The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-01
Important Conference Proposed.

| a conference OF insurance commissioners,
representing the Pacific coast, intermoun-
tain country and the northwest. will prob
ably be held at Portland, Ore, or Spo-
kane Wash, on May 10. The meeting,
arrangements for which have been In
progress for some weeks past, is called
| to consider the uniform fraternal bill,
| which has been enacted in the states Of
Utah, California, Washing ton, Idaho. Mon
tana and Oregon. Other matters affecting
insurance generally viii also be discussed
and the outcome OF the conference OF the
insurance supervisors of the states named
it Is belicved.> Will result in much good
TO the insuring public.
fraternal bill. providing for adequate rates;
had the Endorsement OF the fraternal
representatives of the United States at
the convention OF insurance commission
ers. held in Mobile. Ala. last Septem-
Der Nearly all OF the states east of the
Rockies. so far as adVices have been re-
celvcd. have failed to pass the bill agreed
upon at the Mobile conference. and, as
the operations of the new law in sew
eral of the states become effective the lat
ter part OF May, the insurance commits
sioners OF the western and coast states
deem it necessary TO meet in conference
and discuss the situation in detail.
Commissioner Done, who has taken
deep interest in the proposed meeting;
| has given his approval 10 the proposed
| conference.
The commissioners who in all prob
ability will be in attendance at the meet
| ing arc Sam A. Kozer, Oregon; Harry
r. Cunningham, Montana; ]. c. Hate
burgh, Idaho; r.. c. Cooper, California; j:
T. Schively. Washington, and Willard
| Done Utah,
Coronation Insurance Active.
Insurance companies in England, not
| forgetting the sudden illness and death
of King Edward, and having an eye up
| on the coronation exercises OF King
George this summer. are already at work
contingency insurance: The list in,
cludes fire. accident. life and employers
| liability. Other features of insurance.
| peculiar to the mother country. will be
| called into requisition, and taking il all
| In all the coronation Is expected to bring
much grist TO the English insurance
mill
The indemnites provide against post
| ponement or cancelment of the cere-
mony and traders, seat spectators and
others arc paying all kinds of premiums
| for the protection thus afforded.
They Are Catching On.
| Have you noticed" said a well known
Salt Lake fire insurance agent the other
dag. that all over the country munich
pal authorities are finding out that many
public and private buildings arc not suf-
fciently protected against fire and loss
OF life. The capitol at Washington is
even included. along with other gov
erpment buildings.
now than they have ever been before.
And all these years the kicking against
insurance rates has been lively, We un
| derwriters told EN- so, but they wouldn't I
| believe u.s.
Can't Raise It's Rates.
In the supreme court at Rochester n.
| Y. Justice Benton has just issued q
permanent Injunction restraining the In
dependent, Order OF Eoresters from in
tho result of an action brought by one
Limmcink; who joined the Foresters in
1890 and in 1908 had his monthly as
sessment raised from rs cents TO sl.55.
Life Insurance Fraud Unearthed.
! Recovery of $4,000 with costs and in
terest by one of the old line companies
from various parties In Arkansas dis
| closed last week one of the most re-
markable conspiracies ever attempted
against a life insurance company. The
case once again proves the great care
and persistency which companies must
use in investigating claims and protect
ing honest pollcyholdcrS and claimants
| against frauds
| The story briefly reviewed is as fol-
lows: In the latter part of 1908 j. w.
Davies, an agent of the company re-
ferred TO- made ovcrtures to merchant
named 70 Il. Mum. living near Willis
VILE. Ark, stating to Mum that his
were such that II would be possible for
him to get n policy written on Rctl-
,ious person and collect The insurance
for n supposed death jf he could Sc
cure the cooperation of a doctor. n no
tary public and postmaster. Mum
was himself n postmaster at Wilisville.
He. Davies and one DR.. II. r. Warmack
met and arranged the details, The ap-
pIicatlon for the insurance was filled
out I'm the name OF Thomas r. Adams,
Mum signing that name to It. DR..
Waruack attended 10 the medical pa =
pers and the three Jointly paid the pre-
MUM.
The usual blank was sent by the life
insurance company to man named
Franks AT Wiisville for a mercantile
rcnl:l and came back filled out cor
reC5ly, This as IL afterwards turned