The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available to the clergy through the Presbyterian Ministers Fund, founded in 1759(still in existence), and the Episcopal Corporation, founded ten years later (subsequently merged).

Chapter 14, Too Many Salesman, p. 250 - The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982)