The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-29
Connecticut's Group
 Insurance Increases
Fourteen Companies Wrote $l4l,SI2,oOO, Gain of
 S6O,417,2 Over 194O Reports Commissioner

written on the lives of Connecticut residents in 1941 totaled $362,514,- 79l, compared with a total of $269,- ! 748O27 written in 1940.
 The Connecticut Insurance De- partment's report covers the 194l underwriting and investment exper- fence of the 49 life insurance com- panies licensed to do business in Connecticut at the end of 1941, and is based on their annual state ment filed with the department as of December 31, 1941.
 : Total new ordinary life insurance | written during 1941 by the 49 re- porting companies amounted to $6,146, All, ,894 as compared with $5 5,518,951,813 during 1940. Total new industrial business amounted to $1,831,073,8 ,860 during 194l as against $1,726, 605,6 ,634 during 1940. Total new group business rose in 1941 to $5,771, ,5O6,o44 from $3,6l6,- 284, 1884 produced in 1940.
 Total life insurance in force (ex- cept group in the 49 companies for the entire country at the end of 1941 was $87,575,57 ,220, compared with $84, ,69O, ,205 ,662 at the end of le40 and $83, PIT ,877, ,675 at the end of 1889. The Connecticut companies had a total of $7,590, ,597,081 in force as of December 31, 1941, compared with $7.424,892,149 as of December 31, 1940.
 Total group life insurance in force for the entire country in the g licensed companies that write such business was $16,818,240,128 at the end of 1941, net increase of $2,442 2,266, ,122 during the year. The Connecticut companies had $6,093,- TAG ,502 in force at the end of 1940.
 The downward trend in policy loans held by the companies con- tinued during 1941. As of Decem- Der 31, 1941, policy loans in force in the 49 reporting companies to- taled $2.432,943.157, representing 8.45 per cent of their total admitted assets as compared with 9.55 per cent at the end of 1940. The per- centage of policy loans to total assets in Connecticut companies de- clined from 986 to 861 during 1941.
 The percentage of mortgages held to total assets was practically sta- tionary, while that of bonds in- creased during 194l. Mortgage loans and bonds held by the 49 companies as of December 3l. i94l, were 1881 and 60.85 per cent, respectively, Of their total admitted assets, as com- pared with respective percentages Of 1922 and 5T.7l as of December 3l, l940. The percentage of stocks 10 total assets of the companies de- clined from 2.l6 to l.9l. while that Of real estate dropped from 6.25 to 5.30 during the year.
 Mortgages and bonds on Decem- Der 3l, l94l, were 22,24 and b6.79 per cent. respectively, of the total admitted assets of the Conneetie 1t companies. At the end of i940 these percentages were 1920 and b6.67, respectively, of total admitted as' sets. The percentage of stocks they owned to total assets decreased from SIS to 2.93 during i94i. The percentage of real estate owned by the Connecticut companies deereas- cd during the year from S.sS to a20.
 Tine ration of actual to expected mortality for the 70 reporting com. panies was as.75 per cent in ie4i, compared with 50.22 per cent in i040. 6i4 per cent in 1889 and 5a.o per cent ln 1888.
 The Connecticut companies wrote l742 per cent of all the ordinary life insurance Issued in Connecticut ln i9ai and ct the end Of the year had PATS per cent of such insuT- anee in force in Connecticut. They wrote i0.a7 per cent of the new ordinary life Insurance written throughout the country by al re- porting companies in iett. and on December 3i. Ieli. had i0.7e per cent 0i the total ordinary life inc suranee ln force in all the eompaal- les. As Of December 3i. ie4i. they had 3g.23 per cent of the group inc suranee in force iTl all the reporting companies, and 02.82 per cent Of the group inguFenee iu force tn Con- neciicut.
 The following companleA were the lnadegs in new ordinary business