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INSURANCE SECTION The Omaha Sunday Bee. o Li PAGES 21 TO 28. g KSTAnUSIIED JUNE 19, 1871. Growing importance of Insurance as a Factor in Our Modern Business Life OMAHA. SUNDAY MOKXIN'O. MAlffll fi moi biyoi r imv iMirr -.t-x-t-ci L ' - tmm-mmmmmmmmmm-mmypmlm - - aw THEORY OF ALL INSURANCE Principle on Which Tire, L'f, Acoident, Fidelity and Others Are Based. SHARING OF RISKS OF LOSS BY MANY Flan Old as Commerce and De veloped with the Growth of ( Trade to Immense '"( Importance. Insurance, like banking, has it begin. Bine bo fir back In the affairs of the world that Its origin Is lost In the antiquity of trade; but It certainly grew out of the un certainty of commerce. Its earliest form was that of the assmuptlon of a sliare In the responsibility of a mercantile venture, generally by sea, by each of a number of Individuals. One man could not afford to take the risk of having his all swept .way by the mlscarrlnge of a single cargo, whereas, several might Join, and If loss hould ensue It would fall with lightened force because of Its distribution. As com merce developed, the Idea of sharing the responsibility grew also, until Its evolution brought about the individual who was will ing to assume for a stated sum a portion of the risk Involved without assuming any direct Interest In the cargo. The transi tion was easy and natural, and the change which brought Into the purview of the plan other forma fit risk than those of mere merchandising by land or sea was also accomplished with facility. It has been practically within the last century, however, that Insurance a It la now gen erally understood has been developed. In Its earlier forms Insurance was of the class now known as marine; confined al most exclusively to curgocs in passage, be ginning when the vessel cast off Its fasten, lnga at the port where its voyage com menced" and terminating when the vessel was moored at the dock at the end of Its trip. The second great division Is that of fire Insurance, and deals with all forms of property liable to Injury or destruction by fire; this division Is subdivided Into' a number of branches or special lines, such as hall, tornado, plate glass, and the like, but all on the same general principle, and subject to the same control and regula tion. So general Is the practice of Insur ance that no prudent owner of property la without the protection afforded by a policy. The topic Is too broad for any thing like detailed consideration In a short newspaper article, and can only , here be touched upoA in a most general way. Risk In rnderwrltlnar. Underwriter of fire and marine insur ance, in any of their branches, begin busi ness with the handicap of Inability to esti mate at all what their liability is; they can only figure on total loss, and. must make their calculations accordingly. In the absence of accurate figures, such aa the experience tables afford the life as surance men, the,,jlre. nderwrlters are compelled to rely on the Judgment of ex perts as to the nature of the risks as sumed. Men who have devoted their lives to the study of the subject determine the points Involved !n the general subject of rate and on thotr decision Is based the premium collected for assuming the risk. The original Idea of distributing the pos sible loss among a number of Individuals Is still in vogue, and the "line" of Insur ance carried by any one large Arm or In stitution Is generally distributed among a number of companies, so that the Indi vidual concern of any one company In a particular risk Is generally small. In this way the losses are kept down to a min imum. In determining the conditions on which a policy shall , be written, or a risk as sumed, the underwriter gives due consid eration to all the elements- that can poa lbly enter Into or affect the safety of the property to be covered. A building Is Inspected from Its foundation to Its roof; Its construction is thoroughly and Its location as regard to other build ings Is given due weight. The matter of publlo and private equipment for fighting 3ra Is Also nnnlilrri a rA all tUm .