College of Insurance

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The College of Insurance was a specialized accredited college, started by insurance industry leaders in 1900 as an insurance library society, the Insurance Society of New York {ISNY}. In the post WWII period, the library offered training to returning veterans and, with the general expansion of US Colleges in the 1960's, ISNY obtained a license to offer undergraduate degrees from New York State. The college offered bachelors and masters degrees in insurance and actuarial science. It also offers professional exam preparatory seminars for insurance and actuarial science designations and held classes after business hours for working professionals in New York City. At its largest, total enrollment was approximately 400. Among the benefits of the college was its co-operative program. Although most students were employed by local insurers prior to enrolling at TCI, others were placed with an insurer who paid the student and often also subsidized the student's tuition.

In 2001, St. John's University in Jamaica, New York took over the College's programs, creating The School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science. The Manhattan location of the college now houses many graduate business and professional programs of St. John's Peter J. Tobin College of Business.