Standard Life Association, Lawrence, Kan. . Converted to a mutual company, Standard Mutual Life, in 1968.
Sterbekasseder Deutschen Katholiken von Texas . See German Catholics of Texas.
Supreme Assembly of the Defenders, Oshkosh, Wis. . Merged with Beavers National Mutual Benefit in 1916.
Supreme Camp of American Woodmen, St. Louis, Mo. . Converted to a mutual company, American Woodmen Life Insurance Company, in 1967. Subsequently, merged with Crusaders Life Insurance Company. Returned to the fraternal benefit arena in 1978. Subsequently, merged with Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Life Association in 1994.
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle in Omaha, Omaha, Neb. . Merged with Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Society in 1965.
Supreme Hive of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World, Port Huron, Mich. . Name changed to Ladies of the Maccabees of the World in 1904.
Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur
Tatran Slovak Union . Merged with Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol of the USA in 1944.
Teachers Protective Union, Lancaster, Pa. . Converted to a mutual company, Teachers Protective Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1952.
Transport Employes' Mutual Benefit Society, Milwaukee, Wis. . Reinsured with a mutual company in 1987.
Tricolor Benefit Association . Merged with North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1939.
Tri-State Mutual Life Association, Carthage, Ill. . Merged with Globe Life Insurance Company in 1943.
True People of America Fraternal Benefit Soc.
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Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Scranton, Pa. . Merged with Ukrainian National Association, Inc. in 1998.
Ukrainian Relief Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba . Name changed to Ukrainian Fraternal Society of Canada in 1943.
Ukrainian Workingmen's Association, Scranton, Pa. . Name changed to Ukrainian Fraternal Assn in 1978.
Union of Czech Catholic Women of Texas-KJZT, Austin, Texas . Name changed to Catholic Women.s Fraternal of Texas-KJZT in 1971.
Union of French Canadian Catholics . Merged with Gleaner Life Insurance Society.
Union of Polish Women in America, Philadelphia, Pa. . Merged with Polish Roman Catholic Union of America in 1997.
Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Woonsocket, R.I. . Merged with Catholic Family Life Insurance in 1991.
Union of Saint Joseph of the U.S. North America, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Merged with Alliance of Poles of America in 1968.
United Artisans Life Association, Portland, Ore. . Name changed to Artisans Life Assn in 1930.
United Danish Society of America, Kenosha, Wis. . Merged with National Mutual Benefit in 1945.
United Federation of Postal Clerks Benefit Association, Portsmouth, N.H. . Name changed to American Postal Workers Accident Benefit Association in 1972.
United National Insurance Association, Atlanta, Ga. . Converted to a mutual company in 1948.
United National Life Insurance Society, Oakland, Calif. . Name changed to Luso-American Life Insurance Society in 1993.
United Order of Americans, Milwaukee, Wis. . Merged with Brotherhood of American Yeomen in 1927.
United Order of Foresters, Milwaukee, Wis. . Name changed to United Order of Americans in 1923.
United Order of the Golden Cross, Knoxville, Tenn. . Merged with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society in 1962.
United Polish Women of America . Merged with Polish National Alliance of the US of NA in 1991.
United Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of America, N. Olmsted, Ohio . Name changed to Orthodox Soc. of America in 1992.
United Societies of the Greek Catholic Religion of USA, McKeesport, Pa. . Name changed to United Societies of USA in 1955.
United Societies of USA, McKeesport, Pa. . Merged with the Greek Catholic Union of the USA in 2000.
Unity of Bohemian Ladies, Cicero, Ill. . Name changed to Unity of Czech Ladies and Men in 1946.
Unity of Czech Ladies and Men, Cicero, Ill. . Merged with Czechoslovak Society of America in 1977.
Unity Life and Accident Insurance Association
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Verhovay Aid Association, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Assn in 1933.
Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Merged with Rakoczi Aid Association to form William Penn Fraternal Association in 1955.
Versicherungszweig des Katholischen Staatsverbands von Texas
Western Beess, Grand Island, Neb. . Merged with Highland Nobles in 1911.
Western Bohemian Catholic Union, Cedar Rapids, Iowa . Merged with Catholic Workman in 1929.
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association, Cedar Rapids, Iowa . Name changed to Western Fraternal Life Association in 1971.
Western Samaritans Life Association, Chicago, Ill. . Reinsured by North American Union Life Assurance Society in 1930.
Western Slavonic Association, Denver, Colo. . Name changed to WSA Fraternal Life in February 1990.
William Penn Fraternal Association, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to William Penn Association in 1971.
Women of Woodcraft, Portland, Ore. . Name changed to Neighbors of Woodcraft in 1917.
Women's Benefit Association, Port Huron, Mich. . Name changed to North American Benefit Association in 1966.
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, Chicago, Ill. . Name changed to National Catholic Society of Foresters in 1966.
Women's Pennsylvania Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic Union, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . Name changed to Ladies Pennsylvania Roman and Greek Catholic Union in 1900.
Woodmen Circle, Omaha, Nebraska . Merged with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, in 1965.
Woodmen of the World (Colorado), Denver, Colo. . Name changed to Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Life Association in 1976.
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Woodmen of Union of USAA, Hot Springs, Ark. . Reinsured by Woodmen Union Life Insurance Company in 1931.
Workingmen's Beneficial Union of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. . Name changed to Workingmen's Beneficial Society of Pittsburgh in 1997.
Workingmen's Sick Benefit Federation . Merged with Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association in 1947.
Workmen's Benefit and Benevolent Assn, New York, N.Y. . Merged with Workmen.s Benefit Fund of the USA in 1956.
Workmen.s Circle, New York, N.Y. . merged life, health and annuity certificate holders into Workmen.s Benefit Fund Aug. 17, 2004
World Fraternal Benefit Society
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Yeomen of America
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Zivena Beneficial Society
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