The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-06
INSURANCE CONVENTION.
CALL MADE FOR ONE TO BE HELD
WEDNESDAY.
Organization of a State Board of
Fire Underwriters, the Primary
Object of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tiOns Being Sent to Agents and
Railroads Have offered Reduced
Rates-Attendance Will Probably
Be Very Large.

Wednesday, June 18th, has been named
by the committee having in charge the
arrangement for the coming convention
of territorial insurance agents, as the
date upon which the gathering will be
held in this city, and invitations are now
going out to the insurance contingent.
There are in this territory a total OF 2'S
agents of insurance companies, who are
actively engaged in the business, and 1t
is anticipated that the convention Will be
one of the most heavily attended in point
of representation ever held in this city
The railroads see the Importance of the
occasion and they have made a conceS-
sion in the shape of the one and one-n1tn
fare for the round trip from all stations
in the territory, good TOR four days, tick
cts TO be sold on the ceruhcate plan;
of the agents in the territory. or
a representative of every nrIn
doing an active business, for the
matters to be on for consideration Will be
of the most important nature. 1t is pos
Sible that the bylaws and constitution 10
be adopted will be of such nature tnal
healed and all representatives of compa-
MES doing business in the territory pc Or
dered to get within the fold. 1t Will pc
an extremely important gathering, from
an insurance mans point of view, ana
also one that will have great interest Tor
the owners of property which carries IN
Surance.
special committee appointed at the last
meeting has drafted a call for the pro
posed convention and copies are being
sent to all the insurance agents IN the
territory This letter is as follows:
Dear Sir.-Notice has been given by the
Board of Fire Underwriters of San Fran
cisco that the branch office located IN
this city will lac closed on the 30th OF this
month. In view of this fact, after due
consideration, the local agents here have
appointed the undersigned as committee
to issue a call TO all the locals IN the
territory of Utah for meeting to be
held in Salt Lake city on Wednesday,
June 18th. at 2 o'clock ?; m; at the
Underwriters, in the Commercial block,
for the purpose of discussing and organiZ-
ing u state board, same to go into enect
on and after approval by the general
managers.
The object Of said board will be to
operate a recording. rating and inspect
ing bureau for this territory, ana the or
gdniZation is to be similar IN It's JurlS-
diction and authority to the Office at pres
ent existing in this city; that is to say,
daily reports, cancelled policies and all
havo been heretofore passing between
local agents of the territory and the
branch office of the Board of Fire Under
writers at Salt Lake city, would, If the
present plan be adopted, pass through the
office of the manager of the state board,
which office shall he located in some city
to be selected at the meeting.
The condition of the underwriting bust
ness is too well known to need any COM
ment; Montana has organized a state
board with a recording, rating and in
spection bureau which has met with the
unanimous approval of the managers of
the Pacific coast, and it is the desire to
a similar board to control the
situation in Utah.
We most earnestly urge you, therefore,
to be present at the meeting; but should
you be unable to come please do the
committee the kindness to give them your
opinion of the matter in full or delegate
someone to act in your behalf.
Yours truly,