The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-23 00:00:00

1--ACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860.
reeeivntsuccess of the Company, even in its earliest years,
c0n,,,0u the marked attention, and elicited the surprised
snr ehts, nee Comp of
anwriteiesrs best acquainted with the history of In-
ler thleo YEARS 18Premiums.for 1860
45 to EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums
SEVEN 1851.
rsn,"e Premiums for 1860 EXCEED the Entire Life Pre-
, it for the EIGHT YEARS ending 1852.
ain;Vreha,e of Annuities in 1860 LARGELY EXCEEDS the
ta,r receipt= for the first TEN YEARS, 18-15 to 1854.
that i",.ts Progress, it is believed, is unsurpassed, considering,
" applies to each of the three branches of the business."
FIRE BRANCH.
ing l‘4rte Fireht,,llt Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dur-
kon "e Year 1860 of that impetus which had previously
14it to a position of the first magnitude among the
P,.renrie Companies of the United Kingdom. The Fire
111 186e1,* in 1859 had advanced to the sum of. £228,314 7s. 3d.
t2R2,9,.1fie amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of
ceedi,.," 19s. 11d., showing an increase of £34,663 12s. Bd., ex-
tike the larcre advance of the preceding year, so that in
hen eieedars the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en-
4, by enormous sum of £66,829 17s. sd.
Gove,e Parliamentary Report of Returns of Duty paid to
the b:,l9lent for the year 1860 exhibits the augmentation of
!if eo;,"ness In a more prominent way, as it affords the means
Ri'apioarlsori with other Companies. The Proprietors will
4foysi fn the
to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the
Com the last year is more than double that of any other
filnser,oY, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of
Vane, Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad-
°N. °I this Comp iny. Our increase actually equals 30 per
oft of the entire increase of the whole of he Metropolitan
1,44 combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up-
"tabllst of the
total advance of the other 25 offices
LIFE BRANCH.
r,
invlle,Reports of the Company for several years have had
tife TN to announce a constant periodical exnsion of its
'PitYiless, the New Policies ofeach succeeding year show-
an advance over the one that had immediately preceded
on similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums
178, rci, after deducting Guarantees, be ng £15,097
above ,' Which is an increase on that item of £1,993 17s. sd.
nut"e ain',unt received for the year 1859.
audde even this advance is small when compared with the
this .un and remarkable momentum r.rbleh has been given to
4, iranch of the Business in the present ye,‘ QM)
N. ?UM' seemed unui the commencement of. the year that toe
th seerned to have become fully acquainted with the fact
4,1 the Royal Insurance Company had published late in the
‘titigy aicAnt of _the investigation into the Assets and
as , ICf its Life Department, under a novel form, and in
supain and intelligible a manner as the
.abstrusenessof the
paiiiieloadmitted, together with the entire statements and
„ fit i %so
nnieeccetsusraerif Iroormt that purpose.hteex
e sive Notices of this Pam-
Valet and its accompanying Diagrams, which have appeared
tthe Periodicals° of the day, that it has largely attracted the
tention of vast numbers -1 Persons in all parts of the United
'n'lll24oni, as well as in other arts of the World. Ideed a
Illost satisfactory and conclusivp n e evidence that such is the case
fn the
by the fact that the sum Assured on New Policies
the six months to the ad June of the present year is ac-
-4'lY 50 per cent. in excess of the sum assured in the corres-
ding months of the year 1860, although the latter amount
of used exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period
tita,
If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Com-
Ve'll„Y would, with respect to the amount of its new business,
heti,ct once placed (at least with one or two exceptions). at the
,of all. the Insurance Companies doing business in this
ett„4'r9, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the
that the details of the Lire Business then to be pub-
aZd Would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have
6.,e,,edY and very happy realisation." •
ii,),`„-CIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH.
''''"PlTS,......Large proportion Returned every Five Years to
then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS.
chiefly born by the Fire Branch, in order to
Increase the Bonus to be Returned.
LIFE BONUSES DECLARED.
Tirr rrivo per Cent. per Annum on the Sum Assured :
GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED
tol, BY ANY COMPANY.
-,RITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling.
Accumulated Funds in hand exceed £8)0,000.
PERCY M. DOVE,
Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary.

ROYAL NAIIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU-
to
los en TION.—The AID of the public is earnestly solicited
[9)le the Institution to continue the msintenance of its
iplieboat Establishments in a state of efficiency.
Ittellkers—Messre. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Herries
Co.
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