The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-03-02
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1t IS a desire Of the agents as well
as some Of the citizens of the town
that our Mr.. V. l.. Reubin he the
principle speaker Oh this occasion.
which of course was granted to this
district hy the General Manager.
We are sure this is going to place
so much vigor, inspiration and de-
termination in the agents of this
district that other districts of the
State will have to hustle in order
to not let them by.
At no time in the history of the
company has fortune shown herself
more liberal than the year of 1916
AT the stockholders meeting which
was held at Indianola, Miss, Feb. 9,
1911, the Industrial Department OF
the company in its annual report
showed an increase in its business
equal to any for the same period
Of time over the same territory.
There was shown an increase OF
S3S,9O0.00 in Industrial business for
the year for M ssissippi alone. These
figures do not take in any of the bus
mess recently taken in by the COM
pany through the recent purchase of
the Union Guarantee and Insurance
Company of Jackson, which gave 20
our company au increase in business
of about 100000 year, representing
outstanding risks of $520,000 We
without this business included made
report to the Insurance Actuary Of
Mississippi of a gross business Of
more than S1O0O,00O IN the industrial
department and 100000 in the
Straight Life Department, giving us
to start with for the year 1917 nearly
, s2.000.GOQ worth of outstanding bust
ness in force, which from an insur.
ance point of view is very healthy
and vigorous volume of business for
one state.
The reason we have made such an
increase is partly due to the fact that
we have doEe what we could 10:
i those who saw fit to cast their lot
with us and permit us to carry their
names upon our books as insured
/ Happily we can say that We have paid
back in sickness and accident claims
the sum of $2737731. We gave this
amount to take care of the living
We have placed medicine i'll then
reach. so that they might again he
come we'll and enjoy one of the great
est blessings of life, which is good
health. We have sent to them daily
doctors selected by themselves, ant
while they were unable to go and d.
as usual, and had no way to keep
supply of raiment and food Oh
hand, we kept these things going TO
them. From time TO time some o
these sick ones would come to tn
end of their existence, and then W
sent around the undertaken, ard W
y handed this year 10 the undertake
! and benefciaries something owe
$4,000. This was done for the peopl
of Miss ssippi,
OF course you may know that sue
a vast amount of business, most
col ected in nickles and dimes a
over the state in every pig pat
could not lie done by those men al
women who came together and
ganized this company and gave the
r lives and money for its malntenan'
n. But it took hundreds of people,
G., of the race to help carry this gre
volume of business On. so throut
ont the state the company has e
ployed hundreds of nen and won
he and has made the recent addition
NJ the agency force of Union Guaran
TO and Insurance Company. Inese II
las and women did not work only
lis. glory. They worked for pay and u
is we're paid for their services. Ont
, a the many thousands of dollars
TO were collected by them, we paid b
ere a handsome lite sum OF S44,olj
on There are many plans on foot
Of the year 1917, 50 that we may lie
ZEN to show a double increase i'll etfic
cial cy and work done. We are sure
the those men and women who are
representatives of the company &c
dis people are proud OF what they
the done, as shown here. and i'll o
nts' places, and feel able to really
forth to war and fight greater
u, tie than has ever been fought.
year will count for itself. We
let you hear from us along this S
,nce line another year from now.
s. doubt you remember such an ar
to as this last year. If you can
If. that article, then compare this
with it and you will he able to a
tain what was accomplished by
company for 1916,