Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-15
WAR RISK POLICIES
TOTAL S40,000,0 900

Washington, July 12-Policies covering
insurance to the amount of more than
$40, ono. O00, 900 are carried by the insurance
division Of the war risk insurance bureau.
and more han half a billion has been
spent by its allotment and allowance
division. The vast magnitude and scope
Of operations of the bureau are shown
in a. of its activities, as of June
20. 1870. made public tonight by r G.
Cholmeley-Jones. the director of the
bureau.
The marine and seamen's insurance
division, which during the early part of
the war wrote war risk hazards on hulls,
cargoes and seamen, has done a total
business of s2,4s7 ,913, 351.74. with premiums
collected amounting to SAT. 5S5 $50 q on
1885 policies, resulting in paid claims al
s2s, l1s, 1877 80, and a surplus over expenses
and refunds of $17, 500 81. Sc.
The Allotment n Allowance Divi-
sion, which developed into a banking
business run for the benefit of soldiers,
sailors and marines and their families
and dependent relatives, has since the
beginning of the war approved 1890 o3
claims for allotment and allowance in
volving payments for allotments
amounting to s2s9,33a,9 oe.o for al
lowance amounting to 1856. 4S1. sos. 43,
and payments for the month of June,
1920, alone to the amount of s1.1o7, 526.-
6s for allotments and s1,374,999 so for
allowances.
The compensation and Insurance
Claims Division. which made the gov
eminent in its relation to the soldiers
and sailors the head of an employers
liability company organized in their
interest, in the course of it's existence
~
pensation on account of deaths in nthe
p~ensation on account of deaths In the
through service. This division is at
present making payment on 42,945
cases OF death claims, with an expen-
diture of s1,132,447.35, and payment
of l34.408 cases of disability claims,
amounting to 5000, 646.11, including
30,Se1 burial awards. amounting to s2,-
175, 270.O6.
The insurance division. which imme-
diately on it's creation became one of the
largest insurance companies in the world,
In less than two years since its organiza-
ton has written 4.631 .993 policies. covering
insurance to the amount Of $40, 2S4, s92, 500,
the gross premium remittances from all
sources approximating 1898, G12,OO. One
hundred twenty-eight thousand three hun
IutSo SiaLhiio " VIZ w va
death are represented by insurance to
the amount of s1,141 SIS. 123.4s, while 1886
claims for insurance on account OF per-
manent and total disability involve in
surance to the amount of SIS, 536, $40. In the
month OF June. 1890. alone the total dis
bursements on insurance claims amounted
to 81. SOS 49,. ST.
The medical division, through the ad-
m~inistration of which the government
became medical adviser to the army OF
men exposed to all the hazards Of war,
has developed a medical practice OF the
following proportions. Patients given
treatment and examination, 452, so9
patients admitted to hospitals under gov
eminent supervision. A,T99; patients at
present receiving hospital treatment, H.
50: potential patients. Gal. 900.
The number Of the personnel In the
bureau has been reduced to 1850. which
Is less than one-half the former number,
md further reductions are proceeding
continuously.