紐約人壽保險公司: 一百六十年的歷史

1845
On April 12, in an office at 57 Wall Street, the Nautilus Insurance Company’s trustees elected James DePeyster Ogden president, Aaron M. Merchant vice president, and Lewis Benton secretary.
4月12日，在華爾街57號一個辦公室內，Nautilus保險公司董事選舉奧戈登擔任總裁，莫欽特任副總裁，班頓為秘書。

1847
New York Life declared its first dividend for policyholders.
紐約人壽宣布首次向保單持有人發放紅利。

1848
Former New York State Senator and Company trustee Morris Franklin was elected president.
前紐約州參議員和公司董事富蘭克林當選總裁。

1849
The Nautilus Insurance Company was renamed the New York Life Insurance Company.
Nautilus保險公司更名為紐約人壽保險公司。

1853
Yellow fever hit the nation’s Southern states in epidemic proportions. The Company appropriated funds for the benefit of the “Sick and destitute of New Orleans, and Mobile, AL. This marked the beginning of the Company’s philanthropic tradition.
黃熱病肆虐美國南部各州。紐約人壽向紐奧良和阿拉巴馬州莫比爾的窮人及病患捐款。這標誌著公司慈善事業的開端。

1856
New York Life’s assets exceeded $1 million.
紐約人壽資產超過一百萬美元。

1857
The Company brought its first Home Office building at 112 & 114 Broadway from a failed dry goods house- Bowen, McNamee & Co. – for $110,000.
公司從倒閉乾貨業者Bowen, McNamee公司購得第一幢總部辦公樓。該樓位於百 老匯大街112號和114號，售價為11萬美元。

1861
On the eve of the Civil War, New York Life President Franklin stood firm on the Company’s commitment to pay legitimate claims- North or South.
在內戰打響前夕，紐約人壽總裁富蘭克林堅持公司在南北各地支付正當理賠的承諾。

1876
On June 25, New York Life policyowner General George Custer was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn. The battle ultimately cost the Company $40,000 in claims, more than any single battle of the Civil War.
6月25日，紐約人壽保單持有人科斯特將軍在小巨角戰役中陣亡。該戰役最終令公司支付四萬美元理賠金，超過內戰中任何一場戰役。

1885
New York Life’s third president Morris Franklin, died at the age of 84 in his home in Flushing, N.Y.
紐約人壽第三任總裁富蘭克林在紐約法拉盛家中逝世，享年84歲。

1892
In an effort to strengthen the relationship of the Home Office and the Field, a branch manager system was established to replace the general agent system.
為加強總部辦公室和外勤的聯係，公司建立分行經理體系，以取代總代理體系。

1894
New York Life became the first insurer to charge women the same premium rates as men.
紐約人壽成為首家向女性收取與男性同樣保費的保險公司。

1895
Agency Head George Perkins, son of a New York Life agent, created the “Nylic” system of benefits for long-standing agents.
一位紐約人壽業務代表之子、業務部負責人柏金斯為長期服務公司的業務代表創建了Nylic體系。

1896
New York Life became the first company to insure substandard risks.
紐約人壽成為首家提供次健康人保險的公司。

1898
By 1898, New York Life had established operations in 63 countries.
截止1898年，紐約人壽在全球63個國家建立了業務。

1899
New York Life surpassed the $1 billion mark of coverage in force.
紐約人壽有效保險額度超過十億美元。

1901
U.S. President and New York Life policyowner William Mckinley was assassinated on September 5.
美國總統、紐約人壽保單持有人麥金利於9月5日被暗殺。
Agent E.C. Dorr of Erie, PA – one of a handful of women who were New York Life agents- wrote the Company’s first policy of the 20th century.
賓州伊利的業務代表多爾簽發公司在20世紀的首份保單，她是當時紐約人壽少數幾名女性業務代表之一。

1906
The Company paid the claim on the life of suffragette Susan B. Anthony, who died at age 86.
公司為86歲逝世的婦女權益活動家蘇姍．安東尼支付壽險理賠金。

1909
New York Life became the first commercial user of Hollerith punchcard equipment- a very early precursor to the computer.
紐約人壽成為Hollerith打卡機的首家商業用戶，這種打卡機是電腦的前身。

1920
New York Life marketed the idea of “package” insurance.
紐約人壽開始營銷「套裝」保險的理念。

1923
President Warren G. Harding, New York Life policy-owner, died mysteriously in San Francisco after returning from a trip to Alaska.
紐約人壽保單持有人哈定總統從阿拉斯加返回舊金山之後神秘去世。

New York Life’s assets surpassed the $1 billion mark.
紐約人壽資產超過十億美元。

1925
In view of worldwide political and financial instability evident since the start of World War I, New York Life closed its last remaining international outpost.
鑒於一次世界大戰爆發之後的全球政治和金融動蕩，紐約人壽關閉了最後一個國際據點。

