Guardian Life was founded in the world famous Delmonico's Steakhouse in New York City in 1860 by a well known & successful German descended business man Hugo Wesendonck. Hugo's unwavering core principles and integrity led the way to create a new type of life mutual insurance company. One where the company was founded on core values of taking care of the insureds first and unsurpassed long term conservative investing in order to keep the promises to the insureds. In fact this core principal of financial strength was set in motion by providing twice the required by law financial capital to ensure the ability to pay promises made from the start. Now for over 150 years Guardian has grown to be one of the largest mutual life insurance carriers in the world, proving that its core principals have stood the test of time.
