| 1911 |
Washington Life and Accident Insurance Company of Chicago established as an assessment insurance organization |
| 1923 |
Reorganizes, exits the assessment insurance business and becomes incorporated as Washington Fidelity National Insurance Co. |
| 1930 |
Enters the group accident and health insurance market, offering loss-of-time insurance for educators |
| 1931 |
Changes name to Washington National Insurance Company (WNIC) |
| 1966 |
Operates in every state except New York, Alaska and Hawaii |
| 1968 |
Forms Washington National Corp. as a holding company to allow WNIC to diversify into variable annuities |
| 1995 |
More than 1,000 full-time employees at Washington National Corp.; 54,000 brokers, 130 field-marketing organizations at WNIC |
| 1997 |
Acquired by Conseco, Inc. |
| 2000 |
WNIC, with a range of insurance products, reaches $214 million in capital, surplus, investment reserves; $1 billion in investments |
| 2006 |
Educators’ Choice series of tax-sheltered annuities introduced by Washington National |
