War Risk Insurance Act

The War Risk Insurance Act was a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress in 1914 to ensure the availability of war risk insurance for shipping vessels and individuals during World War I.

[1] It established a Bureau of War Risk Insurance within the Treasury Department to provide insurance policies and pay claims.

[1] Henry D. Lindsley served as director from December 1918 to August 1920.

[2] Chronological legislation relative to the 1914 public law and legislative revisions as pertaining to the War Risk Insurance Act.

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Richard Gilder Cholmeley-Jones, Director of the War Risk Bureau, eating lunch at his desk