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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY FORD and HANSEN
1 3 A Resolution urging the Commissioner of Insurance to
1 4 solicit slaveholder insurance policy records from the
1 5 archives of Iowa-licensed insurance companies.
1 6 WHEREAS, it is estimated that 8 million men and
1 7 women were enslaved in what is now the United States
1 8 of America during the period from 1619 to 1865, and as
1 9 many as 35 million American citizens are descended
1 10 from those former slaves; and
1 11 WHEREAS, in other jurisdictions where insurance
1 12 companies have searched their archives and those of
1 13 predecessor firms, insurance policy records from the
1 14 slavery era have been discovered documenting insurance
1 15 coverage issued to slaveholders for damage to or death
1 16 of a slave; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the insurance documents often contain
1 18 information of historical and genealogical interest to
1 19 historians and descendants of slaves, including the
1 20 names of insured slaveholders and the names of slaves
1 21 covered in the insurance policies; and
1 22 WHEREAS, details contained in these insurance
1 23 documents regarding insurance premiums and terms and
1 24 conditions of coverage provide a unique historical
1 25 insight into the economics of the former slave
1 26 economy; and
1 27 WHEREAS, while most insurers currently doing
1 28 business in Iowa were incorporated after the end of
1 29 the slavery era, there may be some insurance companies
1 30 whose archives contain useful information about
2 1 slaveholder insurance policies issued by a predecessor
2 2 corporation; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 4 That the House of Representatives urges the
2 5 Commissioner of Insurance to seek information from the
2 6 archives of insurance companies licensed to do
2 7 business in this state, including subsidiaries of
2 8 international insurance corporations, regarding
2 9 records of any insurance policies issued by an
2 10 insurance company or a predecessor company during the
2 11 slavery era providing coverage to a slaveholder for
2 12 damage to or death of a slave, including the names of
2 13 any such slaves and slaveholders contained in those
2 14 records; and
2 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That it is the intent of
2 16 the House of Representatives to rely on the voluntary
2 17 cooperation and good example of insurers licensed to
2 18 do business in this state; therefore, the Commissioner
2 19 of Insurance is asked to seek the slaveholder
2 20 insurance policy information from such insurers by
2 21 request; and
2 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Commissioner of
2 23 Insurance is requested to report the Commissioner's
2 24 findings to the General Assembly by December 1, 2004;
2 25 and
2 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
2 27 House of Representatives shall forward a copy of this
2 28 resolution to the Commissioner of Insurance.
2 29 LSB 3236HH 80
2 30 dea/cf/24
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