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An artillery battery was named after Wade Hampton at Fort Crockett, built on Galveston Island, Texas. The Wade Hampton Battery was one of four coastal artillery batteries and contained two 10-inch guns. During World War II, the SS Wade Hampton, a Liberty ship named in honor of the general, was sunk off the coast of Greenland by a German U-boat.
Wade Hampton (c. 1750 – February 4, 1835) was an American military officer, planter and politician. A two-term U.S. congressman, he may have been the wealthiest planter , and one of the largest slave holders in the United States, at the time of his death.
The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. In October 1904, A.P. Giannini founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. [3] [4] In October 1928, Giannini created a holding company that he named the Transamerica Corporation, which owned Bank of America, Bank of Italy, Bancitaly Corporation, National Bankitaly Company, California Joint Stock Land Bank, and Banca d'America e d'Italia [], which gave ...
Transamerica provides comprehensive total retirement outsourcing (TRO) inclusive of plan administration, investment and communication services for all sizes of organizations, with a specializations in the healthcare market.
Kerkorian took the company public in 1965, then sold his interests in 1968 to insurance conglomerate Transamerica Corporation, profiting an estimated $85 million. He reinvested proceeds from the sale in Las Vegas property, notably the International Hotel. In 1966, the airline moved its headquarters from Las Vegas to Oakland, California.
TransRe was formed as a facultative reinsurance division of AIG and wrote its first business on January 1, 1978. TransRe quickly expanded to other territories including Toronto in 1980, Europe (London) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) in 1982 and Hong Kong in 1985. The company established the Latin America and Caribbean division in Miami, FL in 1993 and continued to expand globally with further ...
The property became a favorite hunting preserve for the Hampton family and their friends. Young Wade Hampton III learned to ride horses at High Hampton, a skill that served him well as a leading Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War. [2] In the 1880s, the property passed into the hands of Hampton II's three daughters.
In 1904, American Central Life Insurance Company established its Reinsurance Division, which as of 2015 is the oldest life reinsurance company in the U.S. In 1930, Knights of Pythias separated the insurance program, creating United Mutual Life Insurance Company Inc. Then, in 1936, American Central and United Mutual merged to form American ...