The San Francisco call., 1906-07-14
HEAVY RISKS HELD.
BY FEW AGENTS.
" Earthquake Clause 7"
Companies Insured
Important Properties
CONCISE SUMMARY

The fourteen earthquake" fire in
surance companies now in the public
view in this city represent some of the
largest properties that have been
burned under the policies in which the
earthquake" clause occurs. Some in
vestigation along this line leads TO in
teresting information.
The Norwich company, one Of the
'earthouake" line of corporations, had
the largest insurance of any party on
the Mechanics Pavilion, the Russ
mouse. the American box factory, the
properties Of the Levi Strauss Realty
Company, the Marion building at 104 TO
10 Geary street and the properties Of
Hart & Bro. at 11S Sansome street, Bull
lock & Jones at los TO 10 Sutter,
Brown & Power, 20 10 80 Sansome; Z.
Arnold & Co, at Townsend and Stan
ford streets; DolliveE & Bro, 9 +.
Weber & Co. Hoffman, Woenne. VII
liam Buchanan. 1874 TO 1888 Larkin, and
the De Laval Dairy Supply Company.
This company also had a risk on the
store Of Nathan, Dohrmann & Co
Leading risks We're held by the Ger
ynan-American OF New York. another
earthquake" company, on the Taylor
D. SpOtsWOOd Company, 1873 to 13S Fre-
mont; the Western Drug Company, at
1915 Market; the American Can Com
pany the s. T. Weeks Company. at
1881 Market; the /. p. Degen Betting
Company. the Simonds Saw Company,
the Denicke residence at Mason and
Sacramento, J. Levin & Co., the Schroth
Company at 1885 Geary street, Gettle
son. Collins & Co, Dorey & Cunning
ham. the Sunset Photo Supply Com
pany. B. Heskins at $40 Bush and Louis
Friedlander at Sutter and Stockton.
The German Alliance Of New York
had the leading risks on the John H.
Klein Electric Company. the Pacific
Stamping and Metal Works and Liv-
ingstOn & Co. Of SCI Market street
The Williamsburgh City is the chief
insurer OF Atkins & Torrey, the Yaw-
man Erbe Company at 635 TO 6S7 Mis-
sion street and Annie H. Theller at 3l9
and 321 Sutter street.
The Palace Hotel building was most
largely insured by the Commercial
Union Of London, which company also
appears as the leading insurer Of the
Bohemian Club building, Laventhal
Brothers OF 409 and AL Sacramento
street, c. r. Winslow & Co. Of $40 and
57T Mission, the H s. Crocker Company
at 2l5 and PIG Bush and of the large
THlmann & Bendell properties at S13 to
81 Battery street and 407 to al Clay
street
Among the risks largely carried by
the Palatine Insurance Company were
the Vulcan Iron Works. Henry Kohler
Of SO7 Sutter street, the Jones-Paddock
Company at 26 TO IS Fremont street
Radke &. Co. at lis Sutter, Hirsch,
Block & Co. at 125 SansOme and l. J.
Clayburgh & CO.
The Providence washington Company
had leading risks on property Of Keh-
Ter & Chase, the B. F. Goodrich Com
pany at S92 and 394 Mission street and
So TO SO Fremont street and Henry
Rhine Co.
The largest individual risks on the
Halleck block on Sansome street, the
California Saw Works at S55 North
Point street, the Colman Company at
Us and 13O Kearny street the Chicago
Clock Company at 500 Eddy and Frank
S. johnson at 3l2 to 322 Sansome were
held by the Phoenix Of Hartford.
A long list Of properties was most
largely insured by the Rhine and Mo-
selle Company. among which were NJ.
J. Brandenstein & Co. at Spear and Mis-
sion. the Starr King building on Geary
street, Graf Brothers. the Hotel era
nada Werle & Willoh at 29 market
street, Reiss Brothers & Co. at "a and
&c Sutter street, Bachmann & Co. at
zis and 42O Market and the John P.
Cliese Company of 1l2l Howard street.
The leading insurer OF the c. ]. Hen
dry Company at 10 California street
and Herman Heynemann at 2O4 and 206
Sacramento street is the New Hamp-
shire.
This concise mention of some Of the
large Interests at stake with the earth
quake" companies gives some idea of
the general lines in which the earth
quake" corporations were large under
writer's. The facts in the cases men
tioned were derived from an analysis Of
the memberships Of loss commit
tees The largest insurers are
made the chairmen Of loss commit
tees by the fire underwriters adjusting
bureau. Each company mentioned was
made chairman Of a loss committee as
Indicated in the foregoing.