US INSURANCE COMPANY MADE PUBLIC LIST OF ARMENIANS, WHO INSURED LIFE IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE

“New York Life” US insurance company has made public the list of Armenians owning insurance policies, who resided in the territory of the Ottoman Empire before the Armenian Genocide in 1915. According to the information provided by the Armenian Association of Lawyers, there are over 2300 names of the insured in the list extracted from the archives of the US Federal Court, “Arminfo” agency reported. The list indicates the preliminary nominal sums of insurance in pound sterling and French francs. It should be reminded that lately Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA) introduced before the House a bill providing for US contribution to victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Turkey in getting insurance compensation. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), the document named “Armenian Victims Insurance Fairness Act” will allow the US to demand that insurance companies open the archives of the period of perpetration of the Armenian Genocide (1875-1923) and present the list of holders of insurance policies of the period. It should be noted that at the end of the 19-th century large American and European insurance companies operating in the Ottoman Turkey sold thousands of insurance policies to Armenians, who were later killed or evicted from the country.