Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-05
BIG FIGHT IN PROSPECT IN LEG
lsLATURE OVER WoRkMRN's
COMPENSATION BY STATE.
FAVORED BY DEPARTMENT
AND BY COMMISSIONER
Both Insurance and Industrial Com.
missioners Now Without Adequate
Authority to Pass Upon important
Questions-Losses Of Past Year and
Claims Paid by Casualty Concerns.
Special to Timcs-Republican.

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Des Moines, July 5.-That there will
be big fight on IN the coming legis-
iature if any effort is made to provide
for the state working out any plan to
conduct workmen's compensation in
surance business Is evident. And such
plan will without doubt be proposed.
1t will have the backing of the state
insurance department and of Industrial
Commissioner A. B. Funk, for they
both favor it, In fact Commissioner
Funk is now working on plan to be
proposed to the legislature.
In his recent insurance report Com
missioner English discusses compensa-
ton rates briefly as follows:
mo authority Of law is conferred
upon either the commissioner Of in
missioner with reference either to the
adequacy or excessiveness of compen-
sation rates and no requirement Of FL
Ing same with, any state department Is
contained in the Iowa statutes"
As to Relief.
Relative to employers being relieved
Of insurance the report declares:
The supplemental supplement Of the
code provides that where an employer
coming under this act furnishes proofs
to the insurance department satisfac-
tory to the insurance department and
the Iowa industrial commissioner of
such employers solvency and ffnan-
cial ability to pay the compensation
and benefits as by this act provided
and to make such payments to the
parties when entitled thereto, or when
such employer deposits with such in
surance department security satisfac-
tory to such insurance department and
the Iowa industrial commissioner as
will secure the payment of such COM
pensaton, such employer shall be re-
lieved of the insurance provisions Of
this act.
"Of those employers making the ap-
p1ication and financial showing con-
templated by the statute the following
named were relieved of the require
ments to carry insurance for the year
ending July i, 1916. A number Of
townships, school districts. municipal
corporations. cities under special char
ter and commission form Of govern
HueHt, COuHlleS anu LIE SIdtes hpoH
which the provisions Of the act for
payment of compensation Is compul-
sorry, also made application for SINH
lar relief and the same was granted
for an indefinite term"
Casualty Business. 4
The statement Of the casualty COM
panies writing workmen's compensa-
ton insurance show full years bust
ness for the year 1915 as against six
months business in 1914 in the report
just filed by the insurance commits
sioner. The gross premiums paid by
Iowa employers for this class Of in
surance in 1915 amounted to 1868, 1891
as against s6S3.666.s6 in the previous
six months period, the portion Of same
included as earned premiums for 1915
being s3S1.7s as against $353595.75
in the previous six months.
The losses and claims in 1915
amounted to s115,300.S4 as against
$71,325.2S in the. six months of 1914
with 1915 loss expense amounting to
S20.945.44 as compared to $14,593.06 in
1914.
Twenty EIGHT insurance companies
and associations were certified by the
insurance department to the Iowa in
dustrial commissioner as by law pro-
vided as authorized to transact this
class Of insurance in this state and
the policy forms of same duly ap-
proved.