Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Froiseth, Bernard December 13, 1879 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

BERNARD FROISETH, Fire Insurance Expert. Bernard Froiseth, organizer of the 
Hawaii Rating Bureau in 1918, and now secretary and treasurer of both the 
Board of Fire Underwriters and the rating bureau, entered the fire insurance 
field more than a quarter of a century ago and has devoted his entire business 
life to this work. A resident of Honolulu since 1918, Mr. Froiseth came to the 
islands to take his present position with the fire insurance board at the same 
time organizing the rating bureau, which has greatly improved methods of 
determining rates in the islands. He has been chairman and member of the Tax 
Appeal Court, first division, Territory of Hawaii, since 1921. 
  Entering the offices of the Board of Fire Underwriters at Salt Lake City in 
1898, Mr. Froiseth remained with that organization nine years, holding 
positions as clerk, examiner and surveyor. He resigned in 1907 to become 
special agent for the California Insurance Co., taking charge of business in 
Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, with offices at Denver, Colo. Becoming 
associated with the Insurance Company of North America in 1910, Mr. Froiseth 
acted as special agent and adjuster for territory covering Montana, Idaho and 
Utah, with headquarters at Helena, Mont. He was transferred to Portland, Ore., 
in 1911 in charge of the company’s activities in western Washington, western 
British Columbia and Oregon. He resigned this position in 1914 and before 
coming to Hawaii was engaged for four years as an independent adjuster of fire 
losses at San Francisco.
  Born at Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 13, 1879, Mr. Froiseth is the son of Col. 
B. A. M. and Jennie (Anderson) Froiseth. He received his education in the 
public and high schools of Salt Lake City. Mr. Froiseth and Anita Fuller 
Robertson were married at Oakland, Calif., Feb. 1, 1910. He is an honorary 
member of the Fire Underwriters Association of the Pacific, a member of the 
Rotary, Oahu Country and Commercial Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce of 
Honolulu.


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