NAIFA-New York History
NAIFA-New York is one of the oldest chapters of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA). Associations of agents from New York City and Western New York (Buffalo and Rochester) were among the 14 founding members of the National Association of Life Underwriters, today known as NAIFA.
One of the oldest and largest trade organizations in the insurance field, NAIFA was founded on June 18, 1890, in Boston as the National Association of Life Underwriters. Today, NAIFA has a headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, and several regional offices. From 1928 to 1956, NALU maintained its national headquarters in New York City. The association has chapters in every U.S. state and 30 localities. Throughout its history, NAIFA has been active as a political advocate for insurance and financial professionals and their clients on the federal level and with New York state regulators and lawmakers in Albany.
NAIFA-New York represents more than 1,100 insurance and financial professionals in the state, who provide products, services and guidance to help New Yorkers improve their financial literacy, mitigate life’s inevitable financial risks, plan for secure retirements and create financial legacies.
