09/10/2026
Life insurance has been helping families protect their futures for more than 2,000 years. From Ancient Roman burial clubs to today's financial planning tools, the need for protection and peace of mind remains the same.
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Helping families after a breadwinner’s death was a key reason fraternal benefit societies were first formed in the mid-1800s – and why Joseph Cullen Root founded Modern Woodmen of America in 1883. But the concept of life insurance goes all the way back to 100 B.C.