The Insurance Database Amendment Act of 2024, effective March 7, 2025 (D.C. Law 25-0264; D.C. Official Code § 3-1481) requires the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking to establish and maintain a publicly available slavery era database.
During the slavery era several insurance companies, including their predecessors, issued insurance policies covering their losses due to damage or death of their slaves. These documents provide evidence of the financial gains these insurance companies made from slavery.
Below are links to slavery era records from insurance companies licensed and operating in the District of Columbia currently.
If you have questions about the database, please contact Lauredan Official on [email protected].