-i t v.i - physical features that can in any way affect the conditions of the property are provided for. Such safeguards as experi ence or prudence dictate are necessary are tlpulated, and everything Is done to make the interest of the insured equal with that of the Insurer fn the preservation of" the property. This brings the question down to the most delicate and perplexing prob lem the underwriter has to meet, that of "moral hasajrd." By this la meant the probability of the Insured destroying or conniving at the deatructlon of the prop arty In order that he may receive the aum guaranteed him by the Insurer. Ethical Phase of Problem. Moral hazard Involves a purely ethical phase of the general problem of Insurance, and yet It Is the one to which the greatest consideration is given. Apparently it may be settled by the general character and standing of the Insured In the business community; but even with this condition satisfactory on the surface, the insurer must be on his guard In order that the In terest of the insured does not lie In the direction of the destruction of the prop erty. No certain method of overcoming thla element of darger la known to the Insurers, other than that of refusing to assume risks which offer any but the most approved conditions. Some years ago a considerable debate was engendered along thla line by the proposal to enforce what was then known as the "80 per cent clause." Vnder thla plan the Insured became a co Insurer to the extent of per cent of the amount written In the policy; thus. If cer tain property were Insured for $1,000. and were totally destroyed, the policy would pay UMJ, while If the loss were but 1300. the Insurer would be responsible for but 8240. the difference being the risk assumed by the insured as colnsurer to the extent of to per xent of the face of the policy. For very obvious reaions this form of policy was not popular among those seeking pro tection In Are Insurance. Opposed to the coinsurance plan is the valued policy, a form under which the In surer la required to pay the whole rum named In the policy. In rase of total loss, or the full amount of the loss incurred In event of partial lose. This form of policy Is In vogue In Nebrsska under the statute. Against the valued policy the underwriters advanced the argument that It enormously Increased the moral haiard: to which the advocates of the law replied that thla should be met by Increased vigilance on part of the Insurers. 1. 1 a air Mitul r-.n. Another form of nre h.nr.n.. t. tk. mutual, or "Lloyds." In which the Insured are slao Insurers, the organisation being made up usually of Individuals engaged In a single Uue of Industry, or In Hues closely allied, who agroe o ahare any losa that nay be sustained by any one of their nuin ber, the proportion of the loss to be met by any one .member being based on the amount of Indemnity lie Is guaranteed by the association. Lloyd's, In London, which Is the headquarters for marine insurance. Is simply a plnie where a number of capi talists meet and discuss the 'Various rlrks offered, each assuming such proportion as he cares to Underwrite. Among some of the larger mercantile Institutions of the United States a modified form of Lloyds exists, but the danger of this form of In surance Is shown by the experience of a number of the big dry goods houses of Bal timore, who had formed a pool of the sort. They were wiped out In the great confla gration, and as each firm sustained a total loss, neither of them secured any in demnity. Work of the (Adjuster. The great advance in Are Insurance methods is also made manifest by the ex perience of the Baltimore fire. While a number of Baltimore companies were wiped out as a result of the overwhelming catastrophe, the amount of Insurance they represented In comparison with the total loss Is very small, and the fact that each of them will be able to pay almost all of the losses incurred will reduce tho amount lost by failure of Insurance com panies to an Insignificant figure. In this connection some reference should be made to the function of one of the most Im portant of all Insurance experts, the ad juster. On him devolves the duty, fre quently delicate, of settling the amount of loss and the Indemnity the Insurer Is to be held liable for. Ho must be familiar not only wtlh the Infinitude of detail In volved In the Insurance business, but must also have some knowledge of the details of nearly every other line of Indtasirlal psK tivlty, In order that he may approach lift' task of settlement with such intelligence as will result In an equitable adjustment of the loss and a satisfactory settlement. The adjuster as a rule earns his pay. Lessons of the Baltimore Fire Just now the Insurance press of the coun try Is full of comment on the great Balti more flro and its lessons to Insurance men. One point on which alt are agreed Is that the "conflagration" risk has not yet been eliminated from the list of hazards. Other points under consideration have to do wttn tho question of construction and tend to ward a general demand for safer build ings, structures that are actually as well as theoretically fireproof. As to the actual loss resulting from that great fire, the In surance Field of February 18 says: After a week's review, chairman Turner of the general adjustment committee esti mates the loss in the Baltimore conflagra tion to have been 112O.00o.0ii0. with tnauruno of 176,000,000. Sulvage and over insurance win reduce the company loss to about 160.000,000. This estimate Is considered a conservative one by the