INA History
The date was November 19, 1792. A group of entrepreneurs led by John Nesbitt and another gentleman appropriately named Ebenezer Hazard, met in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, to create the Insurance Company of North America. More than two centuries later, INA is still going strong as part of the ACE Group of Companies and our U.S. headquarters is within an easy stroll from this historic building.
INA would be a company of imagination, and creativity. It would be a company willing to accept risk and pay claims.
The Insurance Company of North America wrote its first policy covering a ship and its cargo, in 1792. In 1794 INA wrote its first life insurance policy, covering a sea captain. When the great Chicago fire devastated that city in 1871, INA paid its claims in full. When five square miles of San Francisco were laid to ruins by the earthquake of 1906, INA was there. A pioneer in marine, aviation, homeowners, life and much more, the Insurance Company of North America became part of ACE in 1999 following the acquisition of the Property and Casualty operations of CIGNA.
Click on the thumbnail images below to reveal more about INA and its 200 year history.
1794
Seal of the Insurance Company of North America. Though founded in 1792, INA was incorporated in 1794.
circa 1906-1907
From a customer’s “Pocket Account Book.”
1932
This design was used into the 1950's.
1957
Eagle with INA typeface, used on marketing materials.
1966
INA logotype made "imaginative" advertising.
1981
INA logotype used alone.
1796
An INA fire mark, when displayed, indicated an insured property.
1916
Image based on a lithographic vignette that INA copyrighted in 1873.
1951
Another version of the INA “Eagle.”
1959
Current registered trademark for INA.
1973
Updated version of INA logotype.
