The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-05-28
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lit is Eve years since the practice of &C.
cident Insurance WIS introduced into the
United States, by the Travellers Insurance.
Company, Of Hartford, Conn. Five years
OF successful business have made IL familiar
as household words, and scattered its bene-
fits among the rich and the poor. the-mer-
chants and the mechanics, the business men
and the laboring men among those who
travel and those who stay at home. 1I
The plan is simple. For a cash premium
Of S. to $40, according to occupation and
degree Of exposure TO accident, Che compa-
ny contracts to pay 81, 900 il the insured
dies by accident within a year, OF So per
week for the timo he may be wholly disa-
bled by a non-fatal injury. Larger sums,
up to $1,000 in case of death by accident,
or $50 weekly indemnify a. above, in the
same proportion. Hazardous risks are
charged higher rates.. trfr
What are the chances of accident? Let
statistics answer. One person in every ten
meets with an accident every year. One
in every fourteen Of the $50, 600 insured by
the Travellers, has been paid under n claim
for death or injury by accident. On the
books of the Travellers are recorded the
names, dates and amounts paid By this
company 10 more than ten thousand of its
policy holden. These amounts vary from
So to S10,0 00
Take n few instances Of recent date: Hon.
James Harper, ex-bIayor of New York, and
head of the great publishing house of Har.
per Brothers, killed by accident a few days
ago. was insured for SO, 600; having been
a patron Of the Company from the start
The money was paid April 10th. Mr..
Charles M. Rogers, OF New York, whose
mysterious murder is so fresh In the public
mind, held an accident policy Of $4,000.
The loss WAS paid April Sth. Mr.. Ambrose
LOWS. chemist, OF South Boston. was
killed by an explosion at his works, Feb
ruAry %. His policy Of S1O,O 600 was
paid four days after proof of death were
presented. Mr.. +. 4. Van Kirk, q
prominent citizen of Philadelphia, was
drowned last summer, only four DAYS after
the purchase of a $4,000 policy. The loss
was promptly paid. Rev. Robert f. Par
vim, a clergyman Of Philadelphia, was pre-
sented with q $1,000 accident policy, Just
before starting on a Western tour. Two
days later December ~ he lost his life in
the collision and burning of the steamers
United States and America, on the Ohio
River. The loss was paid in February.
We might go on to enumerate scores Of
similar cases of fatal accident, not TO men,
ton the ten thousand claims paid for non
fatal injuries.
The Travellers il the oldest accident
company In America. IL has issued over
100, 900 policies; II has paid back 5000, 900
10 its policy holders, for death or injuryb by
accident; 1t has a paid up capital of q half
million, and its cash assets amount to
81, 100, 900; and IL has, in an experience of
FIVE years, demonstrated the fact that it's
insurance against accidents is one of the
most desirable and inexpensive forms Of
personal insurance, valuable to all classes
of men.
Policies can be obtained of agents in
all principal cities and towns Of the United
States and Canada, or by addressing the
company at Hartford, Connecticut.