The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
SHARP RAP FROM WEBB
Superintendent McNaII Informs
All Insurance Companies
Doing Business in Kansas With
out Paying License
That They Must Comply With the
State Law at Once-State
House Matters

Webb AfcNall has not been enjoined
from making an effort to protect the
business of the fire insurance compa-
MES which pay a license fee and taxes
to do business in this state and he is
accordingly making a fight in that di-
rection, having today taken the first
steps to shut off unlicensed companies
from doing an ilegitimate business in
the state.
After careful investigation in var
iOus cities of the state Mr.. McNaH has
discovered that there are a large num-
Der of companies doing business here
without proper license from the insur-
ance department. The list of companies
| follows:
Victoria of New York, Union Assur-
ance company of New York. the Crown
of New York, Commomea of Albany,
Michigan Fire and Marine of Detroit,
| American of Boston, Farragut of New
York, Eagle of New York, Mutual Fire
Insurance company of New York,
! Rochester German of Rochester, Uni
| Led states Insurance company of New
York The BalOise and The Neither
/ lands and the 1slampanium of Europe,
| Globe and Colonial of New York, Al
/ lemalna of Pittsburg, Pa, Schuylkill of
| Philadelphia, Eastern of New York,
/ New York Fire, Broadway of New
York, American of Philadelphia. South
| ern Of New Orleans, Rhode Island Fire
/ Underwriters of Providence. Newark
! Fire Insurance company of Newark. \.
! j, TeutOnia of New Orleans, Manufac-
/ turers and Merchants of Pittsburg, Ne
/ ChanicS of Philadelphia, Mercantile Fire
/ and Marine Of Boston, Agricultural Of
! New York, Union of Philadelphia Scot
| tish Union and National. Hartford,
J Conn. Helvetia Swiss Fire Insurance
! company of Europe, United Firemens
J Insurance company, Philadelphia,No Nor
I walk of NOTWalk. Conn, Hamburg In
/ derWriters'. Atlas of Chicago, Citizens
1 of New York, Citizens of St Louis, De
trOit Fire and Marine of Detroit, Amer
/ lean of New York, Lion Fire Insurance
! company, Hartford, Conn, North Ger
| man Insurance company, Caledonian
! Insurance co. of New York, N. Y. city,
! National Standard of New York, Read
/ ing of Reading. Pa, American of Pitts
/ burg, Firemen's Insurance company Of
/ New York Firemen'S Insurance com
! pany of Baltimore. Citizens of Pitts
( burg, Pa, Aechen-Munich, Home Mu-
! tual OF San Francisco, Magdeburg IN
| surance company, German of Pittsburg,
/ Pa, Transatlantic of Chicago. BUT
/ falo-C Commercial Insurance company,
Buffalo, n. Y. and Bufalo-German In
| surance company Of Buffalo.
The superintendent today sent out
| the following letter to the officers of
the above named companies:
Il have reliable information that
| your company has been writing insur-
ance in this state in violation of law.
If your company is a reputable one
YOU can not afford to do this. l think
| that the laws OF all the states cOnleIn-
plate that insurance shall be written
only in the respective states by COM
panies that are licensed and come
through the front door Of the insurance
department.
If this ilIegitimate writing of insur-
ance is not stopped by your company I
will call the attention of the county at
tOrneyS to the matter III the respective
counties of Kansas where you are at
tempting to do business. and see that
your agents are prosecuted.
Il will say in addition that at some
future time you may desire to make
application to come into this state to
transact insurance business and the
kind of a record you have nOw-that of
ILLEGALLY writing insurance-unleSS it is
desisted in, viii not assist you very
materially in such application"