Onderlinge van 1719 u.a.
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The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a. is a life insurance firm in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It is the oldest still independent life insurance firm in the Netherlands.
The fund was founded on February 12, 1719. The old name was "Begrafenisbos De Vrijwillige Liefdebeurs", with the motto "In Alles Ghetrou" (faithful in everything).
The board of the fund consists of 10 to 15 citizens of Haarlem. They are volunteers.
The office of the fund is open every Friday evening. Originally the board would meet on Sunday afternoon, after going to church, but in 1935 the Friday evening was chosen.
The fund still serves as a full-fledged funeral insurance firm; policies are still being sold and the company is in very good financial shape.
[edit] The building
The company was first located at Korte Begijnestraat 16. After an argument with the neighbour, the company decides to solve the mutual problem between the neighbour and the fund by buying the neighbour's house. The house was bought and then demolished to create the current building, located at Korte Begijnestraat 14.
