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32   BEST'S INSURANCE REPORTS—FIRE AND MARINE.

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA—Continued.

Classes of Business Written.—Fire, marine, explosion and motor vehicle insurance..

Territory.—It is licensed in Colo., Conn., ' I11., La., Md., Mass., _Minn., Miss., Mo., N. J., N. Y., O., Pa., R. I., Wash. and Wis. It also writes lines in other States direct.

Dividends.— 1900 and 1901, 12%; 1902, 5%; 1904, 4.3%; 1905 to 1909, inc., none; 1910 to 1914, inc., 5%; 1915 and 1916, respectively, 8%; 1917 and 1918, 10%; 1919, 15%.

Officers.— President, R. Bleecker Rathbone; vice-president, Albert R. Ledoux; secretary, Charles S. Conklin; assistant secretary, Rathbone Williams.

Directors.-

Ackerson, G. G., of General Chemical Co.

Atwood, Kimball C., president Preferred Accident Insurance Co.

Conklin, Charles S., insurance.

Diaz, Jose M., president Preferred Havana Tobacco Co. Hall, Edward E., insurance.

Ledoux, Albert R., Ledoux & Co.

Masury, John \V., president John W. Masury & Son. Maxwell, Jos. S., vice-president Liberty National Bank. Pouch, Fred H., president Am. Dock & Trust Co. Rathbone, R. Bleecker, insurance.

Willcox, \V. G., Albert Willcox & Co.

Williams, Rathbone, insurance.

INCOME, 1919.   Marine

   Fire, etc.   and Inland

   Gross premiums written..   $796, 320 52   $269, 038 50

   Less reinsurance   ....   278,417 20   119,447 47

   Less return premiums..   155,992 73   37.654 26

   Total net premiums..   $361,910 59   $111,936 77

Interest, etc   38.830 4S

Other income    10,967 00

   TOTAI. INCOME    $523,644 84

 

DISBURSEMENTS, 1919.

Net losses paid:

   Fire and miscellaneous    $102, 540 99

Marine and inland    

47,602 40

 

TOTAL    

$150, 143 39

 

Underwriting expenses    

176.767   68'

 

Dividends   to stockholders    

30, 000 00

 

Other disbursements    

21, 744 32

 

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS    

$37S, 655 39

 

Ratios to Premiums Written.—Losses paid, fire, etc., 28.3%; marine, 42.5%; incurred, 36.3%; underwriting expenses, 37.3%; underwriting profit, 8.9%.

Ratios to Premiums Earned.—Losses incurred, 44.0%; expenses incurred, 45.2%; underwriting profit, 10.8%.

Miscellaneous, 1919.—Net losses incurred, $172,152.39; net risks in force December 31, 1919, fire and miscellaneous, $51,987,047; marine and inland, $4,827,950; net preniiunis in force, fire and miscellaneous, $543,079.75; marine and inland, $109,617.16.

Underwriting Exhibit, 1919.— Premiums earned during 1919, $390,829.05; gain from underwriting profit and loss items, $150; total, $390,979.05.

Losses incurred during 1919, $172,152.39; underwriting expenses incurred during 1919, $176,587.41; total, $348,-739.80.

Gain from underwriting during 1919, $42,239.25.

Investment. Exhibit, 1919.—Interest, etc., earned during 1919, $38,357.22; profit on investments during 1919, $10.-S17; total, $49,174.22.

Loss on investments during 1919, $20,614.25; investment

expenses incurred during 1919, $1,130.07; total, $21,744.32. Gain from investments during 1919, $27,429.90.

Gain and Loss Exhibit, 1919.— Gains:   Underwriting,

$42,239.25; investments. $27,429.90; total, $69,669.15. Loss from dividends, $30,000.

Surplus, December 31, 191S, $642,011.07; increase, $39,-669.15; surplus, December 31, 1919, $681,680.22.

 

Net Premiums   Net Losses

MISCELLANEOUS CLASSES:   Written.   Incurred:

Motor vehicles    $109,421 12   $54,407 12

Explosion   2, 515 65

Stockholder

Annual Meeting.— Third Wednesday in .January.

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ATLANTIC CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Atlantic and Tennessee Avenues, Atlantic City, N J.

ADMITTED ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1919.

Real estate owned   (market value)    

$142, 000

00

Rents due and accrued    

400

00

Mortgage loans on real estate    

48,950

00

Interest due and accrued thereon   

786

43

Bonds and stocks owned (market value)    

251. 634

00

Interest due and accrued thereon    

1.807

50

Cash in banks and office    

20,539

59

Agents' balances not over three months due.

16, 498

19

Other admitted assets    

25.625

61

TOTAL ADMITTED ASSETS    

$508, 241

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GENERAL REVIEW.

 

the

History.— This   company   was   incorporated under

laws of New Jersey, July 8, 1902, and began business January 5, 1903, with $100,000 capital paid in. In August, 1918, the paid-in capital was increased to $200,000, and $25,000 was collected for surplus. The par value of the stock is $100.

LIABILITIES, DECEMBER 31, 1919. LOSSES: Adjusted, not due, $2,891.41; in

process of adjustment, $9,156.16: total   $12.047 5i

Unearned premiums    84.065 42

Salaries, rents, etc   166 82

Estimated taxes hereafter payable   734 77

TOTAL LIABILITIES, except capital.   $97.014 5S

CAPITAL PAID UP    200,000 00

NET SURPLUS    211. 226,74

 

TOTAL   $508, 241 32

No surplus was contributed when the company started, the surplus shown above having been earned, with the exception of the $25,000 paid in during 1918.

Prior to 1918 the company was licensed only in New Jersey, but in that year it entered New York and Pennsylvania.

Management and Reputation.— The company has made


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