, 1874-12-03
INSURANCE MATTERS.
Meeting OF the Chicago Board Of
Underwriters.
The Companies that viii! Resume Buc;-
ness in Chicago.

MEETING OF THE noAND OF uNpEnwprrrpu
Tho Chicago Eoatl OF Untlcrwr,c,a hc}d n
noot}ng yesterday afternoon 1T their o;,1co No
1877 Lasalle atsoot In tho absonce OF the peeo..
dcut, 1lr. George Q. Glarlo, tho Tice-prcsiaont
Mr. II. II. Brown. occupied tho cl,eir
Aftor some general discussion, tho Bccrotors,
bfr. Alfred Wright, was instructed to ollow iii
property situated within ono blocl; Of the pub1i,
olstesns tho henels Of tho deduction for = fo,,
water supply.
THO socretavy Was also instructed to codify s!l
tne existing rules and regulations 0: tho Eoara;
a.Ho' tho vnroua ratca aud tarfa 40 far aa to &c.
aDle Tho Board to tgko Intelligent action In fe.
sasu r. 20 t!loso mattora At q futnro mentiug.
~ Motlon OF mr. L. f. Davis, tho following
+ors mannxAs x rhc National Boarl Of rirs Undcswr-
t, H. !aYe M made PROVISIONS for paying reward n
'ssss s:sSS,s {; sFfs' and toavson q a
cb;caso b,;ss,'s TIT r. te sxeofors offered BY s
,nrcy wjthra%no St olahs'~rers, bons unnecessary,
t.snas', ahas thu members Of fhla Bosrd p!adrs
to aug sls'an ~ nsr 9 a tho ss;sse m
offered by ts,a Rational noasG "'o't1DS '0' 1'""!3
lilo meeting thon adjourned.
MORE COMPANIES co.t1Na pAcr.
is nsehietet III anE TRIBUNE Of reasorday. on.
@ eaod 1ty bstaopS soapanes =
are:, Tho Pl1ni1ix, of DrooHiynn. Dn IT. H.
nienia, Of rittsl,ur4: Rhodo 'ra1ar =
Insurance Aauoention, OF proy;ilencn. siar ~
N:w n; aork; National, Of Now York Conncc,tc.t.
o. Hartford; oriont, OF Hartford Escha,we 4
York. '>"Sos'' VI S'"
~, Those w!o came back tho tley ureytara a,,,
1ho !on;aGn, liverpool & gfobo; imperioi;
OF London; nntl II Manhattan, Of Now Torh' >'s'''
About dozDn other coml,auicp rotr,nad Ia.
1ore tio late action OF the Executive Cop1mit:ea
"aa 1aEeh. Ihoro arb now nll the fsst-cIasu
c'onpapieA e'sp With tue exception Of about ha,!.a
dozen oacE again, and tltora ia now ITO lack If
eood INSURANCE. y lev Of tho leading No,s i rk
comp3nies, like tho Homo, Howard. and Conf
Mortal, have sts!l their backs IN. und refuse tn
cotna; , 6ut If thoy wait until they aro uent IL
shIey "'ll novor return at all. No one iu t..s
eley LAG my greet den'ro to hnre them baol;.
nn1ess 1t be tue agonts representing them.
HARTFORD COMPANIES 70 n1sK IT.
shee'et nsD4teh to 1h: Cisieuau 1,7onae
,,.s nAE;TFoAp, Dec. ?.-Relyng upon what las
been done, and lnnch more upon what is rrc.r-
isod, tho Etap, Hartford National, md 0,i.nt
INSURANCE Companies, of this ri:v have voted II,
resume underwriting to 1i1nited extent IL Gu
caso ca ana TIE m coonnctcat will rosun,e within
row days. They nil! procned cautiously at p:.es.
ent and await tho complexion Of imnroveuuasa
already begun. They rely chiefly upon Gar.
sl'a!er AMI the C!ttzenB Association to put f;t:-
eago il a condition which will justify tie e:o1-
rauiea In encouraging business.
AND AI1LI THEE COME
=. gntefal Dispateh to Thr fAicaec Tribune
NE| 1oRK. Dec. 2.-1u tho majority II c.r,a
tue insurance companies haya declined to .alu
any risks yet in Chicago. Among tho companies
which. on inquiry, announce their iuteutton to
resume ase the foliowings The Union tln',,al
tic Buffalo. Of Buffalo; the Western, OF
Tofonto;, the Merchants. Of Nowa1k; tho
Relief, tho Williamsburg Ctr, tho or;oa-
wlch; tho Amazon, of Cincinna:i; tho
ctlzens', Of Newark: tho people's, of Newark;
she Hnmboldt, Of Newark tie Plenix. Ut
the Lancashire, Of England tho Farragut; :hs
t9loen tue Hamburg, OF Dra'uou; the Atsa1t.e,
tho Etna, Of this city; the st. Nicholas, the Il.
coming tho Hoffman, the 3Iechaulca' and Trad rs,
on aud the impeia Of Iouaon aaa o; ',s ~
tlsso any their nuatuess in Chicago hence, ay.i.
Will ba conducted on n new conservative p:ar,
and oil arc psofuao in good adgice to sha city
authoritea.