Ralph B. Ives
Ralph B. Ives (January 17, 1873 – January 2, 1934) was chairman and president of the Aetna Fire Co. of Hartford from 1923 until September 1933, when he retired because of ill health.[1]
He was born in Hartford and began working for Aetna as a clerk in 1904. He was chairman of the New England Insurance Exchange in 1910 and 1911. He became a vice president of Aetna in 1919, running their Western department from Chicago until 1923, when he succeeded William B. Clark as president of Aetna.[1]
He married Edith King on November 3, 1897, and they had a son and two daughters.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ralph B. Ives Dead; Insurance Leader". The New York Times. January 3, 1934. p. 19. Retrieved November 24, 2017.