Gilpin observer., 1906-01-25
SOME PERTINENT QUERIES.
Propounded by Colorado Superintend-
ent of Insurance.

The insurance department of the
Office of the auditor of state of Colo
rado, through E. Il. Rittenhouse, dep
uty superintendent of insurance, has
sent the following request to the head
of every insurance company doing bus
mess in the state, something over 200
in all:
Dear Sir: The following inquiries are
the submitted with the request that
the answers be sworn TO and returned,
if possible, before March !, 1906; same
when received, to be attached to and
filed with your annual statement to
this department:
1.-What were the salaries of your
officers, directors and trustees for
1905? Show annual salary of each.
2.-Have any of these salaries been
recently increased or reduced; and if
SO, when and to what extent?
3.-Has any officer. director or trus-
tee of your company been paid, since
January /, 1905, any money or other
valuable compensation for any service
rendered the company, over and above
the salaries stated in reply to ques-
tion No. /? If SO please state amounts
so paid each officer, director or trus-
tee.
Alas any officer. director or trus-
tee of your company participated in
commissions, interest or other profits
of any syndicate or pool formed for
the purpose of buying or selling prop
erty or securities for yUar company
since January l, 1905? If SO, please
give details.
5.-Has any officer, director or trus-
tee of your company participated,
since January l, 1905, directly or indi-
rectly, through commissions. interest
or otherwise, in the profits of any gen.
eral or local agency of your com
pany. II so, please give list of such
instances, explaining each.
6.-Have any funds of the company
been loaned to any officer, director,
trustee or employe of the company
since January /. 1905. aside from loans
on personal policies? If so. please give
amounts and interest rate on each loan.
Are there any such loans. made
prior to January !, 1905. still outstand-
ing? If so, please give details.
S.-Does your company control, by
stock ownership or otherwise, any
other insurance company, any bank, or
trust, loan or investment company or
agency? If so, please give name, ma
ture of business transacted by each,
and the amount your company has in
vested in each.
9.-Have any of the expenditures
shown in your annual report for 1905
as Legal Expenses" been used for pol
itical purposes. or to influence ma
tional or state legislation. If so, how
much?
10.-Have company funds been used,
directly or indirectly. to promote the
enactment of state or national legis-
lation favorable to the interests of the
policyholders, or to oppose Legislation
regarded as detrimental to the interest
of policyholders?
11.-If the answer 10 No. 10 is yes
please name amount SO expended dur
ing the past six years, and say whether
or not it is the intention of your COM
pany to continue this policy hereafter.
12.-Has your company contributed
money directly or indirectly to the
political campaign funds or expenses
of any political party?
13.-If the answer to No. 1o is yes"
please name amount so contributed
during the past six years. and say If
it is the intention of your company
to continue this practice.
lion what date was your COM
pany last examined by a State Insur-
ance Department, and by what state
was the examination made?