Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-04-02
Treasury Department
Bureau Of War Risk Insurance

Bureau OF war hlsk iaii1S
! Announcement is made by Director
In. G.. Cholmeley-Jones of the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance that the IN
Isurance division of the bureau Is fif7
Itually at the end of its period of con-
gestion and consequent dissatisfac-
tion and vexation delays, resulting
from the great volume of work sud
denly thrown upon it by the demob-
ilizatinn of the armed forces during
nc r;.st yca;., -..
Former service men whose insur
ince has lapsed or has been Cancelled
are encouraged to take advantage OF
the liberal provisions for reinstate
ment of War Risk insurance by the
payment OF two monthly premiums
with the application and a satisfac-
tory statement of health. They are
assured that from now on, receipts
for premiums will be sent to them
Y Thin a few days from the date or
tic original receipt of the remittance.
Instead of the form paragraphs and
unsatisfactory form letters which
formerly it was necessary to use to
answer the food of mail, thep will be
replied to with real letters in insur-
ance 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
reduced to an average of 10000 or
less than one days work.
Unanswered mail in the insur-
ance division shows a reduction OF
approximately 60 per cent. from the
daily balance of five months ago.
Probably it will be two or three
weeks before it will be possible to an
swer all the letters as quickly as it is
now possible to mail out receipts for
premiums, but it is a matter of only
a few weeks before the answering of
all ordinary inquiries in reference to
insurance matters within four days or
their receipt in the bureau will be
the regular practice.
While some difficulties due to fail
.ure Of service men to furnish serial
numbers and other necessary inforz
nation always will be inevitable,
very serious handicaps in the address,
ing of the men have just been over
come. Through special appropria-
ton made by Congress, the bureau
has been enabled to put it's entire list
of former service, men on addresso-
graph plates. This prevents errors
that previously occurred through re-
|peated copying from the millions Of
Erecords with typewriters.
Former service men desiring to re-
instate War Risk Insurance which
has lapsed or been Cancelled, or to
convert their insurance in cases
where it is now in force, should ap-
ply to any post of theAmerican Leg
ion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
or other organizations of former SER
vice men, Army, Navy and Marine
Corps recruiting stations, State In
surance Commissioners, any home
service cestion of the American
Red Cross, Salvation Army, Knights
of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board,
Y. M, C. A., or to other fraternal or
welfare organizations or agencies
which arc in position to furnish
blanks and necessary information.
Or, if they prefer to do SO, they
should write directly to the Insur--
ance Division, Bureau of War Risk
insurance, Washington, D. c., in all
cases furnishing the following six
points of information for the idcnti-
fication of their cases in the records:
l. Full name (including 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 in
surance.
4. The number of Insurance Ger
tificate or Government Life Insurance
Policy, if known.
5. Army Serial Number, if in the
Army.
6. Date of discharge, if discharg-
ed.
Service men whose insurance has
Ilapsed 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
ldelay. r...