experts. The burned district covers seventy-three squares In what was the heart of the finan cial and mercantile district of the city, and about 2.600 buildings were destroyed. The committee on fireproof construction of the National Fire Protection associa tion has not aa yet had an opportunity to carefully Inspect the skyscrapers, but In surance men are generally Impressed with the fact that the fireproof construction buildings did resist the flames and In some cases run be safely repaired. Insurartce experts all agree that the prin cipal lesson of the Baltimore fire is the Importance of tho exposure hazard and the necessity of proper window shutters. Iron shutters, wire glass and water curtains each ttnd strong advocates. The Spectator editorially discusses the rltuation as follows: The blow has proved even more serious than , was at first anticipated, for a re ceiver has been appointed for one Tinltl. more insurance company and receivers have ieen arnxieu ror ror three other oompanles. It Is also feared the actual loss payments of many other companies will materially exceed the published estimates. The losses Incurred by some of the smaller companies Iocs ted outside of Baltimore have been sumcienuy neavy to impair their capitals but it is Drohahle that comnanlea mn nltii. atedi and which have reputations of Inm standing to sustain, will make up their Impairments and continue business. On the whole, however, the relatively ll-ht murium? nmung me nre insurance com panies tins been a source of wonder to the average business man, and Is -a pleasing r-velatlon of the conservative principles which have governed the administration of fire underwriting affulrs during recent years. It has demonstrated that. In all probability, not even a repetition of the great Chicago fire would force the com panies which have provided "special re serve" and "guaranty surplus" funds to fall back upon these funds in order to con tinue business. One good effect of the Baltimore catas trophe has been to lend professional fire fighters to give more thought to the possi bilities of similar occurrences elsewhere, and to the best means for preventing the same. Life Iniaiase Problems. Differing greatly from the problems of fire Insurance are those that confront the underwriter of life assurance. In this tat ter branch of insurance activity the ele ment of hazard has been almost totally eliminated. "Experience" tables enable the actuary to tell with absolute deflnltentss what are the chances of a normally healthy man dying during any year between the year he applies for Insurance and the cen tury mark, together with the reasonable expectancy of life due him. With this In formation the matter of determining just how much It will cost to insure a return of a specified sum to the heirs of an Indi vidual la one of easy calculation. It is es sential, of course, that this cost be dis tributed among a number, just as the ex pense ot carrying fire risks is shared by all the policyholders. But, while the fire underwriter has no means of knowing when a losa will be Incurred, the life underwriter knows that sooner or later death will over, take all his risks and he must make pro vision for the Inevitable end. To this end each of a group of Insured persons carries not only the expense of Insuring himself, but of insuring all the others In the same group, to the end that the heirs of each may be Indemnified. In this respect all life Insurance Is mutual, although the older companies were organized on a basis of profit for the shareholders. Competition has so changed the practice that nowadays the policy-holder is also a sharer In the profits, not alone of the strictly mutual companies, but of the "old line" as well. Modern Front Sharing. In the various forms of endowment, ton tine or other limited paymsnt funds, the Insured Is not only secured as to life pro tection or Indemnity In case of death, but In return for specltled sums, paid at stated intervals, is guaranteed a return of all be pays in at the end of the period covered by the contract, but a profit that shall not be less than a given amount This added profit is earned by the management of the Immense sums held as surplusage by the companies. At the beginning of the year the total assets of twenty-nine leading life insurance companies of the United States amounted to more than t2.0u0.000.000, nearly three times the capital of all the national banks In the country, and more than 8100. OO.OOO .aore than the aggregate valuo of all the coin and bullion in the country, and double the value of all the metals and minerals mined In the country last year. These figures are cited simply to show the enormous extent of the life Insurance busi ness. Accurate figure are not at hand to base an estimate of the business of the minor companies, but they would swell the total