The San Francisco call., 1906-06-10
Companies That Pay VIII
Get Insurance Bust
ness Of Coast.
Another Called Meeting
Fails Of Proper
Attendance.
Underwriters Say Events
Will Show Identity
Of Recalcitrants.

The determination of the stronger
insurance companies to settle their
losses Independently. as agreed upon at
the underwriters meeting of Friday in
Oakland, is supposed by the insurance
people to mark the beginning of the
second stage of the proceedings follow
ing the San Francisco fire. The frst
stage included, as distinguishing
characteristic, an attempt to act in har-
mony. The second is practically one
of open disagreement between the
companies that wish to meet their pol
! icy holders with fair payments and the
companies that are not averse to en-
ploying all possible tricks and devices
to kill time and to force settlements at
the lowest procurable rates on COM
promise.
| No one declares war. This is not the
time for open warfare. Nevertheless.
some of the smaller companies see in
the move of the larger companies an
attempt to get the future business of
| the coast on the record Of payments
now to be made, and, while they are
helpless to change the rule that has
| been adopted by the underwriters, they
do not like the idea of being distanced
in the competitive race for patronage.
An analysis of the causes that have
been reported back by loss committees
indicates the general policy has been
followed In seventeen losses the loss
Committees, with the aid of adjusters.
have announced their readiness to pro-
ceed to final adjustments The compa-
MES principally interested have not all
appeared by representatives at meet
ings called by the secretary of the un-
derwriters, Mr.. Mohrhardt.
The strong companies have been
present. The weaker ones have sent
Il \, co1x hic
has led to the decision of the strong
companies not to waste any more time.
but to go ahead and meet their policy
holders as individuals.
DEMAND FOR INFORMATION.
Incidental to the stir that has result
ed from the proceedings of the under
writers meeting in Oakland on Friday.
general demand has been made on
the part of policy holders for informa-
tion concerning the companies that
have appeared to be obstructionistS.
The underwriters do not go out of their
way to impart information on this in
teresting point, but say that when each
company, at the end of seven days after
receiving reports from loss committees,
must decide for itself whether it will
settle at once with it's policy holders,
the happenings will probably indicate
the identity of the present recalci-
trants.
Seventeen large joint losses had
reached the point, under the general
adjustment plan, where the companies
interested were to pass upon them and
to decide what to do. AS matter OF
interest the seventeen cases that have
been bulletined to date in the offices. of
the adjustment bureau In the ferry
building are here published, together
with the loss committee named in each,
as follows, in their order or announce
ment on the bulletin board:
Juda Brothers-The St. Paul, North
America and G1ens Falls companies.
Baldwin Jewelry Company - The
Phoenix of London, Union of London
and Phenix of Brooklyn.
Paul Rieger & Co;-The Springfield,
panies.
Andrews Diamond Palace = Atlas,
Hartford and Sun companies.
California Casket Company-Spring-
field, Glens Falls and North America
companies.
Eugene Korn = American Central.
Phenix of Brookly and the Phoenix
Gutta Percha Manufacturing Com
pany-Spring gfield, Home of New York
and Moselle companies
German, Scottish Union and Hamburg
Bremen.
Theo veyhle-s Springfield, Concordia
and Traders companies.
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Underwriters and Aetna companies
Elkus Brenner Company = London
Assurance. Phoenix of London and Phe-
nix of Brooklyn companies.
Abrahamson Company and Hotel
Richelieu-Fire Association, Phenix of
Hartford and Rhine and Moselle COM
panies.
j. S. Turner Company--Connecticu
Liverpool and London and Globe and
Rhine and Moselle companies.
Ahrens, Pein & Bulwinkel-Queen
City, Transatlantic and Scottish Union.
ANOTHER MEETING FAILS.
Twenty eight companies, through
their representatives, have taken Joint
part in the preliminary proceedings
leading to loss reports. Those COM
panies that were represented more than
once in the loss committees so far
ready to make reports are the North
American, 8 Glens Falls, 2; Phoenix of
London, 2; Phenix of BROOKLYN. 3.
Springfield, 4; Atlas, 2; Rhine and Mo-
selle, 2.
Secretary Mohrhardt said yesterday
that he would continue to place an
nouncements of meetings of the sub
committees on losses upon the adjust
ing bureau bulletin board until next
Wednesday. as notices have been sent
out to the companies in interest to
meet during the first three days of the
present week After Wednesday no
joint meetings of representatives of
companies will be held.
Copies of the reports of adjusters
will be sent to the companies that are
concerned in the respective losses The
advantage that the companies had un-
der the old plan of having the adjust
ers. who make the reports present will
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