The San Francisco call., 1906-07-10
Trustees Of Policy Holders League
Receive Plan From Committee.
Bureau Finishing
Its Appointments
Underwriters Organization
Will End Work of Naming
Loss Bodies in a Few Days

OAKLAND, July 9.-The principal
purpose for which the Fire Underwrit-
ers' Bureau was formed more than two
months ago-the assignment to loss
committees for adjustment of risks
where six or more companies were in
volved-is nearing accomplishment.
With the completion of this feature Of
the bureaus work, which is expected
within week or ten days, the primary
object for which the organization was
created will have been attained. 1t will
then rest with the insurance concerns
to settle their interests in the six or
more company risks as they see fit.
1t has been estimated that there were
about 1000 fire losses in San Francisco
in which six or more companies were
involved. OF this number nearly 1900
have been already assigned by the gem
eral adjusting committee of fifteen of
the Fire Underwriters Bureau to the
loss committees. BY the end of the
present week the bureau officials look
to see the majority of the remaining
losses assigned to committees.
BELATED CLAIMS COMING IN.
The delay in assigning some of the
larger losses to the committee is due,
the officials of the bureau say, to the
fact that many of the persons who
owned the property destroyed were
abroad and the necessary data on which
the committee was to work was diff
cult to obtain. These belated claims
are now coming to hand and are being
disposed of as fast as the bureau can
operate.
The Fire Underwriters Adjusting Bu-
reau was formed in Reed Hall ten
weeks ago of all of the companies in
terested in the San Francisco losses
affiliated with the organization. With
the exception of the Continental Fire
Insurance Company, which has with
drawn from the bureau. all of the others
retain their membership. Even the
Traders Insurance Company of Chi
cago, that went into insolvency, is still
represented in the bureau. George w.
Spencer of the Arctic Company was
chosen chairman of the bureau when
1t was organized, and still fills that po-
sition. E. F. Mohrhardt is the secre-
tary of the organization. H. F. At
wood secretary of the Rochester Ger
man Company, was elected to the i'm
portant position of chairman of the
general adjusting committee of the bu
reau, but resigned few weeks ago.
BUREAU SERVICE IMPROVED.
Since Atwood's retirement w. NJ. Ba-
ment of the Home Fire Insurance Com
pany Of New York has been acting as
Chairman OF the committee or fifteen.
All the sessions of the bureau have
been held IN Reed Hall. but the meet
ings of the general adjusting commit
tee of fifteen were transferred to the
ferry building in San Francisco over a
month ago.
Since the threatened division in the
Fire Underwriters Adjusting Bureau
three weeks ago the managers of
the dollar-for-dollar companies that
were at that time dissatisfied with
the way the reports were be-
ing delayed and incompletely COM
piled by the loss committees assert that
the service of the bureau has been
much improved and that good progress
is being made. Company managers are
daily receiving reports from the loss
committees, and as result settlements
are being reached and payments made
in a manner that was not possible three
weeks ago.