Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-11-18
Commissioner Hosts WARNING


insurance commissioners.
Commissioner Hosts Warning.
Commissioner Host sends the following
letter to the Wisconsin senators and rep
resentatives, asking their cooperation in
the passage of the proposed bill in Con.
gress:
Madison. Wis, Nov. Is, 19O3-My Dear
Sir: write for the purpose of calling
your attention to the legislation nronosad
to Congress, looking to the denial Of the
use of the mails to companies purporting
TO do the business of insurance VIII ch
have not complied with tho laws of their
home state to the end that the people Of
this state and the country at large may be
saved from the impositions of these fraud
ulent and irresponsible concerns
This legislation Is asked for the reason
that the states are powerless TO check the
operations of these concerns when these
operations are confined to the medium of
the mails
The national convention of insurance
commissioners at Columbus. Ohio. 1902, and
again at Baltimore, 1903, unanimously
recommended the passage of this legisla-
ton by Congress, and appointed q com
mittee to point out the necessity Of 1t to
Congress. ] enclose herewith address pre-
pared by fiat committee to which invite
your careful attention. heartily endorse
the proposed legislation. and knowing you
to be opposed to shams and frauds of ev-
cry description. l respectfully urge your
favorable consideration of 1t.
when say that there are no greater frauds
eXtant in this country than insurance
frauds. The proposed legislation by Con
gress would effectualy eradicate the evil.
Results of Former Letter.
On October 8, the commissioner Of insur-
ance issued a circular letter to the public.
giving n list of a number of fire insura n e
companies and agents that endea vorins
to transact business in this state without
authority from the insurance department
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to the department all literature received by
them relative to unauthorized insurance.
great many people of the state respond
ed to his call, and the unauthorized insur,
ance companies and agents that have been
sending itera ture broadcast over the state
as revised by the commissioner, are as fol
lows:
American Trust and Insurance company.
American Fire Underwriters. Central Fire
Underwriters, Commonwealth Insurance
company, Fire Underwriters of America
Franklin Insurance company, Firemans
Fire Insurance company Germania Fire
association, Great Britain Insurance cor
poration, Great Northern Insurance COM
pany, Great Western Underwriters, Inland
Insurance company, Interior Insurance
company, Imperial Insurance company,
Mercantile Fire Insurance company, North
American Underwriters, Northern Fire In
surance company Royal exchanges Under
Western Consolidated Underwriters, all Of
Chicago, ILL.,
German Union insurance company and
the National Insurance and Investment
company of Delaware, Mechanics and Trad
ars' Insurance company of New Orleans
/ che Alexandria Insurance company the
Prudential Insurance company and the
Commonwealth Savings and Insurance com
pany OF Virginia, the Franklin Insurance
company OF West Virginia, the Ottawa In
surance company of Ontario, Millers and
Manufacturers of Minneapolis, National In
surance company Of New Jersey and Inter
national Fire Office, Manufacturers Insur-
| ance company, Fidelity Insurance company
the Stuyvesant Insurance company, Pacific
/ Underwriters of New York.
| Also, E. A. Shanklin G. Co.. e. J. Sum-
loerhays & Co. Clinton s.. Weeks & Co.
& CO., James Watson & Co. Fred S. James
| s. Co., Hall & Henshaw, James r. Wilson
& Co.. C. A. Van Anden & Co., w. B. Lang
| ley & Co.. Sam Foster & Co., Leonard (,
oglesby Foster & Work, E. Littleield l.
&C., +. r. Thompson, Samuel G.. Wilson &
| Co and A. c. Hayner, all agents operat-
Ing from n La Sale e.. street ae, Chicago, III;
nlent has been Informed that e. A Shank
/ III & Co. wrote $4,000 of insurance in unau
| thorized companies represented by them.
on property in Ashland county last year
and have not yet settled the loss
/ Charles Brock Jones & Co. placed insur
| lnce in Sank county and the assured who
suffered loss has been unable to collect
n full.
! The Commonwealth Insurance comnonv
/ placed some insurance in Waupaca county
The assured suffered a loss last June and
las been unable to collect the amount due
| OH his claim.
The Imperial Insurance company placed
l Insurance in Dane county recently, the in
sured suffered loss, and has been unable
20 collect the amount due.
The companies and agents above referred
% have no authority to transact business In
ance desires to again warn the public
against having anything whatever TO do
with them. Anyone in this state insuring
! through of these agents or IN any of
-hese companies, are not protected by the
.Isurance laws of Wisconsin, as the com
oanies have not complied with the laws
In case of loss the assured Is compelled to
prosecute in the state where the company
s organized.