- Source: American Fraternal Alliance
The American Fraternal Alliance (AFA) is an umbrella group of fraternal orders in the United States. It was founded as the National Fraternal Congress of America in 1913, in Chicago, Illinois. It adopted its current name in 2011.
History
The origins of the AFA go back to November 17, 1886, when a congress of sixteen fraternal orders representing 535,000 members met in Washington, DC. The original meeting was called by the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the pioneer fraternal insurance society, to establish uniform insurance legislation in all states. The 1913 meeting in Chicago resulted in the formation of a permanent organization, the National Fraternal Congress (NFC).
On March 21, 1901, several fraternal orders created the rival Associated Fraternities of America in Chicago. It was created "as a protest against the workings" of the NFC. The two groups re-merged in 1913 as the National Fraternal Congress of America.
Another group the competed with the NFC for a time was the American Fraternal Congress, which was organized in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1898. This group differed from the NFC in that it only allowed orders that had adopted the legal reserve system to be members.
The NFC adopted a Uniform Bill for state insurance regulations in 1893. In 1910, with the assistance of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners – it promulgated the Mobile bill, which was modified in 1912 as the New York Conference bill. It also created a mortality table in 1899.
It became the American Fraternal Alliance in 2011. Its headquarters are in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Publications
The NFC published a magazine, Fraternal Monitor and an annual Statistics, Fraternal Societies.
Membership
The current members of the AFA include:
1891 Financial Life (National Catholic Society of Foresters)
Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons
American Mutual Life Association
Assured Life Association (formerly Woodman of the World)
BetterLife (merger of members National Mutual Benefit and Western Fraternal Life Association)
Catholic Association of Foresters
Catholic Financial Life
CLC Life Insurance / Catholic Ladies of Columbia
Catholic Life Insurance
Catholic Order of Foresters
KJT - Catholic Union of Texas
Catholic United Financial
Croatian Fraternal Union of America
CSA Fraternal Life
Employes Mutual Benefit Association
Everence Association, Inc.
FCSLA Life (First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association of the USA)
First Catholic Slovak Union
Foresters Financial
GBU Life
Gleaner Life Insurance Society
Greek Catholic Union of the USA (GCU)
Hermann Sons Life
KJZT Family Life
Knights of Columbus
KSKJ Life (American Slovenian Catholic Union)
LPSCU Life (Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union)
LCBA (Loyal Christian Benefit Association)
Luso-American Financial
Modern Woodmen of America
NSS Life – National Slovak Society
Police and Firemen’s Insurance Association
Polish Falcons of America
Polish National Alliance
Polish Roman Catholic Union of Americad
Portuguese Fraternal Society of America
Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America
Royal Arcanum
Royal Neighbors of America
RBO - Russian Brotherhood Organization
Serenia Life Financial
Slovak Catholic Sokol
Slovene National Benefit Society (SNPJ)
Sons of Norway
SPJST
Teachers Life
Thrivent
Ukrainian National Association
United Transportation Union Insurance Association (UTUIA)
Western Catholic Union
Woman’s Life Insurance Society
WoodmenLife
WSA Fraternal Life
= Former members
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Former members of the AFA include:
ACTRA Fraternal Benefit Society
Baptist Life Association
Catholic Family Fraternal of the State of Texas (KJZT)
Catholic Holy Family Society
Degree of Honor Protective Association
Grand Court Order of Calanthe
Grand Orange Lodge of British America Benefit Fund
Knights of Peter Claver, Inc.
Order of the Sons of Hermann in the State of Texas
Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
Polish National Union of America
Polish Union of the United States of North America
Serb National Federation
Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol of the USA
Sons of Poland
Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association
Toronto Police Widows and Orphans Fund
Ukrainian Fraternal Society of Canada
See also
Canadian Fraternal Association
References
External links
Official website
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