• Locke Lord is proud to sponsor the Association of Fraternal Benefit Counsel's (AFBC) 2023 Annual Meeting on June 21-23, 2023 in Charlotte, NC. (lockelord.com)
  • In fact, most life insurance in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century was obtained through these fraternal benefit societies. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • a) The filing and approval requirements in this chapter do not apply to any group annuity policy, certificate, or contract written or issued by an insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state that involves use of a separate account if benefits would also have guarantees from an insurer's general account. (texas.gov)
  • b) This chapter does not apply to a society, company, or other insurer whose activities are by statute exempt from department control and that is entitled by statute to a certificate from the department showing that exempt status. (texas.gov)
  • e) Payments by a health insurer who reimburses, provides, offers to provide, or administers health, mental health, or substance abuse goods or services under a health benefit plan. (flsenate.gov)
  • The term "Medicare+Choice plan" means health benefits coverage offered under a policy, contract, or plan by a Medicare+Choice organization pursuant to and in accordance with a contract under section 1857. (ssa.gov)
  • B. Such articles of incorporation, duly certified copies of the society's bylaws and rules, copies of all proposed forms of certificates, applications therefor, and circulars to be issued by the society and a bond conditioned upon the return to applicants of the advanced payments if the organization is not completed within one year shall be filed with the Commission, which may require any further information it deems necessary. (virginia.gov)
  • The articles of incorporation and all other proceedings under those articles shall become void in one year from the date of the preliminary certificate of authority, or at the expiration of the extended period, unless the society has completed its organization and received a certificate of authority to do business. (virginia.gov)
  • D. Upon receipt of a preliminary certificate of authority from the Commission, the society may solicit members for the purpose of completing its organization, shall collect from each applicant the amount of not less than one regular monthly premium in accordance with its table of rates, and shall issue to each such applicant a receipt for the amount collected. (virginia.gov)
  • Advance premiums shall be held in trust during the period of organization and, if the society has not qualified for a certificate of authority within one year, such premiums shall be returned to the applicants. (virginia.gov)
  • The AFBC is an organization composed of attorneys in Canada and the United States dedicated to promoting a better understanding of legal problems and legislation affecting fraternal benefit societies. (lockelord.com)
  • Known until 1971 as the Western Bohemian Fraternal Assn., the organization was founded in 1897 by lodges of the Czech-Slavonic Benevolent Society which left that organization to form a new association that admitted women as equal members and based insurance premiums on the age of the policyholder. (case.edu)
  • to reflect its broader appeal, the Cleveland convention voted to change the name of the organization to the Western Fraternal Life Assn. The organization continued promoting Czech culture by sponsoring language programs at the university level and supporting other Czech institutions. (case.edu)
  • Accident and health insurance policy" or "policy" means insurance or nonprofit health service plan contracts providing benefits for hospital, surgical and medical care. (mn.gov)
  • This regulation shall apply to any issuer of life insurance contracts including fraternal benefit societies. (cornell.edu)
  • American Fraternal Insurance Union - Founded the mid-1890s in Batavia, New York. (wikipedia.org)
  • applies - other than a life company, society, foreign life company, foreign fraternal benefit society or mortgage insurance company - or Green Shield Canada. (gc.ca)
  • A fraternal benefit society, Foresters offers quality life insurance and investment products, unique member benefits and inspiring community activities. (newswire.ca)
  • Become part of a dedicated fraternal benefit association to network, volunteer, and create life-long friendships. (tpahq.org)
  • This Association was organized as a fraternal benefit society for railway clerks by five men in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1898. (wikipedia.org)
  • The name of the society was changed to Railway Mail Association in 1904, and the National Postal Transport Association in 1949. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1961 it became the United Federation of Postal Clerks Benefit Association. (wikipedia.org)
  • How many of us think about fraternal organizations or benefit societies as a source of genealogical information? (obituarieshelp.org)
  • Like the many other fraternal organizations that proliferated during this time, the IOSL was established to provide aid to its members, especially when sick or upon death. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • In 1923 it had 1,300 benefit members in 44 lodges. (wikipedia.org)
  • applies and includes a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under subsection 473(1) of that Act. (gc.ca)
  • 3) The Superintendent may, in the case of any particular society that makes an application under this subsection, extend the period of two years, or the other period specified or approved by the Superintendent, that is referred to in subsection (1) or (2) for any further period or periods, and on any terms and conditions, that the Superintendent considers necessary. (gc.ca)
  • B. Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection A, a society may reinsure the risks of another society in a consolidation or merger approved by the Commission under ยง 38.2-4114 . (virginia.gov)
  • Ethnic- and religious-oriented fraternal orders have their own list. (wikipedia.org)
