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{{Infobox company
| name   = National Life Group
| logo   = [[File:Nlg logo.PNG]]
| type   = [[Mutual company]]
| slogan = "Experience Life"
| foundation     = [[Montpelier, Vermont]], USA (1848)<ref>[https://www.nationallife.com/public/histarchive/our_history/pages/AnAct.asp An Act to Incorporate the National Life Insurance Company, State of Vermont Legislature, 1848.]</ref>
| founder        = [[Julius Yemans Dewey]]
| location       = [[Montpelier, Vermont]], USA
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National Life Group was founded in Montpelier, Vermont as National Life Insurance Company.<ref>[https://www.nationallife.com/public/histarchive/our_history/pages/AnAct.asp An Act to Incorporate the National Life Insurance Company, State of Vermont Legislature, 1848.]</ref> It was chartered on November 13, 1848 “upon the principle of mutual participation in the funds or profits” of the company.
   As such, the National Life of Vermont was a [[Mutual insurance|mutual company]] even though that fact was not apparent from its name.  The company officially issued its first policy and began business on February 1, 1850. 

Its name bespoke the fact that its organizers were from many different states and believed company life insurance policies would be sold throughout the nation.

[[Julius Yemans Dewey]], medical doctor of [[Montpelier, Vermont]], was among the company's founders.  He would later serve as general agent and then president of the company<ref>{{Cite journal
  | last1 = Gilman
  | first1 = Marcus Davis
  | authorlink1 = Marcus Davis Gilman
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[[Category:Companies based in Vermont]]

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