The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
Statement of General Accident.

There has been n sort Of n family row row,
among certain officials OF the General
Accident Fire 4 Life Insurance coripdns y,
rssIltins s.dncra In ,ho Manager alSEna Franklin j.
Moore Of Philadelphia. and e; ~, noErl' n,
manager of the company's indusirlat de
partment, as well as nnmper oi MS a. a.
slstants. Tho General Accident IS 10,
eiEn company organized at Perth. SEQ, .
land In 1885. The officials referred 70 y,
represent the United states branch i.
was friction. between Messrs. Moore ana
Bower and the general impression mas
beeu that the former was IN some WAY
Instrumental In, the causing OF the In r,,,,i IN
which has bccn widely circulated;
The events that have been hreTmg
following the publication OF the report
of Superintendent o. msule,1dIc ,dr H. .,I'T q, Week
resuItinr In the discharge of the officers
named. c.o.,o
In a signed statement sent to George rs:e
4 cnkjnos tho rompanys representative
for Utah, F. Norie- -Miller, general man !,
accr OF the General Accident whose hgao
offices for the United states are al Fh'''- :
dclphia, says. ,, ronort ~ ,hc
commissioned OF insurance for New lork
state with reference 10 the sett,snlenI - o'
certain claims in the industr'ai dcpaSIt-
ment OF our business. accompanied pG tn'
E,arl Of runmore. our chairman OF dircc-
tors and Mr. James simpson, ono Oh oI'
board and general counsel Tor Lne S' T.,
poration. I nave Of late boon engaeca ~, ~,
an investigation inlo tne cohouct VI w"
business i'm the states
"ks agreed by The New YORK coInhl,s
sionor. onr financial position WIN tnss
large surplus which we s'to%, S,,r Is cnrpora T :
tIon shall continue TO hold that poSit,isoi..
and VIC arc prepared TO do cNerylai,nS i ,,s,
that is necessary 70 keep our CORPORA ,n"n ,'S
In the very first rank OF companies tia"0
inS business mere
FOR n year or more We have been diS-
satisfied with the manascmeni OF Mr,
franklin ], Moore, whose 'i,h sgnf'y snG Hs have
appointcd AS United states managers,
with control of all departments, Mr' 'Jn,' in
A Kelly OF New York, wen known ~ ~,
s'aIes sGaanse and NAN Mr. c. Norie Miller who for
tbr mast five years has been manager OF
our company In Toronto. lhese s,,,
rnen. whose loyalty tn the corpora.,U''i, I've 70
hevnnd doubt. possess also the eNccnliN'
abiIiIv technical knowledge ana conNiS
lion as "a need for economy IN aulhiu ne
tration which arc adequate 70 n'dkc U"'
and liability departments suc
cessful In the future, as the industrial
dcpsrtncnt has been In the past
!si-pon the demand Of certain OF Inc INC
Insurance commissioners, We nay no liz
missed from our service those WHO VIZ
nrId Ia he directly responsible TOT un
settlements ot Chains -',.it
upon the same grounds we CIV; w ~
rrrat regret. our )n0nSltlhi i1"',"- -
g H. Boyer. notice of the termlra,iolI ".
riS agreement al the END ol '".lNS
months In accordance with It's terms ;li,I anu
conditions, in The meantime deposng nun mn,
frcm the management OF the dePar.nnen'
and all conduct of claims. Mr. Soysr,
during the whole period OF his service
With us has worked Loyalty IN inc ln'er-
ests of the corporation Rather ,nan az
cent such position. Mr.. Bower mas PR PRE-
ferred TO terminate hia service on i've
days' notice. which he may do In virtue
Of his agreement The other recommen.
dations of the commissioners twhich nave
ressrd mainly 10 the settlement OF
claims) we arc complying with also III
tbeir entirety, and AL occasion TOT com conf
plalnt against the corporation VIII thns
be removed. 49,, ra,,d
Gin our Investigation we nave touno
that II Is not any large proportion OIL lne
claims settled that have been IN any Wa!
unrenerouslv dealt with, and that lnete
arc as might be expected. a great mum
her of cases where the assured nave re-
ceiyed payment In excess OF the ainouh.
In which they were entitled. or where lne
pavments made were altogether sratut-
tous. -, ,,;sf;oJ
act up 10 what have been inc prinoip!ys
of this company In transacting lis puSi-
ness In every part of the world nanieiH
fair and generous treatment ol its poilcN,.,
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