| From The Rotarian, January 1914, from Dr. Wolfgang Zieger |
More or Less Personal – A Little Bird Told Us That -
Silvester Schiele, for several years vice‑president of
the Old Colony Life Insurance Company of Chicago, has
been appointed Chicago manager for the Germania Life of
New York. Mr. Schiele was one of the organizers of the
Old Colony Life and his resignation was accepted with
regret by the Directors. Mr. Schiele was also one of the
organizers of the first Rotary Club in the United States
and was its first president. He leaves the Old Colony
with a healthy growth in business since he has been
connected with it. Mr. Schiele's experience and success
both as a personal producer and as an agency manager
leads the Germania to believe that it has now found the
man it has long looked for.
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Guardian was founded by Hugo
Wesendonck in 1860 in New York. At the time, it
was called the Germania Life Insurance
Company of New York. |
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Within two short years, the
company began opening agencies across the
country. We even served policyowners in
Colorado, the Dakotas, New Mexico and Arizona,
long before these territories became states. |
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In 1868, Germania became the
first U.S. insurance company to start an agency
in Europe. By the early 1900s, almost half of
its business was outside North America, until
the pressures of World War I forced it to stop
writing business in Europe. |
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In 1917, the company changed
its name to The Guardian Life Insurance Company
of America. |
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In 1925, Guardian converted
from a mixed stock and mutual company to a
wholly mutual company. As such, we have no
stockholders or private owners. The
policyholders own the company and profits are
distributed to them in the form of dividends on
policies. Guardian has paid dividends
consistently for the 145 years we've been in
business. |
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