In 1922, the Pullman Company inaugurated a death benefit plan that was superseded in 1929 by the more comprehensive " Plan of Group Insurance," which included death benefits, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and weekly sickness and accident insurance. Because it was a voluntary plan to which both the company and employee contributed, and because many workers lost their coverage during layoffs when they were required to remit monthly premiums, group insurance did not cover all employees.

Employee applications for participation in the Pullman Company group insurance (health and life) plan. Individual applications list the employee’s name, address, race, sex, occupation, work location, employment date, terminations and reinstatements, and the beneficiary’s name, address, and relationship to the employee. Also included is an alphabetical listing of group insurance policy holders, 1969-1970, and several plan manuals.

Personnel records less than fifty years old open for research with the user’s written assurance that information from the records will be used for statistical or summary purposes only and that no specific names or individually identifiable information will be disclosed.