Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
NEW INSURANCE LAW
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON-
sIDER DRAFT AT MINNEAPOLIS.

Mr.. Thomas e. Drake, superintendent OF
insurance. left the city yesterday to attend
q meeting in Minneapolis Of the special
committee appointed in Chicago last Feb
ruary to frame a general insurance law,
applicable to the District Of Columbia and
the several states. The meeting in Mime
apolis follows one held by the same COM
mittee in Chicago. and a subcommittee
will present the draft Of a bill and re-
port to be made to the annual convention
of state insurance commissioners. which
will convene in Washington at the Airing
ton Hotel October PA, this year.
In commenting upon the work Of the COM
mittee Mr.. Drake said it was expected the
final report would be the greatest deliver
ance ever made in the interests of life In
surance in this country He said there
were brilliant lawyers on the committee,
and that it would have as a guide to its de-
alterations the advice of the special insur-
ance committee of the American Ear Assoc
citation, which will meet in Minneapolis
this year.
Regarded as Important Gathering.
The coming meeting Of the insurance con-
vehtion, Mr.. Drake said. will be one Of the
most important in its history. Aside from
the subjects usually considered it will pass
upon the proposed uniform insurance law
drafted by the special committee, 10 be pre-
scented to Congress for enactment as an in
surance code for the District of Colum bia
and the territories, to be supplemented
with necessary changes and enacted by the
states. The proposed bill, does not contem-
plate federal regulation OF insurance, but
is expected to serve model for insur-
ance laws fer all the states.
The proposed statute is the outgrowth OF
the insurance convention called to meet In
Chicago last February by Gov: John A.
Johnson of Minnesota, through Thomas d.
o Brien, insurance commissioner of that
state This convention considered at length
the disclosures made before the Armstrong
legislative committee in New York, and APP
pointed a committee of fifteen, composed
of three attorneys general of states and
twelve insurance commissioners. This COM
mittee met in Chicago, took up the Ames
insurance bill introduced in Congress as a
basis of it's work and mapped out meas
ure which Mr.. Drake stated would serve
as a code for the District of Columbia and
a model for state legislation. After three
days session the committee adjourned 10
meet in Minneapolis, August %, to COM
plete the bill and prepare it's report to the
annual convention of state insurance COM
miSSionerS.
Special Committees Announced.
Just before leaving for the meeting of
this committee Superintendent Drake made
public the names of the special commit
tees appointed 10 prepare IOT tHe COLlluS
convention in Washington, as follows:
Executive committee-Thomas E. Drake,
chairman; J. Tilman Hendrick, Manhattan
Life Insurance Company; Lem Towers, jr.,
Columbia Fire Insurance Company. and
Max Cohen, editor of Views.
Reception committee = J. Tilman Hen
drick, chairman; Maurice D. Rosenberg, ].
S. Swormstedt, G. S. Wainwright, p. H.
Tamplet, David NJ. Lea, Samuel II. Walker,
A. H. Hamilton, Franklin P. Wilson, w.
Clarence Duvall, Albert Stabler, T. ]. De
Lashmutt, Lewis P. Clephane, Louis r.
Peak, G. E. Dunkum and William R. Nc
Closky.
Entertainment committee-Lem Towers,
jr., chairman; Capt. Richard v. Tyler, T.
Janney Brown, Frank K. Raymond DR..
William p Young, Henry K. Simpson. L.
Kemp Duvall, Charles H. Wilcox, Walter
A Brown. Simon Wolf, Frank H. Thomas,
George c. Jordan, P. F. Larner, Daniel
Curry, E. ]. Clark and Ralph w. Lea.
Finance committee-Max Cohen, chair
man. Thomas P. Morgan. Samuel Cross,
A. ]. Wiegman, E. Nee. Jones, Benjamin
NJ. Rawlings, William Montgomery, c. T.
Howard, William Bennett, Robert Cook. 7.
A. Lee, A. K. Phillips. Harry Birge and D.
r. Midyette.