Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

kIllkoIL1ALl sS4 IN v LIN
SI,6O4,T5o life insurance, making To-.
TAI OF GAS of life insurance car
REQ by the people of Utah This is
\ exclusive of industrial insura nee which
amounts to s2,495,9S5 more.
Inc people of the United States have
insurance in 81 old line companies as
| follows: go NJ
/ 543.779
l,a25,ss2 endowment policies for So
260.soo other kinds of policies for $500
| Oil ,542
Total, 5,s24,ss2 policies for s1o.4o4, (
| 507.725.
In the United States and Canada life
insurance companies paid during 1907
the following:
Death claims.... 1851 IL. 5s2
Cash surrender values $780,. 5i,si7,es7
Claims paid in foreign coun-
tries 10000. 900
Annuitles .........,s........... 6,90O,70S
Total .....s.... SAT-, 9O6. 767
The September number of the Life
Association NeWs--the official organ of
the National Association of Life I'M
derwriters--is a most interesting one,
and should be read from cover to cover
BY every life insurance solicitor in
Utah. 1t contains not only all the in
teresting proceedings of the Los Ange-
les national convention. but fine
wiiteup of the eastern trip of the dele
gates with an especially compliment
tary reference to Salt Lake and the
entertainment here Press Agent L..
Walter Samnis was evidently very
favorably impressed With Salt Lakes
hospitality and theEeNidences of associa-
ton spirit here. Here are some of his
Impressions Then we went to Salt
Lake City. where we were met by a
full delegation of the Salt Lake City
association. who took us to swim in
the nearly solid waters of the Great
salt lake. entertained lis at a luncheon
and even had the governor of Utah out
there to shake hands with us. Our
stay here was of course limited. but
those who were the guests of the Salt
Lake association Will require u long
period of and many other interesting
and pleasant incidents before they will
forget their visit TO the City of the
Mormons. /"
The regular quarterly meeting of the
. 'saiS'ioo will he held at the Com
mercial club next Tuesday evening.
AZ oso'c.ocK. Al this meeting
matters OF lile utmost importance VIII
be acknowledgements reports. ac-
ceptance of new members. arrange
ments for the yearly banquet to he held
in January and matters pertaining to
important legislation, soon to be pend
ing. etc. No life insurance man In the
state should fail to be present at this
meeting
Mr.. John L. Herriclt of Ogden. state
manager Of the Dies Moines Life In
surance company, was a visitor We'd
r..sday HIS application for member
ship in the association will be present.
ed with others at the meeting Tuesday.
Next week the press bureau will pre-
sent for the information of life insur-
ance readers. the article of the 1nsur-
ance Independent covering the contro-
ycrsy between one of our Logan cor
respondents and the-- Life Insur-
sance company. This whole question
was submitted to this excellent au-
thority by the association and those
interested will be struck with the fair
ness of the position taken in the mat
ter
Col. George B. Squires. deputy secre-
tary of state, will make an address to
the Utah Association of Life Under
writer's a the Commercial club Tues
day iii the course of a meeting which
will convene at s p. IN. in the club
rooms.