San Francisco County
Biographies
RUDOLPH HEROLD, JR.
RUDOLPH HEROLD, Jr.--The Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance
Company was organized in Hamburg, Germany,
in the year 1874, and was established on the Pacific coast in 1857, the agency
being located in San Francisco. The
company was first represented by Morris Speyer &
Co., and was afterwards transferred to Philip Speyer
& Co., successors of Morris Speyer & Co. In
1883 the general agency of the company was placed with Speyer
& Harold, Morris Speyer being the senior member
of the firm, Rudolph Harold, Jr., being the junior member. He had been the
manager of the fire insurance branch of the firm of Philip Speyer
& Co. for a number of years. In the fall of 1889 Morris Speyer
died, and the general agency of the Pacific
Coast department was given to Rudolph Harold, Jr., under whose efficient
management it still continues. His connection with the Hamburg-Bremen dates
back to 1872. This company is doing a general business throughout the Coast,
and has a wide distribution of local agents.
The
Niagara Insurance Company of New York is also
represented in San Francisco by the
same agency as the Hamburg-Bremen. It was organized in the State of New
York in 1850, and belongs to the list of old,
reliable New York Companies. It is also an old time company on the coast,
having been represented here for about twenty-five years. The agency has been
with Jonathan Hunt, Balfour Guthrie, Smith & Moody and others. In 1855 the
general agency for this department was placed with Messrs. Speyer
& Harold, the general agents for the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Company,
and the business has since been satisfactorily conducted in their office.
Rudolph
Harold, Jr., was born in the city of San Francisco,
July 19, 1855, and is a son of Rudolph Harold, the Pioneer musician of the
city, who will be remembered by all of the earliest settlers. Our subject was
educated in the public Schools of this city. And
entered the
office of Philip Speyer & Co. at the beginning of
his business career. He was employed as a clerk, and since that time (1872) he
has been continually identified with the fire insurance business of the coast.
His long experience has given him a through acquaintance with fire underwriting
in all its branches and details, and he is well prepared to act as the chief
representative of the companies under his control. Henry C. Boyd, of Portland
Oregon is the special agent and adjuster
connected with Mr. Harold in the general agency. He was appointed local agent
of the Hamburg-Bremen at Portland,
in 1878, and has continued with the company since that time.
Transcribed by Kim Buck.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Pages 592-593,
Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Kim Buck.
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