New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-28
INSURANCE NEWS AND INCIDENTS.

The pool of New-York City fire insurance com.
panies known rs the Warehouse Underwriters
Association has been reorganlzed within day or
two and is now composed OF the following ten CON-
panies: Grsenwc1 Howard LSiay ed fr Manu-
National, New-YOrk Bowery, New-fOrk Equitable,
Star and United States The net assets OF these
summarizes are about 81, 100000. -Four companies
VIII oh belonged to the pool last year Withdrawn
this year. VIZ, the Commercial FaIragut, Hamilton
and New-York Fire. The assets epIesented by
these four 81 10000 Po!lcles OF SlODOOO
will be written Nv the new association on me chan
disc in desirable warehouses and on piers. NJ. r.
Reading continues to be the manager D1 the pool.
The Warehouse Underwriters Association was or
caniZed last year for the purpose OF enabling home
Companies 20 competed with the large foreign COM
panles i'll writing extensive INES OF warehouse rsks
and has met with far success, although Its prohts
have not been sufficient. III the cases OF the with
drawing companies. to repay them Tor surrenderlng
their individual rights to the association lho neF
pool begins business on Oct0Der l.
The Insurance Chronicle published yesterday
,.hie of suicides in the Unite States during June.
lmbortant one to lie insurance companies, partlcu-
larry TO those issuing incontestabe policies. he
table shows that 40 persons committed suicide,
against ii during the same period last year. The
ages vary from to ninety years the greatest
number ut any single age-twenty iour-occurilng
at the age Of fifty. Among the leading causes were:
BusIuess trouble, %; dissipation, 81; family
trouble 81 insanity So; love trouble. 20; SICK
ness o. With regard to condition. 12S were
hocnelors. 1919 husbands G2 wives. 80 maids. 10
widows, aud 81 wdOwers. The means were speol-
ed as follows: Shooting 147, poisoning no.
80. Classed by nationality 1876 were Americans
$50 Germans. AZ English, % Irish, etc, The prin-
cipa occupations were: Farmers 81, merchants
So aloon-koepers -, and laborers IA. BY Eek,
354 were male and 12l female.
1t was rumored yesterday that the London and
Glasgow Insurance Company of Glasgow would
soon emigrate TO the United states. This company
has lately been formed and probably VIII soon begin
to transact business IN Canada.
AT its meeting on Wednesday the New. York
Board of Fire Underwriters took no the question of
the fire hazard of Hudson River stores. com
mittee reported that the owners OF stores were
willing to make improvements IN their risks as the
underwriters might suggest. proposition to pro-
tect the Staten saud docks by the harDor hire boats
was referred to the Fire Patrol Committee.
Since the new tariff on large mercantile risks
went into effect last Thursday merchants and prop
erty owners have come more and more generally to
acGulesce in the Justice of the Increased rates not
withstaudng considerable opposition was mani
tested at first. 49,
noteworthy appointment in life insurance
circles is that of L. 7. Birmingham the general
agent of the NewYork Life for Illinois, with head
quarters at Chicago. The appoip tment dates from
October1.