| 1792 |
The Insurance Company of North America is established as the first stock insurance company in North America (INA was acquired by ACE in 1999). |
| 1794 |
INA is the first insurance company to cover building contents against fire. |
| 1808 |
INA developed the American insurance agency system. |
| 1897 |
INA became the first American company to write in China . |
| 1918 |
INA helped found the American Foreign Insurance Association (AFIA). |
| 1946 |
INA established an international department for worldwide business. |
| 1985 |
ACE Limited is established, with INA as one of its initial contributors. |
| 1993 |
ACE Limited successfully completed its initial public offering (NYSE: ACE). |
| 1996 |
ACE first entered the Lloyds of London market. |
| 1996 |
ACE acquired Tempest Re, a leading catastrophe reinsurance company. |
| 1999 |
ACE acquired the U.S. and international property-casualty operations of CIGNA Corporation, giving ACE businesses in nearly 50 countries around the world. |
| 2002 |
ACE becomes a component of the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500, an index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. |
| 2002 |
ACE entered into a strategic business partnership with Huatai Insurance Company of China . |
| 2004 |
ACE's strategic partner, Huatai, received permission to establish a life insurance company in China . This represented the first time that China has permitted a non-life company to also establish a life company. |
| 2005 |
ACE received regulatory approvals to begin providing Life Insurance in Vietnam and Taiwan and Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance in Poland and Russia . |
| 2006 |
ACE received regulatory approval to commence Non-Life business in Vietnam and re-establishes operations in South Africa |
| 2007 |
ACE purchased Atlas Cumbres Life Insurance Company in Peru, Latin America one of the country's fastest growing companies to gain market share. ACE opened offices in Hungary and Czech Republic to further expand its presence within Central and Eastern Europe |
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