Friday, September 6, 2013


Slideshow: 6 famous brands started or saved by life insurance

If not for life insurance, Disneyland might have existed only in Walt’s imagination. Stanford University might have been a short-lived tribute to a son who died young. James Cash Penney’s personal depression during the Great Depression might have shuttered the J.C. Penney chain. McDonald’s might have only served a few hundred thousand. Today’s home chefs might not be getting pampered.
Check out this slide show to learn how life insurance played a key role in either the creation or survival of some iconic American institutions.
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