Troy Victor Post

Troy Victor Post (February 3, 1906 – May 24, 1998) was an insurance entrepreneur and executive who formed one of the largest insurance conglomerates in the United States in the early 1960s. In addition to being Chairman and President of his various insurance entities, Post was also Chairman of the Board of Dallas, Texas, based Braniff International Airways and National Car Rental beginning in 1964.

Troy Victor Post was born on February 3, 1906, in Haskell, Texas. His parents were Effie Mildred Hisie Post (1880–1974), a homemaker born in Dallas, Texas, and father John Sidney Post (1876–1970), born in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, was a real estate broker. Effie and John were married in 1897, and besides Troy, the Posts had another son, Virgil H. and two daughters, Ola M. and Fay Post. The family moved to Haskell, Texas in the early 1900s, where Troy was born.

During World War II he served in the military and after returning he formed a stock life insurance company, which is an insurance company owned by its shareholder's who elect a Board of Directors to conduct company business. Post's shrewd business acumen propelled the startup company to the forefront of the insurance business.

Post married, Maurine Shook (1906–1949), of Fort Worth, Texas, in 1926 at the age of 20, and fathered a son, Troy Victor Post, Jr., who was born in 1930. In 1930, the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where he got his first full-time job with the First National Bank of Fort Worth. Mr. Post had shown an interest in banking and insurance, after he obtained the First National Bank position, and at the age of 27, Post formed his own insurance company in his hometown of Haskell, Texas. Post started his company with his meager savings of $130.00 USD. Post and his first wife divorced in 1935, and he moved to Houston, Texas.

Post met Emma Louise "Lulu" Peavy (September 6, 1966 – October 31, 2009) of Egewood, Texas in 1945. On January 10, 1946, the couple was married and maintained their residence in Dallas. The couple had one son, John A. Post, and two daughters, Jane Post Harelik and Judy Post Catalano.

In 1962, Post formed Greatamerica Corporation, one of the nation's largest insurance conglomerates, that purchased controlling interest in Dallas based Braniff Airways, Inc., in 1964. Post was the principal shareholder of Greatamerica's stock and the company was headquartered on the top floor of Jim Ling's LTV Tower in downtown Dallas.

In 1964, Mr. and Mrs. Post gave Lovers Lane United Methodist Church three acres to complete a nearly 10-acre parcel that became the church's home on the northeast corner of Northwest Highway and Inwood Road.

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