The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-30
KINGS AND QUEENS TOO RISKY.
New York Insures the Life of Plenty OF
Dukes and Connts, Though.

New York Insures the Life of Plenty of
Dukes aud Conuts, Though.
New York Sun
Only one of their old lies!" The speaker was
an officer of one of our largest life insurance
companies, and the "Hes' he referred to were
contained in a German pamphlet that bitterly
attacked American life insurance. They have
taken advantage over on the other side of our
last years smash in Wall street to assail our
whole system of finance, thinking to get rid of
unwelcome rivalry. But it won't work. Judg-
ing from this" tapping the pamphlet, ''one
would think that all Europe was filled with dis
trust OF u.s. WE'LL here is specimen of dis
trust-a draft for g., 900 marks from the mayor
of Frankfort-on- the Main in one payment for an
annuity for his son That mail brought US of
regular insurance from Europe quite half mill
ion dollars. We get three mails week. and
one bag has brought as mucffsas million and a
quarter of insurance. Do you see the reason
why they kicks
6Our policy books are full of the names of
German noblemen and landed proprietors, who
areinsured as high as hundred thousand dollars,
some of them. All over fifty thousand we rein
sure to protect ourselves, In the city of Bonn,
the famous University town, there is scarcely a
well-known or distinguished man who is not in
sured in our company. And it is not in Ger
many alone we drive ahead like that. Here is
an application from Prince SergiuS Galitzen, of
Warsaw. / mention the big names because they
count more Oh the other side than here. In
to the heirs of Prince Orloff, Russian. And
there, toe, is one of our patrons, or customers,
Prince Philippe Marie dOrleans, a scion of the
French royal house. He owns large mines in
Spain, and the company has given him permit
to 60 down in his mines, but by no means to en-
gage in the actual labor of miner Routine,
you know! Fancy prince of the house of Or
leans with pick and shovel, and miners lamp
on his hat"
DO you insure any crowned heads2S
s'No kings and queens. There are too many
Nihilists around these times; but dukes and
counts without end. The nearest we get to roy
atty is in the case of ex-Queen Isabella, who is
the beneficiary of policy we have written on
the life of one of her devoted courtiers Very
fond of her, presume. We had a brother-in-
law of the Danish King, Baron Blixen- Finecke,
whose wife was the aunt Of the Princess OF
Wales, the Empress Of Russia, and
the King of Greece. Now that he els dead,
if my memory doesn't fail, we insure his son.
Another of our risks who is dead, was son of
Maria Louisa the great Napoleon's last wife, by
here second marriage. He was an Austrian no
table, whose name | forget. The other day we
insured distinguished governor with an Office
name can't pronounce
There are three American companies who in
sure lives IN Europe-the New York, the Equita
BILE and the Germania Trust them to take care
of themselves. AS an instance of it, let me tell
you that the agent of the New York in Paris,
Harry Homans has been made a cheyaiier oil
the Legion of Honor the Equitable's agent in
Madrid is a member of the Cortes President
Cleyeland's new minister to Denmark, Prof.
Rasmus Ii. Anderson, was an Equitable agent
out West, and may DO on their management
over there.