Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-18
underwriters At
FEAST PLEDGE ND

Civic movements and legislative re-
forms applying to insurance will have
no more active workers than the MEM
bers of insurance underwriters asso-
Citations, according to the speakers who
addressed more than sixty men of that
calling last night at the first annual
banquet of the New Jersey Assoeia-
ton of Life Underwriters, which was
held at the Washington.
The speakers we're L. Bracket Bish-
| op. of Chicago. president of the Ma
tional Association of Life Underwriters;
! Charles w. Orr. of Fort Wayne, Ind,
chairman of the executive committee
of the same associations: Edward Gray,
of Newark, fourth vice-president of
the Prudential Insurance Company;
Stewart Anderson, of Springfield,
Mass, of the publicity department OF
the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, and Albert Schurr. of
Newark, third vice-president of the
North American Life Insurance Com
pany.
Theodore f. Kerr, president of he
New Jersey Association. acted az toast
master. g
Association Dignines Profession.
Mr.. Bishop outlined the great work
underwriters associations are doing.
He said that In such associations In
surance men are taught the ethics of
the business and how to do their work
in the best possible manner, The
speaker said that the home Insurance.
offices are in favor of the underwriters
associations because they make the
agents better statesmen and add a
greater dignity to the profession.
He urged upon. his hearers the neces-
sity of the members OF such associa-
lions taking part in civic movements
and legislative reforms that apply to
insurance companies.
Edward Gray, OF the Prudential,
spoke mostly about cooperation among
insurance agents and the methods
which they should use in the pursuit
of their profession. He said that in
order to increase his measure of econ
omy, an insurance agent should study
well his business, not forgetting the
social and household branches oft,
He asked his hearers that when one
hears or gets a good idea pertaining
to the business to tell another, because
"A good idea may carry another along
and not be lost to him who gives it.
Stewart Anderson talked upon conf
mercial life insurance. Mr.. Anderson
said in part as follows:
Growing More Useful In business.
Within the last three or four years The
business world seems 10 have discovered
that life insurance can be even more use
full To business than it Is to the home,
for whereas in the home it often merely
mobiles the financial injury caused by
in business 1t can absolutely pre-
vent that injury. And the volume of
commercial life insurance now being
issued is so great and is so greatly in
ereasing as to Indicate that the time is
fast coming when the life insurance policy I
viii be almost as integral a part of cor
porate and co-partnership structure as
the charter. the bond and the stock
certificate aud the articles of copartner-
ship.
its power to guard the home, life insur-
ance is moving far into the wide realm
business and occupying it's posts of
danger, II has no rival in supreme SER
vice, for there is no similar economic
Albert schurr recommended the
policy of honesty. Charles w. Orr
added emphasis to the remarks of Mr..
and Mr.. Gray and compli-
the New Jersey association
upon the success Of its first banquet.
Others present were w. Reginald
Baker. Il. Lester Kengle; Charles l..
Whitfield. L. S. Roulette, Harry $.
Schultz. Frank w. Adams, Clinton +.
McCord, Thomas Purdy, William A.
White, George III. Simonds, John C.
Fred II. Eisele, Henry ".
Maull, Leonard Fosdick. Simon Hey
man. Robert L. Mcclure. Sands c.
Charles G, Herrick, Edward \.
Van Nleet, Frank il. Lewis. 4. W.
Bray. c. S. Halleron. r. A. Beatty. |
S. l.. owen and G. W. Brown.
The officers of the New Jersey assoc
citation are: President, Theodore f.
lNeer; first vice-president. Henry w.
Naull: second Vice-president, Henry
Bice. treasurer, George H. Simonds:
secretary, Frank w. Adams.