, 1876-10-21
Permanency Of the National Board
Of Underwriters.
Will II Survive Its Weakness 2...spec.
ulations on the Subject.
A Chapter OH Ltfc.lnsl,ranco
Management.
How Rich Corporations Manage
Their Fire Insurance.
laundering for Englfsh Companies
Among New York Agents.
Til propsr Sort Of Material iar Sntttsslai firt'
Insurance Eroktr.

Til propsr Sort Of Material far Sntttssfut Fire
Insurance Hroktr
Se,cfd! Correspondence U The Tribune.
AEw YouK, Oct. ls.-1nQulrics arc rourtni.
into tho city from all points Of the country
relative to the future Of the National Board.
sInl not 4 few parties have eotnlcsecn1cl to
refer 10 tlic letter printed in TIE TRIBUNE Of
tic 4th as II prediction TINT tho Donrtl
will aoon dissolve. This was not tue
writer's Intuition; but as the matter
Is Of vast Importance 10 the fraternity and tic
public It Is worth paragraph There Is an tll'-
.lcrcurrcnt Of fear unoug The largo companies
tllat the Buarl will dissolve, and belief TINT It
cannot be long delayed. At. the same ttme
there is mother fear stronger than the other,
that the dissolution Of tic organization will
produce worse state Of things than tho pres
rnt-a sort Of out~of.thc-lrying pail-nto-thc.ilro
arrangement, which will hode no good to tllc
underwriting interest. But the ma!nstay OF
such m organization Ia confidence, and tint Is
sadly lacking. said prominent city member
Of the National Buard to the writer few days
ago, "Tou can hardly make combination of
dozen companies upon any question TINT
will bo faithfully adhered. TO-. WllE,
str, this company reccntlv agreed To stand Il
lawsuit in common with sixteen other COM
panics, and hcfore one sylllb!o Of testimony had
been tnken In tho Ease, sevcn Of the companies
privately compronisct1.and furntal,e1 the party
with funds to fight tho rest Of us.'.
THEY WANT TO GO II LEFT ALANE.
It wcl1-authentcatcd belief; tlat thclc arc
half-lozen largo companies which 1ronlt leave
tho Bonrd tomorrow II assured that no others
would follow. To show how this is csttmutcd
abroad that The Niagara had left thu Boari. It
% uo1a'nsa aask % hna W. ,,''
oe'lcsea on 'ae stEcst. 1ao common op'nloh
was that the Gcrmanla would blow, as there Is
supposed to be rivalry, or antagonIem, or
tsa,r n.s"esn aa,a.s ,ass y. ~
tnelr ioencr fe'a'toh ue ,l'cu'uefs u @"e unaet-
wrltcrs' Agency. Aud, then, In every o1llco on
broadway, It vas confidently predicted Tint II
the Ger,nau,a loft tho Board tho Hanover would
follow, and thea tto Continental, Mome, and % SO
on adj ,niinitnm. The Tmmor nrnyctl fa|sc. hut
r. ahnscf, I,nts rim thc ntf,.rrs ~ comw,ntss
werc for cxnect1f5ti d. .Lrcak. That II nreeiselv
the condition Of stiaiss today. and Mt any mo-
ment me- the Withdrawn ot laTsc COZ Company nv ,nay ,
nrecipitnte mattera. Hutnor has heen busy
viii ths ssRnyai.n on nscnt1nt Of thaI Cam
uany,s expulsion from the National Botrd iast
month, but tho Royal is stilI in iIne With re-.
spect % to ct tho taria, and occupies 81 tho '' ycry
' poara and ps" yct m 'In oi,scryer wns of its its
rntcs aniI rofcs Tho frat 1arnn ro,nnanr Will,
usscts IN excess Of sf.Wo'06 Ebici, seceics
from tic Boari viii seal It's fatc. unicss ia tho
meantime 1hcre shnni octs,r !. verv ,saai ro,1s
hrc "'''e sA''0 0e eA' 10y 'oA''
TIE CITY nArrs sr11,1, ro,sn DOWN.
We would have supposed that u whole ycar Of
tu,, but i1isre sen,ns no tienth 40 law lint tho
o',s IN ,,,,st .aao,, III ~"
,ates ar, Simply nrcpostorous. FIye.year noIi
r;.s arc brin9 wr}tto1' in Enpifsl, connnntns at
~ nj ra;, f +: rnta anv ~ " - ~
is. @ "rS M a1s x for am ss'cass e." t
Witt With ii Tic ios,, The Tho s1' small iocals ' who @
r'sss of r3sl;a nrc sorsI In fni1ow liz EuoIis iu
otlIIps ,n thc re,nctIon but % n" ,ir"lInc i. n.
unrl;,t, IN rntcs on n,..rchn,,,i.e M m avail
ings. Tiers il an il omnibus" " building risk On
tl,cse are 1enty Of ronnanes in Il ot n scnss. Ts
siewariss ,n.tGwn ssnre IL ~ ~ 81 4; ht
tic nice naf for itno of nearly xsjNrnn Il icss
thnn 81 cents. Jnbhinr stocks on Chambnrs,
Hen,c' nunnc mr., xifniior strHcts r,tnI ~ TMJ
% Cents aTa wrton n Tia Srrv icst oca1 Il cn
nanfrs Ut EEdiHl rents Tim rsmH1knhic r,,t Ia
ilnbn well kutnyn hnt I'll. In iSf1 Il nnfd 81 d0.
IN is7I sem. In 1s:h St IN. onfi rrc"ntIw ,orHo
!ias VIZ , renewed .j :. even pr esnt; ! iroSs.
n rival hr,l tnkc,, It nt * cnnt. snnGn
!. written mronosi,inn in iakc +1,c ,In'o ' IT. X
cents. Ani tfcss cuscs mioht hc ,ntIrf,nitcir
,nmitin,iaI II is .ofc th,t ,,rrt ~ ;I. rist,:
not one policy In Ifty il rcMnwri fhis ysnr nt
last ycars ratcs, and thie Il a t.onr SLOWING.
from tho fact thnt Inst war therf srns serfons
reinrfjm hcinw: tls rntrs ri thc nrernns ensnn
IMPROVEMENT IN L1rE INSURANCE. '
One OF thc cariicst symntn,ns ~ A., innrove1
tusincss in TIM country Il I'm incrcoeirtr nnn,.
her of nnplicatons fI,r nt,v nnclcx r.ct%Eo,i hv
tic lending ilfc companies. Xii of these teport ~
martctl in,nroycmi.nt #, thrir nav h,sirnIs ~
10y eo