The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-15
WAR RISKS TOP
FORTY BILLIONS
Gigantic Operations Of Bureau Re
vealed by Summary
Made Public.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Policies
covering more than $40,000,000,000 are
carried by the insurance department of
the war risk insurance htpeTIs and. more
than half a billion has been spent by
its allotment and allowance division,
The vast magnitude and scope of oper-
ations of the bureau arc shown in a
summary of its activities as of June
30 1920. lust made public by Director
r. G, Cholmeley-J Jones.
The marine and scamen's insurance
division, which during the early part
of the war wrote war risk hazards on
bulls. cargoes and seamen, has done a
total BUSINESS of So ,4S7 ,913, 35l74, with
pFemiums collected amounting to $47,-
5s5,3SO.21. on 1895 policies, resulting
in paid claims of $29,1I8,387 and a
surplus over expenses and refunds of
1850 ,S21.56.
The allotment and allowance division
which developed into a banking bus
mess run for the benefit of service men,
their families and dependent relatives,
and Which has since the beginning of
the war approved 2,090,893 claims for
allotment and allowance involving
payments for allotments amounting to
$2S9,333 900 for allowance amounting
to $500, 4S1 ,605.43 with a total expendi-
ture of $685., 81, 511.54, and payments
for the month of June, 1920, alone 10
the amount of, allotments $1,l07 ,526.6S,
and allowances 1894 ,999.80.
The compensation and insurance
claims division made the government,
in its relations to the sailors and sol
diers, the head of an employers liza
bility company organized in their in
tercst, and in the sourse of its existence
has approved "A $40 claims for com
pensation OIL account of deaths in the
service. and 1874 ,405 claims for com
pensation on account of disabilities
through service. This division is at
present making payment of 1926 cases
of death claims with an expenditure
of 81, 132 ,447.35 and, payment of 1884,
4O8 cases of disability claims amount
ing to $5,O36064.11, including 30,S6l
bureau awards amounting to $2,lI5,-
1905.
The insurance division which imme-
| diately on it's creation became one of
| the larger insurance companies in the
! world and which in less than two years
since organization has written 1861 ;
! 993 policies covering insurance to the
amount OF 1fU,-ot ,SJZ,OUU the SiOSs
| premium remittance from all sources
approximating $685., $4,000; 12S,3OO
claims or insurance on account of death
! is represented by insurance to the
amount of $1,141 SIS, 133.4S, while B.,
| 256 claims for insurance on account OF
permanent and total disability involve
| insurance to the amount of 1886, $40
| During the month of June, 1920, alone
| the total disbursement on insurance
amounted to $7,626,432S7.
| The medical division through the ad-
ministration of which the government
| became medical adviser to the army of
men exposed to all the hazards of wal
| has developed medical practice of the
| following proportions; patients giver
/ treatments and examinations, 452,6O9
patients admitted to hospitals under
| governmental supervision, $780,, pa
TENTS at present receiving hospita
treatment, 1880; potential patients
1900.
The number of the personnel in thu
bureau has been reduced to 1860
which is less than one-half the forme
figures and further reductions are pro
ceeding continuously.