The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
.PARDEE WANTS
ALL To WAIVE
Insurance CO m panies
Are Asked to Forego
Loss Notices.
Governor Asks Wolf to
Appeal to Every
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+ Governor. Pardee has written to In
surance Commissioned Wolf advising
him to secure from all the insurance
companies that are authorized to trans
act business in this State an agree
ment TO issue waivers of notices of
loss and that if any company refuses
-orfails to do this. to keep record of
the facts The text of the letter is as.
follows;
:. 7 have noticed that some Of the
insurance companies are. advertising, in
the newspapers, that they waive notice
of loss from those who have sustained
damage in the recent confagration in
for fling proofs of loss.
This seems to me a reasonable a s
well as a wise course of action for these
companies to take. In order that there
may be no uncertainty as to the uni
formity of action of the parties so do.
ing, would suggest that you commu-.
ance companies authorized to transact
business in this State and secure from
each of them an agreement, in writing.
waiving notice of loss altogether. and
extending the time for fling proofs of
loss at. least sixty days from and after
June II. 1906 and if any of the COM
panies fail or refuse so TO do suggest
that a record of such facts should be
made and preserved.
Commissioner Wolf has acted on this
advice and has prepared to make an
official record of any failure on the
part OF an Insurance company to COM
ply. To each of the companies the
Insurance Commissioner has sent the
following:
Dear Sir: Pursuant to suggestion
dee, Governor of the State of California,
! lnclose herewith stipulation waving
notice of loss on behalf of the policy
holders of your company who suffered
damage in the gecent conffagration in
San Francisco. and extending the time
for filing proof of loss The suggestion
is that the extension be for sixty days
from and after June II, 1906
Iwould request. you to be kind enough
"a sign said stipulation or have it
signed by some person authorized to
represent youg company. and return
same to me. II for any reason you
will not do SO. would request you to-
advise me Of such fact. :
To each company the following stipu-
iation has been sent for signature:
The undersigned. having due author
specified hereby stipulates. consents
and agrees that any and all notices of
loss which may be required by the
policies of insurance issued by this
company, or by provisions of law: or
otherwise, from any, every and all per-
sons who suffered damage by reason
of the fire in the city and county of
San Francisco, State of California,
which began on Apri, IS. 1906, and con-
tinued. for several days thereafter, and
tie same is hereby waived. and that no
serve notice of loss upon said company
shall be deprived of any right or rights
by reason of failing so to do.
And, further, that any and all per-
sons that suffered damage by reason
of the aforesaid fire may have and they
are hereby granted up to and including
which time to make and file proofs of
loss claimed by reason of said fire.
The Chamber of Commerce has adopt
ed the following resolutions:
Whereas, Many peculiar problems in
insurance have arisen in San Francisco
since the late disaster; and
Whereas, Difficulty in securing infor-
nation as to the policy or intentions of
the insurance companies involved is
causing great hindranee to the recon
struction of the city, which comes from
this uncertainty; and
Whereas, In the opinion of the board
of trustees of the Chamber of Com
merce of San Francisco it is considered
expedient to ascertain from the mem
bers thereof any extraordinary difficult
ties with which they may be confront
ance companies tnat NAV be showing q
disposition to discount their policies, or
to evade their just obligations; there
fore be il
Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
be and they are hereby respectfully re-
quested to furnish c. w. Burke secre-
tary of said organization, room 16,
ferry building. San Francisco. all in
formation bearing on these questions,
with a view to sending same to the
Chambers of Commerce and other SINH
lar organizations in the cities of the
United States; and be il further
Resolved. That the secretary be and
he. is hereby instructed to .tabuIate said
information; to confer with the State
Commissioner of Insurance with a view
report ali said information in form
suitable for general distribution as soon
as possible.