The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03
LOCAL INSURANCE
 MEN MAKE PROTEST Birmingham Treated Un-
 fairly by Underwriters WANT OFFICE HERE
Make Public Letter to Association and to Companies Requesting That Action Abolishing Birming-
 ham Office Be Rescinded

Birmingham has not given up the light to land the Alabama headquarters of the Southeastern Underwriters asso- ..cia ton and a letter signed by practical " all the leading insurance men of Birmingham was made public yesterday. It reads;
 Birmingham. Ala, Nov. l, 1912. Southeastern Underwriters Associa-
 tion. Atlanta, Ga:
 "Gentlemen-We, the undersigned To- cal agents of Birmingham. hereby make formal protest against your committees action in removing the Birmingham stamping office, in connection with the establishment of the state rating bureau at Montgomery.
 Without elaborating on the incon- venience to the companies and our selves. resulting from your committees action, we state advisedly, and with q full knowledge of our local conditions, that the abolishment of our stamping office will entail great hardship on both, and that it's result must inevita- bly be disastrous--the> work of years for the maintenance of proper rates, forms, and practices being practically wiped out by the one move.
 We point out that the Birmingham business could be checked and handled by MT. Hazard (who is temporarily re- tained as special agent for the making ~Df rates here). with the assistance of pne clerk-that this additional expense would be negligible--less than the addi- ttonal postage expense incurred Tn handling the reports through Mont gomery--that the card rating system, which has been installed at consider hble expense and operated with excel lent results, must be superseded by antiquated methods or else impaired Is to efficiency.
 "Our agents have had assurance that regardless of the location of the state bureau. our city would be properly cared for by the retention of our stamp tng office. Your associations action, by failing to do this, created, in our opinion, a deplorable condition, and lhis letter is submitted to you and our companies. with the hope of securing reconsideration. in so far as our stamping office is concerned.
 Birmingham, producing $S35,000 in annual premiums (25 per cent of the tntire states buslness) is rightfully entitled to a larger degree of consider ltion at your hands than the ieSses sties and action restoring our facili lies need, therefore. entail no prece- lent.
 We earnestly urge the necessity for he retention of a stamping office for -.be checking of our business. Respect fully,
 John G. Smith tS Co.. McDavid, Myer, soldrnan & Terry, Gibson Insurance and Realty company. Baily & Howard, Be- Inca Real Estate and Insurance con- rany Malon Mcconnell Real Estate md Insurance company, James A. Co., ng Real Estate and Insurance com sany, Dearborn Insurance Agency. smith, Cullom & Co.,, A. A. Adams k -o., Arrant & Roberts Real Estate and Insurance agency, Universal Mortgage Bond company, Jefferson County Insur- nee Agency, Ed $. Moore, Blocker In- ,urance Agency, Interstate Fire Insur- lnce company, Weakley x Goodman, Simon KIotz. R. A. Brown & Co., J. H. deineke Real Estate and Insurance Agency, Messer Real Estate and h. lurance company, Lester & Fain Realty company, Motion Realty company, Lon- s V. Clark & Co.,, Jemison- -Seibels 1n- ,urance agency, A. D. Smith & Sons, Henry Hiden, w. B. Leedy & Co.,, What ey & Whatley, Burger Kennedy Realty company, Anglin-White Real Estate md Insurance company. R. r. Manley Co.,, Estes Insurance Agency, Cooper rreston Insurance Agency, J. l.. Yancy Real Estate and Insurance company.