Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-29
INSURANCE
/ DEPARTMENT
IN 4 REPORT
PRELIMINARY REPORT or
THAT PART oF STATE GOV
ERNMENT JUST ISSUED BY
|. COMMISSIONERS TAYLOR.
is FULL Of INFORMATION
City of Bismarck Receives $S95.27
as Its Apportionment for
This Year.

the Insurance department o fthe State
of North Dakota, showing the North
Dakota business of all com panies tran
sacting business in sthe state for the
year ending December 81, 1914, com
piled from the annual statements
made to the insurance department,
has just been given out by Commits
sioner Taylor and sieme very interest
ing figures are contained therein.
Fire Companies.
The report showlA that sixty-one
joint stock fire and fire and marine in.
surance companies OF this and other
states wrote insurance in the state
last year as follows:
Risks written in North
Dakota. 1914 ....t... $113,515,1s9.16
Premiums received, in
same period .....,. 1,937,822.41
Losses Incurred ...... 1,11S,S94.04
AU6S6S pdlu .......... Uft.3lf.1o .
United States branches of foreign
fire insurance companies reported the
TO lowing business in North Dakota
last year:
Risks written ........ $27,99S,605. 90
Premiums received, -. 3S9,3S1 rs
Losses incurred ..... 242,260.37
Losses paid .......... 235,3226S
Hail Insurance.
There were seventeen hail insur-
ance companies doing business in the
state during the year 1914 and they
reported on their North Dakota busi-
ness for that year as follows:
Risks written ......... $24,S47, ,927.51
Premiums received -. l,6al,264.64
Losses incurred ..... 1,210,939.17
kLOsses maid ~. 4ssA Il. t.s II 2D6, 2284 -
| Mutual Fire Companies.
North Dakota state mutual fire in.
. surance companies reported the fol
lowing North Dakota business for
1914: (there are seven such compan.
les in the state)
Risks written ..... $10,S9S,S26.90
Premiums received -. 22l,O6l.24
I'LOsses incurred ...... 1853, ,549.88
/ Losses paid .......... 146,9O7.17
Mutual fire insurance companies OF
other states doing business in North
Dakota last year, of which there were
five, reported on their North Dakota
business as follows:
Risks written ........ $1O,446,373.14
Premiums received .... 1l2,632.64
Losses incurred ....... 1U8,572.1O
Losses paid :. ........ 05,437.90
E County MutuaIs.
| The thirty-six county mutual. insur-
ance companies of North Dakota re.
ported on their 1914 business as fol.
lows: .'....
Total number of policies written,
Gill: amount of same, $13,47S,834.0O;
premiums received, $129,7I0.O9; losses
incurred, $S6,017.5O; losses paid, $780,
7G8,79; number OF policies in force
Dec. 81, 1914, 26,333; total amount Of
insurance in force Dec. 81, 1914, $54,-
524,811.04. e.
Life Insurance.
The forty-three straight life insur-
ance companies doing business in the
state during the year 1914 report on
their business for that year in this
state as follows:
| Number of policies in force Dec. 81,
| 1913, 42,231: amount Of same, 9,737,-
04SGS; number of policies issued dur
ing 1914, 10,224: amount of same, $751;
s66,2774O total policies 52,455;
amount of same, $9S,623,326.0S; num-
ber of policies ceasing to be in force
during 1914 6,255: amount Of same,
$12,S33,S9S.93: policies in force Dec
81, 1914, 46,200: amount OF same, $780,
7S9,427.15; total premiums received
during 1914, $2,44S,235.92; total
amount of losses incurred during 1914
1896, ,723.43; total amount of losses
paid during 1914, s37S,326.5O.
FraternaI Organizations.
The thirty-three fraternal bene6-
ciary associations doing business in
the state reported on their North Da-
kota 1914 business as follows:
Policies or certificates in force De-
cember 81, 1913, 46,205 amount Of
same, $72,311 ,O161S; policies or Ger
tifcates written during 1914, $3.50;
amount of same $7,340,05o.09; poll
cies or certificates ceasing to be in
force during 1914, 4,8OS amount OF
same, $7,zl3,519.e7; policies or certi-
ficates in force December 81, -.14, 46,-
644: amount of same $72,472,546.51;
total premiums received during 1914,
$SS1C2O.55 total amount of losses in
CURED during 1914, $542,929.14; total
amount of losses paid during 1914.
$3.50, $500.
Assessment Life. .
The four assessment life insurance
companies which did business in this
state. during the year 1914 reported
on that years business in North Da.
kota as follows:
Policies in force Dec. 81, 1913, 9G7;
amount of same s1,991, 10000; policies
issued during 1914, sos; amount Of
same, s1,249, 10000; policies ceasing
to be in force during 1914, 233;
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