1928
On November 19, New York Life’s new Home Office building at 51 Madison Avenue for business.
11月19日，紐約人壽位於麥迪遜大道51號的新總部開業。

1929
The stock market crash and subsequent depression had no immediate impact on the Company’s finances because, at the time, it had no investment in equities.
股票市場崩盤以及其後的大蕭條並未直接影響紐約人壽財務，因為當時公司在股票市場沒有任何投資。

1939
Calling himself “…the luckiest man on the face of this earth.” New York Life policyholder Lou Gehrig bids goodbye to baseball fans at an emotional ceremony.
紐約人壽保單持有人葛雷格在一場感人肺腑的退役儀式中向棒球迷告別，他稱自己為「這個地球上最幸運的人」。

1942
A young egg salesman from Ohio named Ben Feldman, who was previously turned down by the Company, joined New York Life as an agent. He would go on to become the most successful agent in the Company’s history, selling over $1 billion during unparalleled 50-year career.
一名來自俄亥俄的年輕雞蛋銷售員費爾曼加入紐約人壽擔任業務代表，他的求職最初曾經被公司拒絕。然而他最終成為公司歷史上最成功的業務代表，在其五十年無與倫比的職業生涯中售出十億美元以上的保單。

1945
On April 12, the Company quietly celebrated its centennial, in keeping with a nation at war and in mourning.
4月12日，公司低調慶祝一百周年紀念，當時恰逢二次大戰以及全國哀悼。

1947
Mildred McAfee Horton, President of Wellesley College, became the first woman elected a Director of New York Life.
衛思理大學校長霍頓成為首位當選紐約人壽董事的女性。

New York Life policyholder and Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson broke Major League baseball’s “color barrier” on Opening Day at Ebbets Field.
紐約人壽保單持有人羅賓遜在Ebbets球場開賽日打破大聯盟棒球的「有色障礙」。

1950
New York Life, for the first time, sold a record $1 billion of new insurance, bringing total insurance in force to $10 billion.
紐約人壽首次售出創下年度紀錄的十億美元新保單，從而令有效保單總額達到一百億美元。

1952
The Company sold its first Group Annuity, making its entry into the pension market.
公司售出第一份團體年金，從而進入退休金市場。

1954
Father Knows Best premiered on NBC. Actor Robert Young based his character on his New York Life agent, Frank Nathan.
「老爸最知心」在NBC電視台播映。羅伯特．揚扮演的主角取材自他的父親、紐約人壽業務代表內森。

1955
The Company introduced its Professional Association Group Life Insurance product.
公司推出其專業協會團體壽險產品。

1964
The Company introduced its current blue New York Life logo.
公司啟用現行藍色紐約人壽標誌。

1968
New York Life’s assets broke the $10 billion mark.
紐約人壽資產超過一百億美元。

1976
The Company consolidated its data processing systems with the opening of a new state-of-the-art data processing center in Clinton, N.J.
位於新澤西克林頓市的新數據處理中心揭幕，成功整合公司的數據處理系統。

1979
The Company established the New York Life Foundation with a $10 million endowment.
公司認捐1000萬美元，創辦紐約人壽基金會。

1985
On April 12, New York Life celebrated its 140th anniversary by lighting the gold tower of the South Building. It became a focal point of the Manhattan skyline.
4月12日，紐約人壽點亮南樓金塔，慶祝140周年。金塔成為曼哈坦都市風景線的一大亮點。

1986
New York Life successfully launched the MainStay^® Series, a proprietary line of mutual funds.
紐約人壽成功推出MainStay^®系列共同基金。

1988
The Company re-entered the international insurance market with the acquisition of a life insurance company in Hong Kong. Over the next several years, the Company established operations in key markets in Asia and Latin America.
通過收購香港一家保險公司，公司再度進軍國際保險市場。在其後數年間，公司在亞洲和拉丁美洲關鍵市場建立業務。

1989
New York Life launched a new national advertising campaign with the tag line “The Company You Keep^®.”
紐約人壽推出新全國廣告活動，主題為「紐約人壽 傳家之保」。

1990
New York Life’s assets exceeded $50 billion.
紐約人壽資產超過500億美元。

1994
AARP chose New York Life as the exclusive underwriter of its new life insurance program.
全美退休者協會（AARP）選擇紐約人壽作為新壽險計畫的獨家保險商。

1995
Mutual life insurance companies were included on the Fortune 500 for the first time. New York Life’s first ranking was #84 on this list of America’s most prestigious companies.
互惠壽險公司首次被納入財富五百強。紐約人壽首次排名全美第84位大公司。

