Amarillo National Life of Austin, Tex., reinsured by the California State American People's Ins. Co. of Birmingham, Ala. Receivership. years. Central National Life, Lincoln, Neb., reinsured in Central States Life. Defenders (Supreme Assembly) of Wisconsin, reinsured in the Beavers' Mutual Benefit Association. Dakota Western Life of Sioux Falls, reinsured in the Surety Fund Life of Minneapolis. Empire Life of Atlanta, Ga., reinsured by the International Life of St. Louis. Fraternal Order of Rangers, reinsured in the Beavers' Mutual Benefit Association of Wisconsin. Guarantee Life of Houston, Texas, reinsured by the Farmers' Life of Denver, Colo. Guarantee Life and Loan Ins. Co., Tampa, Fla. Retired. Immediate Benefit Mutual Association of South Carolina, discontinued business. Loyal Guard, Flint, Mich. Consolidated with the Columbian Circle, Chicago. Modern Protective Order, Newport News, Va., license revoked. Old Dominion Life of Norfolk, Va., reinsured by Continental Life of Richmond, Va. Prudential Life of San Antonio, Texas, reinsured by the First Texas State of Galveston, Tex. Royal Life of Chicago, reinsured by People's Life of Chicago. Southern Woodmen of Birmingham, Ala., reinsured in the Columbian Circle. United States Annuity and Life, reinsured by International Life of St. Louis. CASUALTY. Casualty Co. of America, New York, reinsured practically all lines pending reorganization. First Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of New York. Liquidated by New York Insurance Department. National Fidelity and Casualty, of Omaha. Liquidated by the Nebraska Insurance Department. New England Equitable, reinsured by Etna Accident and Liability. Pacific Coast Casualty, reinsured by Casualty Company of America and liquidated. Union Casualty Ins. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Union Liability of Chicago, liquidated. Business reinsured by Pacific Mutual Life. SURETY. Illinois Surety Co., Chicago, Ill. Receivership. Texas Fidelity and Bonding of Waco, Tex., liquidated. MISCELLANEOUS. Indiana Live Stock Ins. Co. of Crawfordsville, Ind., taken over by Hartford Live Stock Ins. Co. Montana Live Stock and Casualty, of Helena, reinsured in the Iiwa State Live Stock of Des Moines. Oregon Automobile Mutual Fire Association of Eugene, Ore. Liquidated by the Oregon Insurance Department. Prudential Benefit Association, Key West, Fla. Retired. Washington Benefit Association, Jacksonville, Fla. Retired. At the instance of the Kansas attorney general, receivers were appointed for the Union Mutual Hail, the Wichita Mutual Hail, the Security Mutual Fire and the Kansas Mutual Live Stock. (CORRECTED TO MARCH 1, 1917.) FIRE. Anglo-American Reinsurance Company of Chicago with the Merchants' National of Chicago. Lumber Ins. Co. of New York with the Stuyvesant Ins. Co. of New York, under the name of the latter. Control of Pennsylvania Fire purchased by North British & Mercantile. Williamsburgh City Fire with United States Fire, under the name of the latter. A controlling interest in the American Central of St. Louis was purchased by the Commercial Union. The Hartford Fire acquired a controlling interest in the Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Company of Crawfordsville, Ind. LIFE. Amarillo National Life merged with Wichita Southern Life under the name of the latter. North State Life of Kinston, N. C., merged with the United States and Accident of Concord, N. H., under the name of the latter. Peninsular Life of Detroit and Guardian Accident of Indianapolis, under the name of Detroit Peninsular Guardian Life and Accident. Surety Fund Life of Minneapolis and the Dakota Western Life, under the name of the former. CASUALTY. Millers' Mutual Casualty with the Ben Franklin Mutual Casualty, both of Chicago, under the name of the former. Prudential Casualty of Indianapolis with Chicago Bonding Company, under the name Chicago Bonding and Insurance Co. SURETY. Southwestern Surety of Oklahoma and Southern Surety of Oklahoma, consolidated under name of latter. MISCELLANEOUS. New York Title Ins. Co. and the New York Mortgage and Security