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Assured Life Association, formerly Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Life Association, having officially changed its name to on January 1, 2015, is a fraternal benefit society based in Denver, Colorado whose beginnings can be traced to the same founder as Modern Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World in 1890. Today, Assured Life Association is not affiliated with either organization. Aside from offering insurance benefits the organization is a non-profit Life Insurer organized to give back revenues to its member customers through direct benefits such as college scholarships and summer camp grants for youth and through discounts on other products and services. The Society also has a member-directed matching charitable giving program. Four national community service projects are promoted among Society member customers each year.〔Alan Axelrod ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'' New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 pp.264-5〕 Aside from providing life insurance, annuities and Medigap insurance, the organization is a tax-exempt fraternal benefit society organized to give back revenues to its member customers through direct benefits such as college scholarships and summer camp grants for youth and through discounts on other products and services. The Society also has a member-directed matching charitable giving program. Four national community service projects are promoted among Society member customers each year. == History == The Modern Woodmen had been formed in 1883 by Joseph Root, but by 1890 the group was rent by factional disputes. Out of this conflict emerged two new organizations, the Woodmen of the World based in Omaha, Nebraska and a "neighbor" organization Pacific Jurisdiction of the Woodmen of the World which originally included California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Montana and Wyoming. Colorado later joined when the majority of the members of the MWA there voted to join the new group. The group was incorporated under Colorado law on January 20, 1891 and its first headquarters was at the McPhee Building in Denver.〔Barrett, Jr., Arthur J. ''(Woodmen of the World Assured Life Association; a brief and condensed history covering the years 1890-1990 )'' pp.()〕 The Jurisdiction remained as an affiliate to the Omaha-based Woodmen until 1916. It set its own rates, collected its own assessments. The only connections with the Omaha group were the names and rituals, for the privilege of using which the Jurisdiction paid a 5 cent per member assessment to the Omaha Woodmen after Jan. 1, 1893. At the 12th Regular Meeting of the Head Camp Session in July 1916 the Denver-based group decided to amend its articles of incorporation to drop the "Pacific Jurisdiction" part of its name and adopted resolutions severing ties to the Omaha group and adopted it own rituals.〔Barrett pp.5-6〕 On January 1, 2015, the Society changed its name to Assured Life Association, dropping all use of the name Woodmen of the World. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assured Life Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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