Association of Life and Health Administrators
LEARN ABOUT OUR BEGINNINGS
The first local Cashier’s Association was organized in San Francisco on August 12, 1937. The idea of the Association was conceived after some male Cashiers had served on a committee for the Life Underwriters Association during Life
Insurance Week. The first Association consisted of male members only. The first President was John F. Fixa of San Francisco.
In 1939, San Francisco organized the National Association called the National Cashier’s Association. The first National Convention was also held in San Francisco in 1939.
In 1940, the organization published their first publication, “The Cashier”, and had grown to 18 Chapters. In 1942, the name was changed to Life Agency Cashier’s Association.
In 1949, an insignia was adopted nationally and is still used for pins, stationery and on the National Banner. The name was again changed to Life Insurance Cashier’s Association. The colors of the association were green and gold until
they were changed to blue and white in 1989.
In 1955, the name was again changed to Life Agency Cashiers and Office Managers Association and in 1964 to Life Insurance Cashiers and Office Managers Association. The association again changed its name in 1980 to Life Insurance Company Office Management Association. Effective July 1, 1995, the name was again changed to Association of Life and Health Administrators.
Archives are presently being stored by a member of the National Board.