Co., under the name of the New York Title and Mortgage Co. CHANGES OF NAME DURING 1916-1917 (CORRECTED TO MARCH 1, 1917.) LIFE. Fidelity Life Association of Lexington, Neb., to Fidelity Reserve Co., North Platte, Neb. Independent Scandinavian Workmen's Association to Scandinavian American Fraternity. Order of Columbian Knights to The Columbian Circle. People's Mutual Aid Society of Baltimore to People's Life Ins. Co. CASUALTY. Chicago Bonding Co. to Chicago Bonding and Insurance Co. Frontier Accident to Federal Ins. Co., Lincoln, Neb. World Casualty Co. to World Life and Accident Ins. Co. of Chicago. Great Western Life of Columbus, O. (reorganization) 500,000 Interstate Business Men's Accident, of Des Moines, Ia., changes from an assessment association to a legal reserve company 100,000 Western Life and Casualty of Denver, Col. Fidelity Life, Lexington, Neb., changed from assessment asso ciation to legal reserve company. Home Life of New York, mutualized. CHANGES OF CAPITAL DURING 1916-1917 (CORRECTED TO MARCH 1, 1917.) FIRE. Increases.-Automobile Ins. Co. of Hartford, increased to $2,000,000; Bankers' Ins. Co., Helena, Mont., $100,000 to $500,000; Camden Fire Ins. Co., Camden, N. J., $700,000 to $800,000; City Ins. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., $100,000 to $200,000; Cleveland National Fire, $700,000 to $1,000,000; Columbian Fire Ins. Co. of Indianapolis, $250,000 to $500,000; Firemen's of Newark, $1,000,000 to $1,250,000; Hibernia Fire of Chicago, $100,000 to $200,000; Lafayette Fire of New Orleans, La., $150,000 to $200,000; Merchants' Fire Assurance Corp., $200,000 to $400,000; Merchants' National Fire Ins. Co. of Chicago, Ill., $125,000 to $250,000; Nevada Fire Ins. Co., $100,000 to $200,000; New Brunswick Fire Ins. Co., New Brunswick, N. J., $400,000 to $500,000; New Hampshire Fire, $1,350,000 to $1,500,000; North Branch Fire Ins. Co., Sunbury, Pa., $250,000 to $300,000; Palmetto Fire of Sumter, S. C., $25,000 to $100,000; Continental Fire, $3,000,000 to $10,000,000. LIFE. Increases.-Bankers' International Life of Denver, $100,000 to $200,000; Detroit Life, $105,000 to $200,000; Federal Union Life of Cincinnati, $100,000 to $250,000; Life Ins. Co. of Virginia, $500,000 to $600,000; National Life and Accident of Nashville, Tenn., increased to $300,000; North American Life of Toronto, increased its United States deposits by $500,000; Old Line Ins. Co. of Lincoln, Neb., $20,000 to $150,000; San Jacinto Life, of Beaumont, Texas, $100,000 to 0150,000. Union Central Life, $500,000 to $2,500,000. Decreases. Farmers' Life of Denver, Colo., $1,000,005 to $272,048; Our Home Life of Jacksonville, Fla., reduced to $55,078.59. CASUALTY. Increases. Etna Accident and Liability, $1,000,000 to $3,000,000; American Indemnity of Galveston, Tex., $300,000 to $500,000; American Surety Company, $5,000,000 to $6,000,000; Casualty Company of America, $300,000 to $750,000; Chicago Bonding and Insurance Co., increased to $300,000; Chicago Bonding and Surety, $250,000 to $650,000; Commercial Casualty of Newark, $400,000 to $500,000; Employers' Indemnity Corporation of Kansas City, Mo., $200,000 to $250,000; Frontier Accident of Lincoln, Neb., $10,000 to $12,500; Great Eastern Casualty, $250,000 to $350,000; Maryland Casualty Co., $1,000,000 to $1,500,000; National Life and Accident of Nashville, Tenn., $200,000 to $300,000; National Surety Co., $3,000,000 to $4,000,000; New Amsterdam Casualty Co., $250,000 to $750,000; Republic Casualty of Pittsburgh, $370,000 to $500,000; Rocky Mountain Casualty and Live Stock of Denver, Colo., $100,000 to $150,000; United States Fidelity and Guaranty, $2,000,000 to $3,000,000; World Life and Accident Ins. Co. of Chicago, $100,000 to $200,000. Decreases.-American Assurance Co., Philadelphia, Pa., $300,000 to $100,000; American Indemnity of Galveston, Tex., $500,000 to $300,000; Casualty Company of America, $750,000 to $300,000; Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co., Boston, reduced to $1,500,000; Peninsular Casualty Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., reduced to $103,350; Union Casualty of Philadelphia, $250,000 to $100,000. