The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15
BIG INSURANCE BUSINESS OF
 CONNECTICUT Annual Report of Commissioners Flied With Governor
 Baldwin Fire MarshaPs Report Shows That Defective FIues Caused
 Most of Trouble

Hartford, May 15-There were 167 fire and marine insurance companies doing business in this State during 1912 with an aggregate capital stock of $79, ,475, ,075, according to the 18th an nua1 report of the insurance comnfs- S1oners, presented to the Governor to- day, and covering the operations of those companies for the period stated. Of these 22 were Connecticut coInpan- iess nine being stock and the other mutual. Edghty-seven were stock companies of other States and 1T nu- tua1 companies of other State, while the remaining fl were foreign stock companies. Twelve companies were authorized during the year to do bust ness here, and seven ceased writing business in Connecticut
 Total income of the 167 companies was $322, ,514 ,S04. .96; total disbursements, s2s1, ,9S4, ,2S9-27: total assets, $575. .406,- 1o6.92 and total liabilities, s575, ,5O6, = .92, this latter item including $264, 118, 071.28 surplus as regards policy holders.
 The total \assets show an increase of $30 9s1, S07. .S2, and the liabilities. i'm cluding capital stock and statutory deposit, an increase of SIS, 953, ,648.01 The surplus as concerns policy hold CTS increased $15, 3o2, 739.s1-
 Premiums received during the year show an increase of $7, ,685, ,817.86 for fire and s, I'll, ,978.7S for marine. The total income for 1912 was $S22. 514, ,3o4 96 an increase Of SIS. 256, 383.94 over the previous year. The total outgo for the year was $291, ,934, 289.27, the excess of income being $30. .58O 015. .69.
 The losses paid in 1912 show an in crease of B. .703. 358.94 and the expenses, 1 including dividends and renittances ! Do home offfce, amounted to SIS, ,663,- 299.5 .59, an increase of $4, 999, SIS. 52 over l 1911
 The stock companies of this and other States paid SIP, S44, 326.11 in divi- dends during 1912. which was s562,- ! 7S4.45 more than the amount paid in 1911. The amount of the dividends paid by the mutual companies was
 $99o, ,41o-65, an excess of STA, ,315.9S over the previous year.
 The amount of risks in force, ac- cording to the report, shows a net in ium reserve an increase of $1I, ,473,. 81581 The net risks written in 191: were 103. g2 per cent of the amount written in 1911, or SIS, ,717,177 more
 The net premiums received show ar
 increase of $2o6 839.o1. The losses in.
 of the amount of losses incurred 1T
 1911, or $159, ,365.67 more. The losses paid in 1912 were 96.63 per cent of tht amount paid in 1911 or SIC, ,566. .56 less.
 The commissions paid during thf year amounted to 21.26 per cent of the premiums received. The dividends paid to stockholders represented 17.34 per cent. on the capital stock paid uI in cash. The dividends paid by mIl- ] tI1a1 fire insurance companies to the policy holders amounted to $990, ,410.65. l The receipts and disbursements of l the department for the year ending l September 3O 1912, are given as fol- | lows: Receipts, $3,154, ,29o.49; disburse- ments. $922,74s.e6; surplus, s2, 2S1, $40. 83.
 Fire MarshaPs Report. l The report of Supt. State Police Thomas F. Egan, as fire marshal for the year ending December 31, 1912, submitted with the report of the in l surance commissioner to the Governor today says:
 s'Fires of all classes to the number of 2.515 have been reported to this