Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-22
IOWA ENDURANCE COMMISSIONER
WE'LL EQUIPPED FOR NEW
DUTIES.
FORMULATED INSURANCE LAWS
40 MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE
All Risk Bills in Thirtieth General AZ.
sembly Came Under His Supervision
-0evernor Clarke Makes Formal and
Final Announcement Of Appointment
English Active in Other Lines.
Special to rimes-Republicaa.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. June 22.-With formal
and final announcement today by the
governor that Emory n. English Is to
be insurance commissioner and will
take charge Of that work the first Of
the month. there Is inquiry as to his
experience In public work.
There is now general approval Of the
selection made. Mr.. English's ability
and integrity win never be questioned.
He has been In public life enough to
be entirely familiar with what is in
volved in the duties Of the position.
And he will take. hold Of the insur-
ance business with greater familiarity
than perhaps was the case in any man
who has before taken UP this work.
Mr.. English was q member of the
Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty
first general assemblies of the state.
When Governor Clarke became speaker
of the Thirtieth he named Representa-
tive English to be chairman of the in
surance committee. It was at time
when all over the country there was
much agitation about the loose meth
DDS Of insurance companies. There
was demand for Q house cleaning in
Iowa. To Mr.. English's committee
was assigned the task of furnishing
the needed legislation for this task. AS
result largely of what was done by
him and his committee in two sessions
there was the first extensive revision
OF insurance laws for many years and
such q revision that the then state au-
1:.o- vas able to make record which
landed him in the governors chair.
Made Insurance q Study.
In the Thirtieth general assembly Mr..
English introduced the following bills
which became laws:
A law providing for examination Of
insurance companies.
Providing for the licensing Of in
surance companies.
Providing for the examination Of
fraternal beneficiary associations.
Relating to stipulated premiums.
Providing for reinsurance of frater-
nal risks.
Providing for the consolidation or
Of risks.
His committee also handled and
pushed thru these:
Providing for approval of policies or
contracts Of life insurance.
Approval Of by laws of beneficial So
cieties by the department.
Then came the Thirtieth general as
sembly with these bills passed:
Providing for insurance by stock
of horses and cattle.
Insurance Of money and securities in
transportation. .1a ftaa e-s7-.f
Publication Of certificates Of COM
panies other than life.
Relating to organization of assess
ment life associations.
Relating to stipulated premium and
assessment life associations.
And again his committee handled the
by others:
Providing for investment Of funds
Of insurance companies.
Providing for a Limitation Of risks
Of casualty companies.
These are merely catch lines indicat-
Ing the several aud separate bills he
had to deal with, practically all In
PRODUCED by him in two sessions-the
most important legislation on insur-
ance matters for many years. This
work occupied practically all his time
In the two important sessions Of the
Active in Other Lines.
But Mr.. English also was quite ac-
i've in other lines. In his first session
IN the legislature he introduced the
pin which Is now the law providing for
much more complete reports from rail-