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION MUTUALS ORGANIZED DURING 1916-1917 (CORRECTED TO MARCH 1, 1917.) Massachusetts-United States Mutual Liability Co. of Boston. Michigan-Manufacturers' and Traders' Mutual Casualty Co. of Detroit. Pennsylvania-Mutual Compensation Ins. Co. of Pa., of Philadelphia. (CORRECTED TO MARCH 1, 1917.) Abbott, W. S., veteran insurance agent, died at Detroit, Mich., November 11, aged 51 years. Adams, Whittlesey, veteran fire insurance agent, died at Warren, O., on June 27, aged 87 years. Alexander, David W., manager of the London Guarantee and Accident at Toronto, died there September 12 from heart failure. Alexander, Leopold, veteran industrial life insurance agent, died at Brooklyn, N. Y., April 3, aged 54 years. Anderson, Charles Emery, prominent Baltimore local agent, died there April 27 from a complication of diseases, aged 58 years. Anderson, Edward C., veteran New York fire insurance broker, died at Atlantic City, N. J., January 27, aged 68 years. Anderson, William A., veteran fire underwriter, died at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 29, aged eighty-one. Baker, John W., Cook County special agent of the Springfield F. & M., died at Oak Park, Ill., February 18. Baker, Thomas, Jr., leading North Dakota fire insurance agent, died at Fargo, January 23. Baldwin, William C., president of the Pittsburgh Life and Trust Co., died at Washington, Pa., November 17, aged 58 years. Barker, Edward S., life general agent at Boston, died suddenly at Green Harbor, Mass., September 3, aged 64 years. Barrows, John C., life insurance general agent at St. Louis, died there on February 20 as the result of an automobile accident. Barry, Whitmore, New York casualty underwriter, died at New York January 1, aged 44 years. Barton, S. R., former insurance commissioner of Nebraska, died at Grand Island, Neb., November 7 from pneumonia. Bettinger, Albert A., prominent Buffalo local agent, died there January 19. Biermann, Frank H. O., Chicago life insurance man, died in an automobile accident at Hammond, Ind., on May 31, aged 40 years. Bishop, Samuel C., New York City fire insurance broker, died at Elizabeth, N. J., January 16. Blackburn, H. M., Canadian manager for the Sun of London, died from an operation at Montreal, Can., on January 22. Blanchard, Theodore C. E., oldest director of the Prudential of Newark, died at Newark, N. J., August 4 from heart failure. Blodgett, Tilden, life insurance general agent, died at New York City December 7. Bloomer, Frank T., veteran fire insurance agent at Buffalo, N. Y., died there August 13, aged 69 years. Boone, Col. John Talbot, pioneer life insurance agent and promoter in Missouri and the West, died at Neponsit, L. I., January 24, aged 71 years. Bowes, Robert J., first vice president Columbian National Life of Boston, died at Millville, Mass., September 11. Bradley, A. L. Los Angeles agent of Bankers' Life, killed in an automobile accident in California early in February. Brainerd, Lyman B., president of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., died at Hartford, Conn., October 11 from apoplexy, aged 60 years. Bray, Andrew W., life insurance agent, died at Orange, N. J., April 12, aged 61 years. Bremer, Cæsar, Chicago fire insurance broker, died there May 13, aged 52 years. Brennan, John J., casualty insurance agent of Detroit, Mich., died at Troy, N. Y., September 7 from appendicitis, aged 62 years. Brown, Fayette, life insurance agent of Canada, died at Montreal, Canada, October 25 from heart disease, aged 63 years. Brown, J. Mabbett, oldest member of the Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest, died at Milwaukee January 3, aged 86 years. Brown, T. Wistar, vice president of the Provident Life and Trust, died at Philadelphia April 15, aged 90 years. Buckman, David L., life insurance agent, died at New York October 26 from diabetes, aged 60 years. Burnet, Halsted C., veteran employee of the Metropolitan Life, died March II at Atlantic City, aged 79 years. Burruss, Grayson, fire insurance