Booklet for New York Life Insurance Company - 1898 dated Insurance Booklet

Stamp Duties for War Taxes prepared by the New York Life Insurance Company. Measures approximately 2 1/2" x 5 ". Front and back shown.

New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) stands as the third-largest life insurance provider and the foremost mutual life insurance company in the United States, holding the #71 position on the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations based on total revenue. In 2023, NYLIC received the highest ratings from four independent rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, AM Best, Moody's, and Fitch Ratings.

Additionally, other affiliates of New York Life offer a variety of securities products and services, along with institutional and retail mutual funds. Established in 1841 in Manhattan's Financial District as Nautilus Mutual Life, New York Life Insurance Company emerged a decade after the first life insurance charter was issued in the United States. Initially chartered in 1841, the company also provided fire and marine insurance. The inaugural president, James De Peyster Ogden, was appointed in 1845. In the same year, Nautilus rebranded itself as New York Life Insurance Company to focus primarily on its life insurance operations.