Big Numbers. Local Impact
At the Las Vegas General Office, we do more than work in the community; we're part of it. Many of our agents have local roots—some even go back generations. That's important, because it gives them a vested interest in the people and businesses that make up the community. We believe there's no greater job than helping our friends and neighbors succeed.
New York Life established a Nevada agency office in 1869, just five years after the “Silver State” joined the Union. Working out of this office, William D. Crane rode among the mining camps and towns, bringing the miners’ families at least one prospect of security, the protection of life insurance.
On January 10, 1870, George C. Carter, a water dealer of Treasure City, insured his life with New York Life for $2,000. Less than two months later, on February 28 of that year, he died of typhoid fever, and the company made its first death payment in Nevada. Although he was from Nevada, George Carter died in Lawrence, Pennsylvania.