agent at Toronto, died there July 6. Burton, George L., local agent at New Haven, Conn., died at York Beach, Me., July 19. Campbell, Edward T., president of the American Central of St. Louis, died there October 18, aged 55 years. Carey, Lennard A., New York broker, with the Second Devonshire Regiment of the British army, was killed in action in northern France on July 1, aged 24 years. Caswell, James H., New York City fire insurance adjuster, died there March 4 from pneumonia, aged 63 years. Child, Charles J. H., New York City life insurance agent, died there January 16, aged 61 years. Coffin, Charles H., just elected president of the Niagara Fire, died February 24 at Lakehurst, N. J., from uræmic poisoning, aged 65 years. Cook, Charles H., New York City fire insurance adjuster, died there April 2 from pneumonia. Cook, Daniel W., banker and former president of the Bankers' Life of Lincoln, Neb., died there March 4, aged 55 years. Corlies, Edgar L., head of the Chicago agency firm of Corleis & Cloidt, died January 10 from heart disease. Cornwell, Captain Peter N., veteran member of the New York Fire Patrol, died February II from injury sustained while on duty. Cox, Charles D., New York City fire insurance broker, died at East Orange, N. J., March 1, aged 50 years. Craft, Elijah R., veteran New York City fire insurance broker, died February 4 at Bayonne, N. J., aged 76 years. Craft, Herbert A., New York local agent, died there May 17 from heart failure induced by asthma.. Daniels, C. E., veteran Minnesota fire insurance agent and adjuster, died at Minneapolis April 6, aged 70 years. Davenport, Isaac, secretary of the Pan-American Life of New Orleans, suicided by shooting at Indianapolis June 21, aged 32 years. Davis, Dr. Clark W., medical examiner of the Union Central Life, died at Cincinnati, O., May 26, aged 53 years. Davis, Hyman D., president of the Cleveland National Fire, died there November II. DeBoer, Joseph Arend, president of the National Life of Vermont, died at Montpelier December 25, 1915, aged 65 years. Deming, William L., Ohio fire insurance special agent, died at Cleveland following an operation for appendicitis June 15. Denny, Robert W., insurance editor of the St. Louis Republic, died at his desk December 25, 1915, aged 61 years. Despard, Clement L., New York City marine underwriter, died there April 16, aged 63 years. Dinsmore, William, veteran fire insurance broker, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 5. Dobbins, Col. Edward L., first vice president of the Mutual Benefit Life of Newark, died at Morristown, N. J., May 30, aged 78 years. Doughty, C. M., fire insurance agent, died at New York City December 11. Drewry, John C., life insurance agent, died at Raleigh, N. C., October 9, aged 56 years. Durfee, Bradford K., former insurance commissioner of Illinois, died at Glen Arbor, Mich., July 19, aged 78 years. Egleston, Thomas, Atlanta general agent of the Hartford Fire, died there February 7 from pneumonia, aged 60 years. Ellison, Eugene L., president of the Insurance Company of North America, died suddenly in his office in Philadelphia February 9 from heart disease. Emerson, William H., life insurance lawyer, died at Newark, N. J., April 3, aged 62 years. Ess, Benedict F., life insurance agent at New Haven, Conn., died there August 7. Faber, Samuel E., veteran Indiana special agent, died at Broad Ripple, Ind., July 26. Fager, Edwin J., special agent and adjuster at Harrisburg, Pa., died there July 12, aged 57 years. Falk, David B., life agency director at Savannah, Ga., died there August 28 from heart failure, aged 55 years. Ferguson, Thomas, fire insurance broker, died at New York City November 27 from acute indigestion. Ferguson, W. G., California fire insurance agent, died October 11. Ferris, Willard S., fire insurance special agent of Salt Lake City, Utah, died there September 5 from_heart_and digestive complaints. Fibel, Louis H., president of the Great Eastern Casualty of New York, died there May following an operation, aged 56 years. Flack, E. B., veteran special agent, died at Los Angeles, Cal., July 13. |