The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-03
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Grand Total. ............Sl Sill l".>l'."'"
Unparalleled Demand For insurance.

Grand Total. ............s l.ll".Hl'.n'"
Unparalleled Demand For insurance.
Las, year IN" premium inc"In" If ."CH
reserve companies PASSED III" E'."".V"".-
un0 mIr;; AID applications 50" i'"'i'.'''
so far IN 1919 hayr been rCrnarh"r.".
DurtuE Tic hrs; s3N months e TINS
year Ct companies wrote nearly Si.Nop.-
uhu nul Of r"w luSuranc" against hh 'u'
$3.50 @G"0O0 ~ IN" Same period II .?!N.
An ADEQUATE amount Of !ifc iTsur7Ec"
seems nov IL 10 considered n lGatt"r
Of course. not only for III" protection IT
families but also for the protection ana
preservation Of business enterprises.
The rian cr group insurance ~ which
larr, manufacturing and m"rcaEtil@ 'S-
tahlishmcntS insarc their employees 's
WHO'LL is developing with extreme ra-
rldny TIL" National Association ~
Manufacture r. IN May this year. urged
tho Croup msuranr" plan as n method
for promoting c"-"pcrat"n between en-
ploy,r ard employ" GA the basis Of di-
rot benefit !" IN" employ" and hii de-
rrndcnts. Group ins"ranr" tends 10
..lyr som" Of the I,crpl"SinS Problems
,lIat arr claSS"d under III" heading OF
industrial r''ati"ns.
Insurance on tn" lives OF women 10
steadily increasing.
on ,,nllrv-holdcrS are largely inCrcGs-
ing Their l.n"e. Il snEi" company having
reported in 1un" that ~ T~rC"n; If is
total ucw business in that month was
additional insurance on the lives &c old
pnliryhulG"rS who. collectively. incrcas-
Cd their assurances nearly loo percent.
Abnormal Death Rate in 1919
Tn. raj. Il mortality III" lii" insI7-
an. companies had In meet ~ illS was
about 80 percent greater than N l"li
and # !, recent greater thIT ~" aVcrh%"
death rai" fur u er"rN az years. rms
c~r:t adlanrr was drI" mainly |" IN" III
Tiu,nzl epidemic. ~" ravG%'S 10y whi"A
r"utimcL durIn~ S"N"rHl months If Tho
current Year. ThjrtE-.,2h, l!p> lnSCT-
aurr companies r"purt'i T. III" New
! YORK. Insurance. II, Uar'mrnt yer" 'a'i"d
Jason tn pay for death r'rms ana en-
: ,.uMmrntS about $A%Hln rNr ni'r" thaH
IN lqI- The increase N dean ;r%G"S
IA Il hv lrr:L reserve Cnmpal:'" VAS aU-
PROV .matoly Sl23cn00 o." in tn" l'nit' Il
States and Canada ulinly ia" Ia tn"
.rfiu.uHr. 81: lrv"S uni'r ~" ~. To
0 meet III" cNcrUtiurrl mortality u" sur
MUS funds f legal reserve conn aHi"S ~
th..y stood at the end 81 ~. n"r" de-
Il,t,d MOI" than S3I.VH0 ""1. N'rmaliy
the inCr'as" of surplus Sh"utd have N""l
about 81" 900. "An. indi'ri,r.; direct
draC on surplus ct hh"Tt S''.hhd.rN"'
owing to tn" nhmo-'rG! mortality. Fra
. r.rnnl ord. re having lm't"l :Irplu&' :
and small reserves SufC"-"l very 50
N.rrly.
Largest insurance IN 1913.
; rnh"rr \ Rowan. Los Angeles. cam.
So 600: K"wlnnd q. IInAud. lr'n'"
,n,!adrlihia. Pa. san. cnA: Frank {.
FASTER carlisle, IN. siO1 rr@: S,"'ury
Ipa,jr+ l:,l:.mrrc. Nj. sta 'rd: ray
m"ni ". Tunnrll rhiladHrhr". "a.
sinn .n"n. Nril Il. M@"K"Ivi". l''rt Wat4s
ju-t"rt y. Y. s26j.a"T: Charles Ahsr'
I MIlwaukc". Wis. $206 nNn. '"hn y.
rrirm!r". sew York city. ..9G.9i9:
Samuel L. NirllinG,r rhtladri2h,t. Ia O..
>">ol'6: william JOSS - EHupp~". Mont
r..tl. canada. S@%E5tN: William Il Plum
kctt. Adams. Mass. :2@;.7G": Eugene I"
.;,rfudl,r. New York lily. t2SG.S.";
-. DOUGLAS II. Gordon. Rnlt'rn"r". Md.
s@9u."G0: douglas Robinson. New York
C:ty. .9l2.7:5: James q. Stephens. Mont
: rl1rr. y j.. 5000. ono: W. II. Thomas
l:ranwcu. W. Va. f-5.h00: Frank g..
Hoffman. Wheeling. ". Va. S50noN.
Largest west virginia Claims.
! I:rrIn rcll William II. Thomas SI5.1i2.
. aJiurk.r IIill. william T.. Tahh. $4,000
Charl' St"n. Alexander Il. Elliott. $40.
tWi
Cl1rkehurE. 6, ma ". Mason. sl!.0o0.
Fa.rrrrunt. william s. Black. 500 hh.
Franklin. Herbert Anderson. $4,000.
Grafton. name not given. Sln.0n0.
Huntington. Icon 6. IVIlcs sfs.S"s:
Malachy c. Dwycr. $4,000.
Rnnccvcrtc, James NJ. Rodgers. slt.-
500
Wheeling Frank c. Hoffman s50.l95;