Immensely, and when the great fra- Fire Insurance in the United States in 1903 The following tabulation shows the ageropntes of the fire hiKurauee huslnes. tnunwcjed In tho United States in 1903, and the financial condition of the comimnles ns of January 1, 1904. The figure nre compiled from the sworn reports of the various companies by The Spectator of New York, and are Issued In ndvauce of the State Insurance department report. The list comprises all American and foreign stock companies reporting to the New York In surance department: COMPANIES. Aetna, Hartford Agricultural, Watertown.. Albany, Albany v Allemitnla, Pittsburg American, Boston American, Newark American Fire, Philadelphia American Central, St. Louis Assurance Co. of America, New York a. Boston, Boston British-American, New York Buffalo Commercial, Buffalo Buffalo German, Buffalo Caledonian-American. New York Camden Fire, Camden Capital, Concord Citizens, Bt. Louis Colonial, New York , Colonial, Washington Commerce, Albany , Commercial Union, New York Commonwealth, New York Conoordiu, Milwaukee Connecticut Fire, Hartford Continental, New York Delaware, Philadelphia Detroit F. and M., Detroit Dufchees, Poughkeepsle Empire City, New York Equitable F. and M., Providence Federal, Jersey City ". Fire Association, Philadelphia Fire Ins. Co. of Co. of Phil.. Philadelphia.. Flremans Fund. San Francisco Fire mens, Baltimore Flrcmens, Newark Franklin, Philadelphia Oeorgla Home, Columbus German, Freeport German Fire, Peoria German, Pittsburg German Alliance, New York German-American, Baltimore German-American, New York Oormanlu Fire, New York Olrard F. and M., Philadelphia .7.. Glens Falls, Glens Falls Ulobo and Rutgers, New York Granite State Fire. Portsmouth Greenwich, New York Hamilton Fire, New YorU Hanover Fire, New Yor'i Hartford Fire, Hartford Home, Baltimore Home, New York , Home F. and M., San Francisco Indemnity Fire, New York Indianapolis. Indianapolis Ins. Co. of North America, Philadelphia... jns. to. or state ot i -, roiiaaeipma I.. Kings County, New York:. Lafayette, New York Lumber mens. Philadelphia,. ....... .......... Mechanics,. Philadelphia a Mechanics and Traders, New Orleans Mercantile F. A M.. Boston Michigan F and M., Detroit Milwaukee Fire, Milwaukee Milwaukee Mechanics, Milwaukee Nassau, Brooklyn... .' National Allegheny National, Hartford National Union, ' Pittsburg Naw Hampshire, Manchester New York Fire. New York Newark Fire, Newark NlBRar Fire, New York North British and Mercantile, New York. North German Fire, New York North River, New York Northern, New York Northwestern National, Milwaukee Orient, Hartford.. , Pacific Fire, New York o Pelican Fire, I Jew York Pennsylvania Fire, Philadelphia Peter Cooper Fire, New York Phenlx, Brooklyn Phoenix, Hartford Potomac, Washington Prov. Washington, Providence Queen, New York Reliance, Philadelphia Rochester German, Rochester....! Security, Baltimore Security, New Haven Spring Garden, Philadelphia Springfield F. and M . Springfield Bt Paul F. and M.. St. Paul Star, Louisville! Stuyvesant, New York Teutonia, New Orleans Trader, Chicago Union, Buffalo Union Philadelphia United Firemen. Philadelphia United 8tates Fire. New York Victoria Fire. New York Virginia F. and M.. Richmond Virginia State. Richmond Western, Pittsburg Westchester Fire, New York.. Western Underwritern' Assn.. Chicago. Wllllamsburgh City Fire, Brooklyn... Foreign Companles.t Aachen and Munich, Aix-la-Chap Alliance Assurance, Loudon Atlas, London '. British America. Toronto Caledonian, Edinburgh Cologne Reinsurance, Cologne.. Commercial Union, London Hamburg-Bremen. Hamburg Uv, Union and Crown. London London and Lancashire. Liverpool London Assurance. London Manchester, Manchester Moscow Fire. Moscow Munich Reinsurance, Munich Netherlands. The Hague North British and Mercantile, London.... Northern, London Norwich Union, Norwich Palatine, London Phoenix, London Prussian National. Stettin Rossia. St. Petersburg p , Royal, Liverpool , Royal Exchange. London Ralamandra. St. Petersburg Scottish Union and National, Edinburgh Skandla. Stockholm Sun. London Svea, Gothenburg Thurlngla. Erfurt Transatlantic. Hamburg Union Assurance, London Western, Toronto Total for 1808 Increase in 1903 Totals. ISO? ' ' Totals. 'Tl '. " Totals. 1900 Totals. 1 Totals. 18- Totals. 1897 Totals, 198 ....... Totals, lh.1. Totals, 194 ; r NET SURPLUS. NET PREMIUMS LOSSES PAID. tr? . WRITTEN. g Ch Total ' tal Capital. Assets, , . mJt i , , 1. J" i. S Jan 1, 1901 1904. 1903. 1903. 1902. 1903. 1903. 12. 1 :S : w ' 4'600 000 $ 1I??,!2 1 e,2f?JS '023 6.442,369 T 6.356,606 I 6,020.007 8 2.8X6.K8 f 2,710.617 I 670.000 250000 KA-jm S17'II 1.236.617 1.121.705 1 344 813 6".0M 619.257 60,000 io'2 5'2 "4,663 16S.296 1&9.647 171.769 224 497 8 79.1H6 20.0H0 SOoH ar'SS W6 WW 448 668 4R51M S.K K.VK S0O.0O0 837.9J6 124.897 126,369 627,618 477;i04 6U1.6K 3!tf 192,183 21.000 600000 SsrinS IfrfiS 1.0B9 1.816.316 1.60H.3W 1.992.413 TS.m 828.211 87.042 1 nffi'onn i-'SS . S1-S3 1'9'g;il 1.648.567 1.W7 217 1 761 380 W2.791 SO.tniO SSnSn ? Sr'JS 1.24S.ES8 1.337.1M 1.8H1.220 1 617 846 X0104 "- 62.77 130,0. 