New York Life celebrated its 150th anniversary with a gala event at Madison Square Garden.
紐約人壽在麥迪遜廣場花園慶祝150周年紀念。

1996
New York Life’s Web site, HYPERLINK "http://www.newyorklife.com/"www.newyorklife.com, was launched.
紐約人壽推出 HYPERLINK "http://www.newyorklife.com/"www.newyorklife.com網站。

1997
Sy Sternberg, who first joined New York Life in 1989 as senior vice president in charge of the group insurance department, took the helm as chairman, president and CEO following the retirement of Harry Hohn.
史端博在霍恩退休之後接掌董事長、總裁兼執行長，他1989年加入紐約人壽，擔任負責團體保險部門的高級副總裁。

1998
On July 15, New York Life completed the sale of its NYLCARE Health Plans subsidiary to Aetna Inc. for $1.05 billion in cash, making the exit from the health insurance business.
7月15日，紐約人壽完成向安泰公司（Aetna）出售NYLCARE健保計畫子公司的交易。售價為現金10.5億元。紐約人壽退出醫療保險業務。

1999
On January 20, New York Life announced that the Company’s Board of Directors voted to keep the Company a mutual insurer after considering a range of options, including demutualization. In response to the vote, Chairman, President and CEO Sy Sternberg stated, “We believe that the mutual structure has a great deal of our long-term commitment to their needs. The Primary responsibility of a mutual insurance company is to ensure that the long-term benefits promised to its policy holders are secure and protected.”
1月20日，紐約人壽宣布公司董事會投票維持互惠保險公司地位不變。董事會考慮了多種選擇，包括放棄互惠制。董事長、總裁兼執行長史端博在回應董事會投票結果時表示﹕「我們認為互惠制結構對於客戶長期保障需求至關重要。一家互惠保險公司的主要責任是確保對保單持有人承諾的長期福利的安全。」

On December 1, New York Life agreed to acquire Seguros Monterrey Aetna, S.A. and Fianzas Monterrey Aetna, S.A.
12月1日，紐約人壽同意收購墨西哥Seguros Monterrey Aetna公司和Seguros Monterrey Aetna公司。

New York Life’s assets surpassed $100 billion.
紐約人壽資產超過1000億美元。

2000
New York Life’s joint venture with Max India, Ltd., received an operating license in India.
紐約人壽與Max India公司的合資公司獲得印度營業執照。

New York Life’s Home Office building at 51 Madison Avenue was designated an official New York City landmark by New York’s Landmark Preservation Commission.
紐約人壽位於麥迪遜大道51號的總部辦公室被紐約地標保護委員會認定為紐約市標誌性建築。

2001
Immediately after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Chairman Sy Sternberg announced New York Life would waive exclusions on all policies and was committed to paying all claims swiftly and compassionately. The New York life Foundation made an immediate contribution of $3 million to the September 11th Fund.
在九一一恐怖襲擊發生後不久，董事長史端博立即宣布紐約人壽將放棄所有相關保單的免責條款，並承諾將迅速、妥善處理保單理賠。紐約人壽基金會還向九一一基金捐款300萬美元。

2002
New York Life became the largest mutual life insurance company in America.
紐約人壽成為美國最大的互惠人壽保險公司。

New York Life and its partner, Haier, received authorization from Chinese regulatory authorities to establish a joint venture in Shanghai, China.
紐約人壽及其合資夥伴海爾公司從中國保監會獲得在中國上海創辦合資公司的授權書。

2004
New York Life’s Operating Earnings topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in the Company’s history.
紐約人壽營運盈餘在公司歷史上首次創下10億美元里程碑。

For a record-breaking 50th consecutive year, New York Life Insurance Company led the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) in membership.
紐約人壽公司在「百萬圓桌協會」創下會員人數連續50年領先全球的新紀錄。

Two new facilities opened: The Atlanta Operations Center and the Westchester Campus.
兩家新設施開業﹕亞特蘭大營運中心和威徹斯特總部辦公室。

2005
On April 12, New York Life celebrated its 160th anniversary. Recognized as a Fortune 100 company, the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States, and one of the largest and most admired life insurers in the world with operations in Argentina, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand, the Company remains committed to the core values upon which it was founded: Financial Strength, Integrity and Humanity.
4月12日，紐約人壽慶祝160周年紀念。作為一家財富百強大公司、美國最大的互惠人壽保險公司以及在阿根廷、墨西哥、中國、香港、印度、韓國、菲律賓和泰國擁有業務的全球最大、最受敬仰的人壽保險公司之一，紐約人壽依然堅守公司創辦以來的核心價值﹕財務實力、誠信以及仁愛。

紐約人壽保險公司
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance and Annuity
Corporation (A Delaware Corporation)
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
www.newyorklifechinese.com