  • cash surrender values and endowment benefits. (cornell.edu)
  • Provided accident, partial disability and total disability benefits. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adult day care" means a program for six or more individuals of social and health-related services provided during the day in a community group setting for the purpose of supporting frail, impaired elderly, or other disabled adults who can benefit from care in a group setting outside the home. (mn.gov)
  • UCT (United Commercial Travelers) is a fraternal benefit society driven by our members and their dedication to community service. (scholarships.com)
  • it was for the benefit of her community. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Societies like the IOSL also had a ritualistic element and made community service a high priority. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • We are a fraternal provider of affordable and competitive financial protection, retirement options and the ultimate cultural experience to our members and families. (luso-american.org)
  • This included sick and death benefits, as well as a plan for a home for aged or invalid members and their dependents. (wikipedia.org)
  • If the purposes of the society conform to the requirements of this chapter and all provisions of the law have been complied with, the Commission shall so certify, retain, and file the articles of incorporation and furnish the incorporators a preliminary certificate of authority authorizing the society to solicit members as hereinafter provided. (virginia.gov)
  • 624.436 - 624.45 , or any fraternal benefit society providing health benefits to its members as authorized pursuant to chapter 632. (flsenate.gov)
  • Offered burial, sick, old age and accident benefits. (wikipedia.org)
  • The tablet prescribed the rules and membership dues of a burial society collegium established in Lanuvium , Italia in approximately 133 AD during the reign of Hadrian (117-138) of the Roman Empire . (wikipedia.org)
  • 4) "Nonguaranteed elements" means the premiums, credited interest rates (including any bonus), benefits, values, non-interest based credits, charges or elements of formulas used to determine any of these, that are subject to company discretion and are not guaranteed at issue. (cornell.edu)
  • Luso-American Financial - A Fraternal Benefit Society has and continues to protect and service our communities since 1868. (luso-american.org)
  • On Thursday, July 30, 2009, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted, 12-1, in favor of S. 1507 (Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Funding Reform Act of 2009), which would provide financial relief to the Postal Service. (wikipedia.org)
  • There were other fraternal lodge elements at work also. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • Both also said if they won election, they'd work to ensure their constituents benefited positively from the deal. (wispolitics.com)
  • Despite these benefits, work can also have serious risks. (cdc.gov)
  • The fraternal orders of Post-Civil-War America patterned their lodge structure after that of the Blue Lodge Masons, complete with secret ritual, grips, and passwords. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • By 1900, America had over three hundred different--and mostly new--fraternal orders. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • The following numbers, taken from the World Almanac of 1896, shows the membership in the foremost fraternal orders of that time. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • These groups were flourishing at the beginning of the 20th century, in fact about 85% of American males belonged to such a society at that time. (obituarieshelp.org)
  • The Voluntary City reveals how the process of providing local public goods through the dynamism of freely competitive, market-based entrepreneurship is unmatched in renewing communities and strengthening the bonds of civil society. (independent.org)
  • Unfortunately, most proposals for improving communities rely on renewed governmental efforts without recognizing that the inflexibility and poor accountability of governments have often worsened society s ills. (independent.org)
  • It has been shown to the Commission, by sworn statement of the treasurer, or corresponding officer of such society, that at least 500 applicants have each paid in cash at least one regular monthly premium, which shall total at least $150,000. (virginia.gov)
  • A total fraternal membership of nearly five million is quite significant when you consider that the population of this country in 1896 was only about seventy-five million. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • Given that, it is not unreasonable to assume that one out of every seven or eight adult men and women belonged to some kind of fraternal order at the turn of the century. (phoenixmasonry.org)
  • 2) If a society acquires control of an entity referred to in paragraph 554(1)(b) or (c), the society shall provide the Superintendent with any undertakings concerning the entity that the Superintendent may require. (gc.ca)
  • American Fraternal League - Merged in the North American Union in 1905. (wikipedia.org)
  • Qualified plan" means those health benefit plans which have been certified by the commissioner as providing the minimum benefits required by section 62E.06 or the actuarial equivalent of those benefits. (mn.gov)
  • Qualified Medicare supplement plan" means those health benefit plans which have been certified by the commissioner as providing the minimum benefits required by section 62E.07 . (mn.gov)
  • Offered death and sick benefits on an assessment plan. (wikipedia.org)
  • A "patriotic, protective and philanthropic order" which also paid sick benefits. (wikipedia.org)
  • Essential health benefits" has the meaning given under section 62Q.81, subdivision 4 . (mn.gov)
  • The goals must always be to integrate the child into the family and into society and to enable the growth and development of a healthy, confident child who is deaf or hard of hearing. (medscape.com)