The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-29
WHEELING LEADS STATES CITIES
IN LIFE INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION


According 70 figures for the year lS-u'
Just issued BY tao Insurance. Press INe
insurance payments ~ Wheeling were
far larger than ."- any other cry n
the seate-this in the taCe or tho ract
that tho largest SINCE individual loss
was paid At fa!rmOn;. that on the Ete
Of Jere Il Wheeiwr!ghi. head OF tho
onsolidat!on Coal company who was
insured for s26S.000. Payments in Wheel
ing for tho year 1879 were 100000.
while those for six other cities were:
FAirmons. s33o.0oo. FarkerseurE.
t125.0o0: Charleston. 100000: Hunting
ton 500 900: CiarksSurg. $4,000: Blue
neld, SlllQ0O: Shiunsion. $4,000: Nor
gantown. $4,000; Grafton. SotUVo'
wsllsourE. $4,000: HaN,own. $4,000;
white Sulphur Springs, $4,000: Buck
harmon. $4,000: Martlnshurg. 3i2.Ooo;
Huntington. $4,000: Beverly. $4,000:
Chester. $4,000: PhIl!pp!. $4,000; Pied
mont. $50. 900: Charles Town. Sls'eoo;
keystone $4,000. Logan. $4,000: Bran
well. $4,000: Williamson. $4,000: WIN
neld, $4,000: Cass. 3t2Ooo: Point FIeaS-
ant. $4,000: wallace. $4,000; "iihaWs-
town. $4,000: Boyer. $4,000: Jarrnlds
valley, $1,000: Matewan. $1,000: Mont
geometry. $4,000: Penney. $1,000.
Tho Insurance Press computations
show tho following summation or Hte
Insurance distribution IN 1920 by 'nsur-
ance organizations operating IN tho
United States anG Canada. including the
transactions OF the bureau % war RISK
Insurance OF the United States Govern
ment during the same period:
Death claims. maturei en-
dowments and annu!ties. 36iS.2o0'00U
PAYMENTS for premium saw
inEl dividends 20 policy
holders) and FOR lapsed.
surrendered and pur-
chased policies. ......... 3o35ooooo
Total. ,sss.7oo,ooo
Commutsd value OF tnsur-
ancs claims awarded by
the Bureau Of War Risk -
Insurance from Deem
Der 81. 1919. TO December
81, 1890. ................ los'9oo't't
Grand total. = I.OS-'Voo'foN
6hrtnHAES IN Awards by the 1sdsr0
war Risk Bureau
Tho committed value OF Insurance
awarded by tho United States Bureau
OF War Risk Insurance In 1920 was
nearly $500 900 900 less than In 1919.
statement made BY the bureau OF COM
mutsd values OF insurance awarded Tor
spectned periods Is as follows:
To December 81. 1913. $ls2.7lo.ooo'oo
Calendar year. 1ols..... soa.ole'l7s.S
Calendar year. $780,. los.3se.t3t.l6
Total 10 Doc. 81. 1920. $1.205.o95, so7.63
In statement 70 Tho Insurance Press
the director OF the War Risk bureau
said: The decrease In amount Tor me
period beginning January I. 1920. 10 Ne
cemoer 80, 1890. Is duo I" the fact tnat
tho previous periods covered claims that
were almost all tho result OF tho war.
and, Of course. the further We become
removed from, tho period Of tho war. tho
mora nearly normal tho Losses Will be-
come, those OF total permanent dis
ability As well.
over $4,000 policyholders In 1920 d'ed
before their insurance had been In torre
q full year and received $+S.ooQ.ooo'
Some were insured even less than
week; others had reached nearly tho end
Of their FIRST policy year.
1Arrsr west virginia Losses
West Virginia payments on policies
OF $4,000 or moro were as follows:
Reverly-Humboldt Yokum. 10000
Rlueaeld - William Leckie. 3lo.232;
name not given. $4,000; name not given.
$4,000.
BQCKndhnON -
$4,000.
Charteston-Sam. not given. $l1.S5o;
Leon ~ EIsmsn. sll.Soo: Charles Copito
Sl1.o22.
Fe'rmont--J. II W-hee,wr,ght. 3csa.ooo
Grafton - Name no. given. $4,000:
name not given. 3lc.so3.
Halltown-Frar 8. Harrison. $4,000.
Mannln ston-Howard r. FNreee. TI.-
900.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A. Barnes. 3lo.-
o0o.
ParhersburE - Thoma, E. Graham.
Ss7. 900.
Philippt-Alston C. Dayton, S1l.rt6.
Sh,nnston Dorsey /. Cotnndaner'
37oo7o. -.
wellsburg-Ellery E. Worthen. sll'-
ooo
wheeling-sdney K. Lewis s@noeZ;
Joseph r. PAUL.. s23.2ss: Geo-Se WISE
312.379: name not given. $4,000.
white Sulphur Spr!ngs-Name no'
Eivsn. $4,000: Edward W. Mckenna'
SO 600.
Place not given-Walter Ashoy. '-l.-
II5. william A. Wilson. $4,000; Frank
q. Blake, $4,000: S. p. Hopkins $4,000