Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-22
|gVAR RISK BUREAU AT LAST HAS CAUGHT
 UP WITH ITS WORK
Letters Can be Answered In Short Order Now, is \
 Claim

The bureau of War Risk Insurance has caught up with itself. This state mene, made by Col. R. G. Cholmon- deley-J ones, its director, will be glad tidings to hundreds of thousands who have experienced it's delays since the United States embarked on the biggest underwriting job the world ever kned. Hencefortn, said Col. Cholmondeley-Jones, all ordinary let ters about insurance can be answer ed within very few days of their receipt.
 1 It Is his expectation that this an- nouncement will have the effect of bringing back to the bureau many who, through carelessness or through Encouragement at the difficulty of transacting business with the bureau, have withdrawn from the unauestion- able benefits of the governments in- sE-ance plan for service men. Legis- tending the terms of the insurance.
 More Permitted Beneficiaries.
 For one thing, the list permitted beneficiaries has been enlarged to include parent, grandparent, step parent, parent through adoption, adopted child, brother, sister, half brother, half-sister, brother or sis ter through adoption. step- p-brother, step-sister, Nuncle, aunt, nephew, niece, brother-in-law, sister-in-la law, a person who had stood in the relation of parent to the insured for a per iod of one year or more prior to the insured's enlistment or induction, the children of such person, or the grand : parent, step-aprent or parent through adoption or the insured's wife or hus- band.
 From, this it may be seen that no possible policy holder can plead lack of a beneficiary. The new law also permits Hump sum" payments at the option of the insured on converted policies, ordinary life, 20 or 80 pay ment life, 20 or 30 year endowment and endowment at 62, which enables policy holder to expect to enjoy personally the benefits of his thrift.
 Permanent Insurance.
 Col. Cholmondeley-Jones said:
 More than 105,000 applications for the conversion of War Risk policies into permanent forms already have been received. An analysis ot 97,753 applications for conversion of War Risk policies which have been ap- proved shows that 49,203 applied for tweLty-year endowment, 27,O39 for twenty payment life, 9,647 for ordi- nary life, 5,86O for thirty-year endow- ment, 2,393 for endowment at age of 62
 Former service men desiring to re- lnstate War Risk Insurance which has lapsed or been cancelled, or to convert their insurance in cases where 1t is now in force, should apply to any post or the American Legion, the Veterans Or Foreign Wars, or other orEani%a- toms of former service men, army, navy and Marine Corps recruiting sta uons, State Insurance Commission CTS, any home service section of the American Red Cross, Salvation Army. Knights of Columbus, Jewish Vel fare Board, Y. M, c. A., or to any other fraternal or welfare organza- tIons which are in d position to fur nlsh blanks and necessary informa- tion.
 When writing either directly to the Insurance Division, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Washington, or to other offices, it is necessary in all cases to furnish the following six points of information for the identi- fication of the cases in the records:
 Full name including first, mid de and last name) and complete ad- dress; rank, rating or grade at time of original application for insurance, army or navy organization at time of original application for insurance; the number of insurance certificate l or Government life insurance policy If known, army serial number, if in the army; date of discharge, if dis {. charged
 For Reinstatement.
 To obtaln reinstatement under the | new law it is necessary only to pay two months premiums and furnish a | health certificate. Col. Cholmonde- ley-Jones points out that the number of unposted premiums has been cut from 8S,000 last October to an aver age daily balance of 10000. There are even occasions when this bal ance has been wiped out altogether
 The daily balance of unanswered mail has been cut approximately 6n per cent since five months ago. It IS that it will be only two pr three weeks before all letters can be answered as quickly as premium receipts are mailed out now.
 One great agency toward the ac- .omplishme,lt of this end has been