The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-13
INSURANCE NOTES

The executive committee of the local Underwriters association has appointed the following delegates to the national September 19, 20 and 21: D. H. Andrews w. ]. Cameron. W. H. Stewart, H. w. Leyens and c. N. Avery. The following have been chosen as alternates. G. N. Cox, w L. Sessions P. c. Ratliff, Robert Jemlson. Jr., and c. J. Jennings.
 It is thought that full delegation will represent Birmingham at the convention in Hartford. An effort will be made to secure the convention of 1906 for Birming- ham. The delegation VIII go well equip ped with advertisements about Birming- ham.
 E. II. Andrews, local representative of the Union Central Life Insurance com pany, has returned from a vacation.
 A larger delegation from Birmingham will attend the national convention of the Travellers Insurance company to be held next month than from any other southern city. The delegation will also compare favorably with many of the larger cities of the east.
 The delegates, from the local office of the Travellers Insurance company will be Robert, Jemison, Jr., P A. Holley H. G. Seibles, G. P. Eggleston, J. r. Seawells and possibly others The delegation will leave for Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence river the early part of next month. The convention will be in ses- sion September Il, 12 and 13. After ad- iournment has been taken a big outing will be enjoyed and the delegates from here are not expected to return until Oc- tober.
 The delegation from Birmingham will make a good report to the convention, the record for the local office during the past year having been unusually fine.
 J. w. Vardaman, who for some time has been connected with w. L. Sessions in representing the Prudential Insurance company in this state, has resigned his l position to accept the office of principal of the preparatory department of How
 ard college Mir Vardamans resignation
 has already taken effect and until the 1 beginning of the school term he will enjoy
 Q vacation.
 The "Insuranee Field" wittily remarks
 now that Miss Ida Tarbell has exhausted l her material on the subject of Rockefeller, anu iNhNOlh us Ditlituc iS itito VI Niltti6 1 the same old story about the shame of cities, that those eminent writers will i direct their energies against the life in l surance companies. We may expect now to | hear of all life insurance companies as being moral hazards and national menaces." and it is not altogether improb- abel that the very principle of life in- surance will be arraigned as a fraudulent method of stealing the hard earned money | of the people.
 | As predicted, the large majority of the l insurance companies have withdrawn l their business from the congested dis | trict of Nashville. It will be remembered l t:lat the fire underwriters gave notice | of an advance of 25 per cent owing to the l inadequacy of the fire department. State | Insurance Commissioner Folk then issued i an order based on the opinion of the state attorney general that the advance was a | violation of the provisions of the anti I compact law.
 Conditions at present are very unsatis-
 factory in Nashville and a material
 change is desired by all.
 | The similarity of names of many insur-
 ances companies often cause serious mis- | takes and squabbles. A dispute is now | on between the National Life Insurance | company of Vermont and the National | Life Insurance company. U. s. A, in re- | gard to who shall receive the mail ad- 1 dressed to the National Life Insurance
 company, Chicago, Ill. The postoffice de-
 partment ruled that all mail so addressed | should go to the National Life, U. s. A. but the attorney general of the United | States when asked for his opinion declared 1 that the mail so addressed should go to | the company having the National Life Insurance Company" as its corporate
 name, which is the Vermont company. A | warm fight is being carried on in the 1 courts and other companies are watching | it with interest. great amount of bus | mess is addressed to the National Life In- ! surance company. Chicago. and the com