The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, the insurance lobby recoils in horror at the prospect of automatic coverage (including, when it was first proposed, Social Security),… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
No wonder lawyers, who control the legal system, have fought so hard, and with great success, against "no fault" insurance. No fault, no lawsuits.… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
Man's natural life span, 75 to 90 years or so, has not increased. It is the number of us who manage to attain it… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
“I was terribly intolerant, but they were terribly threatening to me. They were everything I was afraid of becoming.” — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
Life insurance in America has traditionally been dominated by mutual insurers. Twelve of the fifteen largest life insurers are mutuals. — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available to the… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image
