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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 174834, member: 669&quot;]Mutual benefit life insurance associations are actually a very socialistic concept my friend.&nbsp; A group of people form an association and make contributions to a fund which is then used to pay death benefits to the families of deceased members.&nbsp; Modernly they are regulated in the US much the same way as other mutual or cooperative insurance companies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My recollection of their history is that the Woodmen of the World drew its initial membership from workers in the forest and lumber industries, and became a fraternal organization as well as an insurance co-op.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point of my earlier was simply that the Freemasons are also a fraternal organization, but other than the fact that there have undoubtedly been people who belonged to both, they have no affiliation with the Masons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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