Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-31
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS
WILL VIEW this STATE

Commissioner OF insurance W. T.
Taylor returned last evening from Mil
waukee, where he attended the forty
second annual meeting of the National
Convention of Insurance Commission
ers.p 1t is believed this is the first
time North Dakota has been officially
represented at one of these meetings
"Some time in August 1912, train
load of insurance commissioners, act
uaries and various repres entatives OF
departments and companies will pass
through Bismarck, enroute to Spokane
Wash.," said Mr.. Taylor. THAT city
captured the next convention in q
contest with Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
st. Louis, Chicago, and other cities.
I tried to induce the commissioners to
agree to stop over in Bismarck for a
day, and assured them royal entertain
ment. But inasmuch as the itinerary
includes a trip through the Yellow
stone Park, the commissioners were
not inclined to make an intermediate
stop. They did agree, however, to
keep a sharp lookout for the peni-
tentiary, the Indian school, Fort Lin
coin, the old brewery building and
other notable objects of interest at or
near Bismarck.
Eyes, the convention was a very in
teresting one and the result of it's de-
liberations will be felt most profound
ly in the insurance field. The report
of the committee which recently ex-
amined into the affairs of fourteen
casualty companies doing an indus
trial health and accident business was
extremely sensational. Nothing of
such Importance has been brought to
light since the famous Armstrong in
vestigation of life insurance compan-
les in 1905. In the case of the four.
teen companies so far examined it was
shown that the claims departments
were honey-combed with fraud. The
insured were tricked out Of their Just
indemnities by all sorts of subterfuge
and sharp practices; and the skuldug-
gerry was all the more pernicious from
the fact that the insurants are of
the poorer classes-coal miners, fac.
tory hands and the like-wto are
least able to protect themselves. Sew
eral of the companies examined are
authorized in North Dakota, but of
course only small amount of indus
trial insurance is written in this state.
"As result Of this investigation
and of the others to follow-drastic
action will be taken by the insurance
commissioners in the various states.
Acting as body they demanded the
instant removal from the industrial
of the companies exam
ined of the officers who were most
culpable. The entire business will be
overhauled and the rights of the in.
sured carefully safeguarded in the
future.
In view of the gravity OF these
matters, and of other matters requir-
ing attention, the convention did not
adjourn sine die. as usual, but merely
took recess and will meet again in
New York City in December.
"As host to the convention Milwau- |
kee done fine The entertainment |
included automobile drives,
4 boat ride on Lake Michigan. troll.
ley ride to Waukeshan where the fam
ous White Rock springs and other |
mineral springs are situated; a per-
'onally conducted trip to the very |
'amous Pabst brewery, etc. Milwauk-
ee seems to be clean orderly city,
even. though the municipality is be-
ng run by socialist administration"