1 000 22 W-6!8 m33 429 .m 722 686 81,606 267.499 ... 1,000,000 1,814,034 1.819.746 1,780.781 1,467.172 1.259,416 1.W,1M W,l 861.013 120,000 2W.000 1 mm X7' 331.788 lM- 2. Son mi ' M.1S8 67.632 212.972 W.640 b 227 663 W.784 16.000 200000 12S'm 1-4S,,?2 47fi'7M 478 " W4.8M 226.9S8 226.927 60.000 r tm i7v!i.4 86 0,8 88.737 12.710 16.670 22 410 18.180 C 300,000 1,042.800 c 302,710 163,407 503.363 SStiU d eiolwe 2J."S 167.920 27,013 Ino'SU iSMS .B7'S4fi W'9"3 219-01() K.K3 23S 279 J3A987 9A814 g.OW fno'SS "'V28 tl'33 5u8SM ' mm 2S6,f'.. 290167 8.000 200000 &'979 12-ti U&',a9 L.'M . .68l 10.IWO t VX.000 446.376 98,042 81,2i'6 201,001 196,063 97'8!i6 ".000 vm'nI2 , o'fX a iK m 873 lVl.SSl 176.950 208 118 93 fi12 74.2S3 10.000 So'EE HS'5 43ft'W4 349 1W 822.509 3u8 318 S88 784 1M.4M J06.11S 35.000 i-yi?'4 134.476 1 29.496 637.772 634 670 676 603 364249 .0M l'ooo'SX i5-!S'??2 J.414.494 1.183.267 2.8S0.418 t93 204 3 OKI 087 1.414.630 1.411,631 1(10.000 1,000.000 14.192,1,8 6,563,428 6.718.W3 6,862,666 6,482,279 2.680.112 2,68(1,324 f 300,315 VH-JS 158.930 133.142 869.630 728,236 937 2R5 889,579 392.467 28.11S mX ''S?'89? .25 412.600 404 269 484 771 213.110 17S.0! 60 000 son w'JS 1P3'756 108-!S2 07.61S 570 982 277 038 24.OT3 12.000 i , !2S'? 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W.000 J00'000 ZL2'8"7 1.306.596 1.0O8.S10 2.955.506 2,703 432 8 120 767 . 1.286.020 1,367,369 40.000 200.000 701.294 2C2.517 196.416 371,886 lSlU mfiX f 126.373 M !!U5 . f5'412 S7.(ian T2.84 439.387 SSC.586 478 672 203.437 179.978 20.000 '2 fl-Sf e'K .43 40029 484 939 & 6.141 199,022 40.000 Ifc'ZS ,,K?-?Ji . 222,066 2M.06J 127.132 119.626 .7B "."l 16.174 l'EX'5 ''SlJ'iS! 8.633.250 4.696.881 4.932,477 4.607 766 a 6 380 643 2.2M.122 2,079.179 600.000 1,000.000 6.849,834 2,618,464 2.642, 8M 2,101,601 lOT 297,060 865.60J l0.00" J'S?'2S? .898 034 697 049 407.921 ' 488.S36 602114 3 "1.612 203,544 66.000 fSS'SS ,'47SK77 1 862.894 1 261,668 1.157.698 1.442 327 653.010 498.462 120,000 1'?J2'6?1 38'?93 -I05, 1.661.468 1,091 288 1 709 653 0,! 8M.884 44.000 'SS 100'2S "S'S88 i. 890 674 409 018 . 223.686 1 99.524 12.000 200,000 2,110,004 158.164 188.720 1,939.656 1,926,246 I.004J129 U04.000 1,078,543 20,000 .iiS'JIS 55'43 83.839 89.00 189.68! 178 664 1 98 934 W.446 118,014 9.000 J'SS'ZS ,1'S5'W7 630,227 646.653 2.8R9.234 1299:829 8 Wfl269 1.2M.815 1.109.665 100.000 U-VJ-l .n.2" 8,167.181 10.073,791 1621 46. 10610 377 6.068,124 6,466.684 437,500 2S'Z5 ..l 871 86-W3 267.841 231.897 27394 124.603 116.342 16,088 8.000,000 18.040,793 6.574,761 6.43039 8,076,120 7.303,276 lr I.TMissa 8,781.220 8,487.624 420,000 Jrt90J - 1.469.696 886.690 . 866.205 . 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J,926,pi 1,386,80 1.J67.182 133.937 1.241.290 lAVM t9.m 601,814 80,000 ' 2-S. 850 313 212.569 43.W3 840.738 239.476 ' 885 047 109.027 20.000 , tSS ZS .sl s9 263.966 185 8fl 156 848 1 28?' 80s 2,890 48.115 17,710" a,5S'2S f-!'FS tm.m i.Sm.i8 1,979.101 4.27s 21 lmv 2.020.275 2.143.647 120,000 ,J?J2 i'?i7B7 8TSX8 2.'3 713.214 , m 198 782754 268.887 171.031 1.000,000 8,877,847 1,193,646 1,164.810 1,706,596 1,682,073 1,865;797 843,666 890.534 100,000 OOO 811,800 80.108 M 4 830 663 277 006 846 884 148.623 136.973 1 2.010 . 288.707 189.161 167.17 178 601 m 86.937 94.903 24.862 600,000 t8o9.72 1,206.562 LlOt."7 2,488.628 4.15.378 2.63 0T7 L13.710 1.177.833 99.980 r'iS .W2 S1 866.678 854.6l 142.V61 108 495 164 TO 80 ".OH 20.600 200.000 417.078 2846 20.874 404.574 228!820 1 333;387 .170,766 126,439 6,000 860.000 1,176.723 261.196 210 4 741.775 C01 3T6 T75 976 284.299 260.808 27.7R9 2W- .577018 170.331 167.739 .326.964 293.118 351 784 m,9f9 140.169 12.336 S' 8.S9'9' 1.09l0 1,070.213 1.382,672 1.813.968 1 Mf jJo m- 490 4if4 90.000 tno.000 t210.3S5 708.111 644.096 1,066.661 1 046 776 1 132 881 rrs-m 6972 60,000 200,000 410.8CT 109,708 90.668 203,839 12,m m.m K-a4 1-866 2TH).0OO 4R3.330 78.687 78-648 269.586 246 661 iff 1 140.627 136.3(9 400.000 6.261.613 2,619,442 fcl97.8 2,618,680 2,492 666 2 871 'H 1.292.738 1,889.629 100.000 . 152-552 840,826 102,172 93 4 176.102 4 403 181 838 48.R96 16.167 16.ft IS22'SJ2 7.407.091 1,670,200 1.758 '65 8.161.418 6.626.137 I io' 866 1 632.208 8.238.708 100,000 2,000,000 6.858,661 1.672.972 1.337.923 8.651,867 8,414,389 ' lisofSTI 1.632,282 1.826.896 240,000 200-0(5 606.646 188,866 183.414 271,621 237.827 304 284 120.98 94,471 24,000 K5 2.3P2.458 383.972 399 ' 78 t907.49 1.848.712 2 001128 1.H0.P61 1.097.062 M 000 600.600 6,164.73 8,003.708 1,635 663 .on.7 1,870 877 1 210 823 1.660.20 1.629.561 100 DoO 800.000 1.190.180 220.5"4 198 -Mi 679.039 44;048 66 126 247.8ta 239.845 21000 200.000 1.606,689 672,456 491.091 998,874 886.481 LOSS 434,851 30,000 200.000 818.06 68.126 25 627 80.777 28.036 96 167 It.lM 147 4W.OO0 1.432.671 193.444 189 981 879.366 896.10 a 930-20 406.281 426.483 24.0OO 400.001 1.543.321 153.761 100 71 710 61 M9.019 766 476 274.326 316,701 24.000 XOOO.OOO .282.402 1.614.296 1.612 071 1.206 60 8. 