The Winslow mail., 1920-03-26
DEPARTMENT BUREAU
OF WAR RISK INSURANCE


R. G. Cholmeley-Jones of the Bureau
Of War Risk Insurance that the insur-
ance division of the bureau is virtual
ly at the end of its period of conges-
ton and consequent dissatisfaction
and veXatious delays, resulting from
| the great volume of work suddenly
| thrown upon it by the rehabilitation
| Of the armed forces during the past
year.
Former service men whose insur-
anco has lapsed or has been Cancelled
are encouraged to take advantage Of
/ the very liberal provisions for rein
statement of War Risk Insurance BY
the payment of two monthly premiums
with the application and satisfactory
statement of health They are assured
that from now on, receipts for pre-
| miums will be sent to them within a
| few days from the date of the origin
al receipt OF the remittance Instead
Of the form paragraphs and unsatis-
factory form letters which formerly
it was necessary to use to answer the
| flood of mail, they will be replied to
with real letters in insurance cases
which require detailed and specific
answers
The number of unposted premiums
| in the bureau, which last October was
approximately $4,000, has just been re
duced to an average of 10000 or less
| than one days work.
Unanswered mail in the insurance
| division shows reduction Of approx
| imately 60 per cent from the daily bal
ance of five months ago. Probably
will be two or three weeks before i
will be possible to answer all the let
| ters as quickly as it is now possible
mail out receipts for premiums, but il
| is a matter Of only a few weeks before
| the answering OF a i ordinary inquir-
| les in reference to insurance matters
within four days of their receipt i
| the bureau will be the regular prac-
| tice
| While some difficulties due to fail
| ure of service men to furnish seria
| numbers and other necessary infor-
nation always will be inevitable, very
serious handicaps in the addressing OF
| the men have just been overcome
Through a special appropriation made
by Congress, the bureau has been en-
abled to put it's entire list of former
! service men on addressograph plates
This prevents errors that previously
| occurred through repeated copying
from the millions of records will
| typewriters.
Former service men desiring to rein
state War Risk Insurance which has
lapsed or been Cancelled or to convert
their insurance in cases where it is
now in force, should apply to any post
! of the American Legion, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, or other organiza-
tions of former service men, Army
Navy and Marine Corps recruiting
stations, State Insurance Commission
ers, any home service section of the
American Red Cross, Salvation Army
knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare
Board Y. NJ. G. A, or to other frater-
nal or welfare organizations or agen-
cies which are in a position to furnish
blanks and necessary information. Or
if they prefer to do so, they should
write directly to the Insurance Divi-
sion, Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
Washington, D. c., in all cases fur
nishing the following six points of in
formation for the identification OF
their cases in the records:
1. Full name (ncluding first, mid
die, and last name) and complete ad
dress.
2. Rank, rating or grade at the
time of original application for in
surance.
8. Army or Navy organization at
time Of original application for insur
ance.
4. The number of Insurance Cert
ficate or Government Life Insurance
Policy if known.
5. Army Serial Number, if in the
Army.
6. Date of discharge, if discharged
Service men whose insurance has
lapsed or has been Cancelled are re-
minded, however, that as long as they
are without insurance, they are with
out it's protection and, in their own
best interests, should apply for rein
statement of their insurance without
delay.