Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-04
HOME.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.
An Insurance company worthy OF
memphis aud the memphis Pub
Iic-ReAd and Remember.

The Home Insurance Company Of
Memphis is controlled exclusively by
Memphis merchants. The officers are;
President Louis Hanaueri Vice Presi.
dent. j. N. Pettigrew; Secretary, X. p.
Boiling. The Board OF Directors Is
composed OF Messrs. Louis Hammer,
Henry .Wetter, F. NJ. White, L. b. Eaton,
NJ. G. Pearce, L. Urquhart, j. W. Dick
enson, j. NJ. Pettigrew. In this morn
ings, Appeal appeared an article on
the Home Insurance Company, which
we republish, as It contains an immense
amount Of truth, and is worthy Of the
attention Of the public:
The Home Insurance Company OF
Memphis has more than realized the
hopes we expressed Of its future when
il was started. Success was organized
by the men that compose the Company
before the prospectus was printed. They
we're men Of business, who engineered
their own course in life and were the
skillful architects Of their own fortunes.
II was, therefore, foregone conclusion,
when the Company started under its
present judicious management, that the
most signal success would mark the
career Of the Home" Ii has gone on
increasing its business until it eclipses
any other Company, home or foreign.
Its profits have kept pace with its poll
cies, which now extend over all manner
Of property in the city. The prudence
and sagacity OF its managers, than
which there are no better qualities for
business men, as well as the well-estab
lished solidity of the stockholders, are
the great and effective causes that pro-
duced those happy results. This pru'
dence and sagacity has set the company
amcng the leading insurance institutions
Of the West. II has recommended it.
self to the confidence and patronage Of
the public, who know the gentlemen
that control the business. Those who
have property to secure against disaster
generally inquire into and scrutinize the
merits Of the companies they will trust
with the protection OF their values. The
quiet and repose that is experienced by
those over whose property the @gis Of a
solid insurance company is thrown is
worth considerable In year. What
can be more miserable than to be racked
with doubts and fears that the companies
who have issued Policies covering ones
property may not be so solvent as to
be able to withstand the shock of an
unusual disaster? Great men Of bust
ness who can afford to be ruined three
or four times in lifetime may not be
so much affected by considerations of
this character, bat people of small
means, the proprietors of moderate
stores and modest private dwellings, are
interested very deeply in the soundness
of the companies with which they deal
The Home" of Memphis, on account
of its solid character, the promptitude
of its settlements and the general liber-
atty of its dealings, commends itself
strongly to this large class of people.
Those who seek aOove every other
quality safety in insurance companies
are the persons who take policies in the
Home" The fact that it will issue no
policy over five thousand dollars, on
any property, is guarantee that it will
take no risk which by any reverse of
fortune would cripple the operations of
the Directors. The grand ruling idea is
TO secure themsely.3 and secure the
policy-holders. There could be no bet.
ter plan adopted for achieving those OBJ
jects than that of limited policies. 1t is
for this strong and eolid reason that all
our business men patronize the Home,
feeling that no matter what may happen
in other directions, they will be all right
as far as five thousand dollars go. Those
who have nothing in that sterling Com
pany had better apply at once and feel
secure. Every good business man who
progresses surely and slowly, will insure
his property where losses are promptly
paid without the usual vexatious red
tape process.