002 119 1 422 66 1,661.443 1,706.111 200.000 600,000 8.700.778 1.01S.81 895 802 8,978,381 2.616,656 3.1;866 1.687,482 1,473,960 50,000 200.001) 2K4.045 49 trj 60017 200.000 438.847 83.582 18 76 816 748 ' 170 97 32'748 1 48.S1 81 .677 250.OM 790.1(0 106.056 86.91 643. 670 367 678 47 856.738 - 399.746 25.046 600.000 1,753.673 1,071.162 1,OS8-6'0 1.404.S98 1,290.61 1 662 0" 681,717 702.483 60.000 lfrO.OCO 230.836 109,629 107.8O6 24,489 23,620 ' JSisoO .30 10,630 6.000 200.001 646.907 80.231 40 848.669 368.774 4 80 306.361 201.419 10.000 S'IOOO 1,767.96 199.041 166-'4 411.905 410.089 488 166 Wt.R?7 2S9.028 30,000 260.0M0 776.449 110.671 86 512.776 489.683 616 860 229,479 264,496 10,000 200,000 346.636 60.685 . 86 61 16.1 3'S 140.199 159 442 .161 72.W. 250.000 932.0i2 198,156 151.663 633,683 642,864 669.888 830.263 367.278 20,000 200.000 698.0R3 118.S08 63 98 897.20 889.637 416 07 183.877 176.111 12.000 300.000 683.798 43.727 29 '" 339.624 822 94 872 482 171.243 22.062 1 8.000 300.000 8,447,004 1,248.623 1.215 ' 2.012.041 J,014.? . 1)8 7? 969.606 1.150.841 48.000 200.000 674,12 S8.124 4 669 426.099 8OT.403 ' 450 76 1 93,803 220,747 250.000 2,478,913 1.229,617 1,261.137 1,080,392 951.613 L218.164 601,81 467,906 75.198 200.000 1.092.748 401.387 S2 .318 897.194 817.870 0J 467,563 189.597 200.000 898.S91 622.783 687 "64 882.704 291 37 418 664 171.697 83.961 206 . 1,279..'.94 673.694 532 7R 8W 84 916 6 Wts'lS 527,036 489.798 200,000 1.427,306 476.747 462.378 1.610,34 1.S71 870 1 647' 737 871.046 868.834 200.000 L 734.363 741.631 67.382 1,064.13 1.068.939 1,145,641 660,460 696,609 JSSII?? .Z37'88 279.91 277-1't RW.!4 602.06 663.249 ' 242.818 218.971 .......... 200.000 4.2P4.564 1,392.2" 1,185 677 1.073. 94 ' 2.ft?.(i76 1 16711 l,3.fil 1.719.747 200,000 1,834.178 46.693 873 761 1,697.431 1.671.184 1 766 002 sr.5.319 889.731 SOO.flfiO 8S4.201 682.687 446 "K 80) 32.3?7 aw 910 170.718 201"64 I 200,000 12.066,918 6.160.641 4.812.208 6.857.E04 6,510.608 7.239:654 8.476.S15 8.358.946 00.600 2 01.622 l.OOS.IKS 878 34 1.6.74 1.946.490 1 993 71 863 267 876.392 200 000 2.113 003 884.136 849 61 l,O.0 1.477.1P l'476'lH 673.184 628 188 200.000 1,734 ! 674.576 692 37 1,387.612 1.37 716 L 444 930 74).ff5 804.81 200,000 816.183 476.154 811 641 13 JO 63 270 1 421 T 280. 2"3 476 966 200,000 8,302,911 769,744 609.648 8,647,883 t.915.574 8.658:2m l.C63,17 1,626.659 200.000 642.711 438.20 463 44 1524 1 30.6" 17 040 65.788 6OSO6 200 0O0 6.W1.37S 1643.326 2.272 4 8.700 916 4.0S 37 1 883 064 I.OTOOtf 8 8x9 200,000 1.400,488 1.O97.6O0 1,424 6' f.306 oat ?144a 2111 430 1,070.0T7 86 33 . 8,631.429 864.661 726.764 2.044.9O2 l.R91.(U 2113'' 896.606 900.72 200.000 1.946.036 852.836 756 22 1.270.151 1.209.483 1.311.676 608.r 638,886 JOO.OnO 1,978.912 869.292 66533 138.66 t.W 9R7 2,337.(r4 1 468 334 1,77.K64 O.OOO 1.01090 408.045 347.22 671.126 643.688 699.091 313,086 148,218 Ofl.io 664.600 6646O0 ..... ... 200.000 1.620 383 1.316.618 1 416 497 4.990.881 4.966 034 6 36 464 1 478.89 2,fM.(1 200.000 1.1S1.S18 1,003.001 81C.0S 1,309.630 I.028.864 1.374.975 670,579 604.87 OO.rtlO 1,10.604 383.51 5 86J 17 995.83 705.41 1 0 244 46 092 S99 71 200,000 4.4fl.ll0 1 787.107 1.381 1,901.841 l.:C. 611 1066 76 97.J5 1.17 848 200.000 1 0"4.144 877.860 7 7S3.103 r0.11 793 94 444 87 436. 7R 200.00 1911,882 90,12 967.711 2,0.649 . 996 430 2114 361 1,007 983 99199 200,000 '(67.462 J30.134 310 408 637.036 637.748 657,921 824.450 149.111 OO nOrt 1,23 48 846 42 405.4 1.100.781 1,132 3T2 1.1340 WS I R62 ?1 200.000 6a.06J 869.793 81 1 322 67 347 38 33671 ) 77 78 I 184 037 J'JO.Ortl . I.CMt.536 878 264 7428 1.046.303 966 30 1 1 127 19 636.6 I 498 990 200.000 2.3K2.811 7F4.801 776.901 2.601.662 2,440.604 1 2.676.695 1.622.871 1.601.8C8 $63.07 $366 722 15 tl 22.360.467 ( $17..4f 1 1209 892 919 197.181 8oo' (7 160 446 LKiO OOA 27 12 84 11,021.220 t 11.734,714 I 11.ri.Xl t 815,927 283 8"4 81.402 875 SM.S0t.lK7 S111.S2T.T I 816 631.694 I 1.71 M 197 T '"H I r '1 1.40 7S .1 84 10 7899 .(. 4IT I 176 688 r 96 363 SO 304 3" 64 6ri2 875 10.996.8 10 984 ' 146.442.60 I 16?8ft3 l r K7 ! 68-6 6 02 7S .304.914 140 103.513 7 134 4V.S 14. (544 3 91 W (T77 I 78-018 330.r8 99 36.0R4 109.19 "4 127.730.7? 139 6U 74 66A 64 I 640 64 nmr5 ?8S,9S7.:'2 10O.5S3 7M 12764 77 1 137 396 08 63 r, V7 ! 733 674 66 830 875 267.031 432 77.161 61 . 133 8 62 133.646 16 M 791 24? I (14 S 64.223.026 S40..fc 8.S.t17 124.6.n 1 7 771 70.73? 