El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-21
Bic SUMS PAID
IN INSURANCE
Largest Policy Paid in the
U. S. Was For More
Than 100000.

New York, June 2i.-Dlstrlbutions
~ life insurance organizations in the
United states and Canada amounted to
1888. 100000 in 1915. as computed by
the Insurance Press. The amount ex-
ceeded by s47.0O0.00O the amount COM
rdted for 1914.
summation OF life insurance pay
ments of all kinds in 1915:
Claims paid in the United states -......,
and Canada ------------- sf94'Svv'VvO
Payments for premium savings
and surrender values. and TO
annuitants, and in foreign
countries ----------------.- -e-'fYV'VuO
e,5 total .....-........ s7ss. zoo. 600
Death Claims and Endowments.
The record of the payments Tor death
c1aims and matured endOwments last
year BY the American companies that
transacted "a percent Of the business
showed an increase Of Sltsloy.vgv. COM
psred with an increase Of $lLtoO.OOe
IN 1914 For 1913 the increase was
$3.50. 900; 1912, S14,ss0,000; 1911, 3d.
ANALYSIS showed about S14.49o.o00 for
Increase of death claims and S2,6sO.OOO
for Increase Of matured endowments in
1918. compared with S11, 10000 for in
cease Of death claims and s5.bUO,OOv
for matured endowments in 1919. and
$50. 600 for increase Of death claims
rlents in 1918.
big Policies.
Business insurance was written for
large amounts. The advantages OF the
rlan were exemplified in the case OF
Thomas l. Shevlin Of Minneapolis, who
died on December 90. OF life insur-
ance 10 the amount OF Sl,5Z5,OO0 that
ne carried. $1,000. 900, payable to two
corporations in which ne was inter
eSted. was taken a short time before
p biggest
paid were:
Dohrman J. Sinclair. steubenviIle
1o NM a Holes. St Louis. Mo-. So SIS
Samuel H Bowman. Minneapolis.
charles sidwav. FIkhart. Ind 800. $50. 25s
William r. Arnold, Vancouver Can sse'9y9
Edward o. Painter. Baltimore. Nd Ssl.S4s
Joseph r Carew. Cincinnati. Ohio $1,000
Frank G. Graves. Lake Forest. IL sel.O-s
Julius W LoewenthaL Chicago. IL -sosov3
Albert G Bnicl1le. South Pasadena .,,,o,
Thomas b. Jones. san Antonio. Tex 25o.s2I
Norman B. Ream. New York CRY l22,9S0
A total of 100000 was paid on the
life OF John Kimmel of Midlothian,
Texas. and s15s.000 on the life OF An
drew J. Nick, Of san Antonio, Texas
Big City Payments
Insurance payments in the Il leading
cities Of the country were as follows:
J. New York CAfauhattzn. Brook
lyn. The Bronx n T---.-..- -S55.e25-oo0
PFtInueIunla- 4a.UeAs lNN
= CEirago m --..- 1880. 900
4 Rosfo5 Mass 100000
3 = Louis No..-....... ssss 500
s Ci-rinnati ohio 415s.aog
Z rs Angeles CaI..... 1855. 900
& Pff-sburrb Pa---. a5o5.750
& Belfiunore Nd... 55oO000
10 SaD Fsrancfsco Cal-...... S465.5O0
II Puff1ro \ Y....... as0g. 500
ii Sevqrk \. J-..--...-. 3e2s. 900
Payments OF sI0.0o0 and over in Arizona
during the year included the following:
Clifton D < Cromb.....-.....-.--.- 600
Douglas William p Nells- 35-2lS
Tucson. David r. James --.----..--.- lQ-1os
The only big payments made in west
Texas were in FL Paso. On the life
Of William c. Beckman, S14,s44 was
paid. on the life Of Thomas c Phillips
S10.3GO was paid
4 total of s2e9. 600 was paid out in
Fl Paso in insurance during the year
The amounts paid out in the diff
fe1 ent towns in Arizona were.