The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-29
MUCH CASUALTY
INSURANCE HERE
business Has Grown With Expan-
sion of Manufactures Con-
Germs Well Managed.

1
the casualty insurance business OF tho
country. some OF the largest organi
cations in that line of business having
their main Offices In this city. To Q
large extent the whole business oil
casualty insurance has grown up
within a very recent period and "a
would be expected, Detroit companies
have had a large share in the ad'
vancement of the business to It's
present Importance.
Casualty insurance of various sorts
accident. sickness, and the many
lines that come under this head-has
become an important factor in bust
ness, partly on account of the educa-
ton of the public to the extent of the
losses brought about by sickness and
injuries, but more especially by the
very general agitation for stricter
laws governing the payment OF the
liability of employers for the safety
of their workmen.
These laws have brought out the
need of distributing the toll that In
dustrial accidents lay upon the EN-
ployers among all who take the risks
so that 1t may finally be put upon 30
ciety at large, which receives tho
benefit of the product OF the skill Of
the worker and the capital of the
manufacturer. Accident insurance is
rapidly becoming a part of the cost
OF every manufactured article that
the public buys, and in this way the
burden of the injuries and loss Of life
which has hitherto been borne en-
tirely by the manufacturer and the
workmen is being shifted to the place
where 1t logically belongs-upon the
public.
The agency through which this dis.
tribution OF the risks incident to com
mercial and industrial progress Is &C
complished is the casualty insurance
company. In the development OF the
business throughout the country the
companies which have their head
quarters in Detroit have done a large
share and they have profited accord.
ingly until they are now considerable
factors In the financial system of the
city.
AS might be expected In the de-
velopment of business of this ma
ture there were a good many costly
mistakes in connection with the writ
ing of accident insurance. For time
there was not the close state super
7 vision that is exercised over other
| forms of insurance, and as a result.
| there were many failures and de-
faults. Detroit companies, however,
were managed upon conservative busi'
ness lines from the start and have
kept up with the rapid progress that
has been made in the proper develop
ment of the business. AS result, De.
troit companies have been able TO
pay their claims promptly and theirs
has been no touch Of scandal to b
| found In the records OF the casualty
insurance companies of the city. In
the insurance world, Detroit has stood
for stability and conservatism.
A notable indication of the impor'
ance of Detroit companies in this
field is the recent decision Of the ma
tional organization OF casualty insur.
ance companies to establish their
bureau of publicity and legislation in
this city. Shortly after the organlza
| ton of this bureau, however, tn
I Tee Al - ~
state insurance department, was call.
ed to accept an important position In
one of the largest life insurance com
panies in the country and the work
has been let drop for the present
In addition to the many large com
panies doing a business In accident
insurance, there is a number of small
organizations conducting business
in accident insurance. Most of these
are run by fraternal or other social
organizations, some OF them with
general connections, some purely
local.
In addition to insurance against
sickness and accident casualty insur
ance includes many other forms OF in
surance most OF which are handled
by Detroit companies. One of the
most important OF these Is plate glass
insurance. Another which has as
sumed considerable importance with
in the past few years with the grow
ing number of automobiles In use
throughout the country has been auto
mobile insurance.
II IL now possible to insure under
safe and carefully calculated rates
practically any contingency that az
fects business or commercial or per
sonal activities, so that the charge
| has to be added to the cost of doing
your business can be distributed over
all the business that you do instead
OF being falling like the disaster It
self all in lump sum that may Grip
! pie your resources at a stroke.
! Practically all the forms of casual!
ty insurance offered anywhere In TN,
United States can be written by De
troit companies that have proven
themselves capable OF scientifically
carrying the risks of business fol
the insured as well as the risks oI
/ personal injury or sickness.
The Importance Of Detroit as a cen
ter Of casualty insurance Is bound 1.
grow within the next ten years, FRS
cause OF the establishment OF large
interests In that line of insurance thai
have already been made in Detroit
and secondly because Of the enlarge
ment of the field offered by the great
linduafrial orouth Of Dafroif