996 I H M 18 84.330.875 231.4M.450 84.7W.281 124,649.376 131,877.101 ' 7,06,18 I 6.2.til I H e 6.108.53 1.119.696 180.112 394.414 483,083 1,593.818 1.416.619 1.632,631 723.834 1,376.474 24.418 186.K7.S 491.586 20.446 !.E18 227.997 398.111 479.801 100. 121 194.1LI5 164.203 279,037 669.S--.4 2.587.368 6.168,467 790,700 411.140 482,620 129.512 787,936 699.223 3,381,791 247.773 2,830.823 61(1,3 736.50 748,478 416,62; '2,471,466 276,830 411,442 375.871 113,676 4,483.789 1.7U9.2G4 474.061 1.183.122 1,048,600 376.216 1,806,347 167,354 2,442,686 9,037.246 239.930 7,070,821 918.241 249,334 24,881 8,445.712 76-496 180,607 449.96S 149.585 222.476 818,722 - 208. 890 ' 819,225 3S6.W3 262,641 1,209,820 28S.896 166.873 1,620,07 539.767 1,687,107 284.529 202.547 2,170,814 97,364 284,729 M4.039 rP2.729 1.202,756 978.641 115.779 . 247,016 2,812.650 122,004 4,710,237 1,222,228 262.670 1.816.692 1,780.990 606.6.35 863.873 49,070 771.306 679.481 I 2.944 62 2,632,769 1.797 217.669 604.172 1,272.948 31,841 171.977 442.681 469.60", 120.284 519.880 843.622 819.497 1,840.697 376.988 1,063,243 824.290 811.844 8.2.804 1.867.671 961.466 396.79 2.658 618 1,486.769 90.331 6.562,059 1.6r36 1.200.663 1.284.610 881.691 2,765,634 160 R64 1.845.915 1.85 915 1,4? 980 1,071,252 2. 33. 240 667,978 "4.324'ioo VA.OfS 7M 7K l.7.m 691. 464 1.7.65 621.672 1.09 940 308.45 89 49 2.359,532 817 663 613 31 2. M 19 340.767 163 9I7.6" Mi 10" 23 160 60". 9 '4 131 .66. 044 11 9"7 87 117i.76X 120 98 47 124.079.18 Include trie premium, interest, rent and income from all other sources except deposit premiums received on perpetual rl.ka, commlaaions received on reinsurances (deducted from commissions paidi, prem iums of 19(4 received, appreciation of se curities owned (not sold or nialurtdi. and. iu the cases of foreign companies, their r reipts from their borne ofticee. Total disbursement are almost Invariably the aggregates ot the Iocs paid, dividend and expenses, the latter excluding deposit premium returned on perpetual rlks, loot on sale or maturity of ledger asset, re turn premiums aod reinsurance premiums of 1902 mot deducted from lkul premiums), commissions on 19ut business, depreciation of securities owned (not sold or matured), and similar Heme w-hlca cannot properly be classed ea expenaes: auto, tn the ease of foreign companies, their remit txrires to tbelr bom oOlcea. " Include -&.j0 sur plus paid In. t First column for foreign companies is deposit capital, which ta no. deducted from surplus. Decresse. a This company abaorixd the National StHn dard of New York I 13. b Includes l &i surplus paid in. r Includes tkO.OiO capital and tlOO.uuu surplus paid In. d Einudri tluO.000 capital and 1100.U0 surplus paid In. e Iwludt-e taO.OuO paid In by stockholders, f Includes pamnt to aorlp holder, g Ex clude new capital and new surplus plu lii. P313 0. h Profits on sale or maturity of Jot-urines are excluded. I Cussed business In lsl; reorganised and resumed business In l-3. Includes t,i) surplus paid In. It Kxcfii of receipts on account of losses. I Im-ludes tuiuuO surplus paid In. n Kx rlndlng tluOuiO new capital pild In: o Ke Inaured Us bualiieaa in 1 and resutnad Iin-mb(r. 1' p Admilicd to New York lu lr'bruery, lMsl, ternal organisations or taken Into consid eration the extent of the business can be only expressed In figure that ar almost beyond grasp and entirely too large to b appreciated. Fraternal" 1.1 fe laisrssee. Fraternal life insurance companies differ from the old line in that they depend on the constant Influx of members Instead of fixed assets to perpetuate the ability of the organisation to pay the amount of assur ance written on each of the member. The difference In the plana may be understood, probably, with this explanation. A com pany formed on the old line puvn with, sax, 10,000 members figures that a certain num. bcr of these members will die each year and that their places will not be taken by new members: therefore It Is "necessary to charge each at a rata that will Insure the last risk be-lng paid on maturity. T4 do this each trust pay during the early part of the life of tho policy more than ths cost of carrying the rWt and during ths latter port considerably leas. This Is based on the mean cost With this plan the last man Is aa certain of his policy being paid as is tho first. With the. fraternal ths general theory Is to furnish Insurance at the lowest possible cost to the individual. Must of them have prepared a table of rates showing the exact coat of insuring a life for a certain sun) nt a certain ago. ' and this cost la carried on through life, no provision being made for the Increasing cost as the Individual grows older and ths time of his certain death comes , nearer. To offset this dependence Is placed on the continual addition to the membership, thug supplying the deficit in the amount of in come that would result from the deaths. So long as