Jacques Laffitte
In 1816 Banque Hottinguer &amp; Cie took an interest in the insurance business. They established the Compagnie Royale d’Assurance Maritime after the creation in 1789 of the first Compagnie Royal d’Assurance. Names that appear on the founding document of this institution: Jacques Laffitte, governor of the Bank of France, Hottinguer, Benjamin Delessert and twenty directors from the “Compagnie Royale d’Assurances Maritimes”. After this Benjamin Delessert and Banque Hottinguer &amp; Cie found the Caisse d’Epargne the first savings bank for small investors.