Life insurance agents not residents of Idaho cannot write policies in the state.
As early as 1794 policies were issued by the Hartford Fire Insurance Company (chartered in 1810).
The gross amount insured by policies in life insurance offices (ordinary and industrial) was over £29,000,000, of which the state office claimed two-fifths.
Johnson took a prominent and undignified part in the congressional campaign of 1866, in which his policies were voted down by the North.
The general election of 1841 had been mainly fought on the rival policies of protection and free trade.