the order is able to replace Its death list by new members Its ability to pay remains unimpaired, but if the. death rate exceeds the Influx of new members the prospects of payment to the survivors beyond a certain time become less and less. Some of the order make a partial pro vision for tho Increasing cost of carrying the risk by adding each year to ths as sessment levied on the members, but the general theory I dependence on new mem bers. Some have accumulated surplus funds, but this Idea Is discountenanced by the m Jorlty, who have faith that the attractive ness of the Insurance they offer will be sufficient to Induce young men to Join and thus obviate the necessity of accumulation aalr.st the day when the assessments will not be sufficient to care for the losses. Hasard in Life Insurance. By eliminating certain proscribed occupa tions and classifying all others according to the. probability of death or disease overtaking resulting from the pursuit of any one, the life Insurance underwriter have practically reduced the question ' oi haaard.to aa certain a basis as they hav the clement of cost But they still have the human problem to deal with, and ths "moral haiard" element enters aa largely Into their calculations as it does Into that of fire underwriting. It takes the same form, too, the willful destruction of the property covered by the policy. . Suicide In the case of life Insurance is as perplex. Ing as Is arson In the rasa of fir insur ance, with the exception that suicide Is more readily established. Many time have the courts been called upon to dstermlns the liability of life Insurance companies to pay the amount of Indemnity written against the life of a suicide and a long list of varying decisions hare bean ths result It Is still a problem tobe Settled. Other Forms of Insurance. In many way doe the principle of In surance find expression and application In modern business affairs. One attractive! lino is devoted to Insurance of Individuals against accidents or sickness, another against loss or damage to property other than by fire or marine accidents; another provides for surety of employes er publlo officials or other person who are required to give bond for the faithful performance of undertakings of any sort, and lit each of thesa the field ha been found profitable.' CAM GET KO AOE44IATE FROTKCTIOlf Impossible to Seen re' Absolnto Pro vision Against Big Fire. "The numerous great conflagrations dar ing the past half century demonstrate con clusively the fact that there can be 60 adequate provision against the fearful firs waste that ha devastated many of our cities and villages. , "Within ths last fifty year mors than 86,000,000,000 in property hav succumbed to the relentless fury o". the fire fiend. Each decade contributes more than 81.250,000.000 of the wealth of the country to this Insatiable element of destruction. "Durlsg the same period almost 1000 In surance companies cam to the rescue of thousands of their patron, thu saving ahem from hopeless bankruptcy. "The record of failures for fifty years shows that 1,452 insurance companies re tired from business. This enforced retire ment took out of the business of under writing over 8750,000,000. These failures ar exclusive of the many hundreds of township and town mutuals that bave bowed to the Inevitable. "Today there are 164 companies In the United States in the hands of receivers. These already properly belong to the rap idly increasing mortality list "Out of a total list of 242 American Joint stock companies now left to do business In this country, only forty-two have corns up (hrough the fire of more than half a century. Nine of these, beginning, as It were, almost in the dawning of the nine teenth century, have passed through a hundred conflagrations. This surviving few should be designated as tb 'Old Ouard of a Hundred Years." They hav stood to the forefront of every great disaster and till stand In the grandeur of Increasing strength In the might of millions of In demnity. "Many of tii successful managers of these early pioneer In .he business of un derwriting hav paased away, yet the beneficial results ot continued wis and skillful Management will still bless ths unfortuiifte in ths years to come." W. It HARFORD. Assistant General Agent Aetna Insurance Company, LIFE IXSIHAKC-R MAKES PHOCRESS. Gains Wonderful Strength Dnrlnn Yenr Just Closed. "Life Insurance was wonderfully strength ened in 1903. Owing to the enormous slump In certain classes ot securities and ths consequent low price of the very best Investments, people were LUrious to see the report of the great life Insurance com panies. But these millions of Invested funds show no shrinkage worth mention ing, fully establishing the fact that the safest place to Invest money Is with ths old, reliable llf companies. "O. W. NOBLE. General AgaaU"