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THpRBURN, TORO^TTO, Pkofcflior of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Toronto ; and Medical Director North AoMrican Life Assurance Company. #■ ci|ition, 1888.) O * » »i' J. E. BitVANi: ft Co., Publishwrs, Toronto, Canada. ,.--■>■ JX sjr-r Sii-*!^ x;i,v . ¥ ^^-^ "<■"■■ J -A-m :...'; , -,-,-\^ ^-■^^'" ' .-'•- ■■-■ ■ ■ ■„ - :. -. ■_ ... : '... ..-^^A.-:"^ • ■ ■" ■ .t ■ ■' ■■■ -V . : i- - • • \ ■ ■ \^| ■f^; '■V* W ■V, X * *!,<' <. y. t^.i. '. ■ r , i 1, ... ■;' •' r :: /„ , ./ 1 I. , if. >r V .^ » r *:.-^t* I .1 - ^ _.-* *i:n^ « < ^, \ ,< .'V^%' V /• , / S,,.^r^\, ".. I m". -V »#-»ift»-. 'ITT • . ■' I, ^t * iJ"<♦ ■ r. . Life insurance is now one of the principal Institutions of the civilized world, whether we i view it financially or as a provision to succor "i^and maintain those whp depend upon the heads :of families for their present and future support jEiS well as comfort and happiness, or to maintain' one's self in after years, when unable, from various causes, to battle with life. The history of it is interesting and instructive. In earlier years annuities were common," and these were granted by Jews and usurers, and extortion and vice of all kinds pre- vailed. Policies of alf kihds were issued, not only for mercantile purposes, but also against wind and weather, against particular diseases, pro- viding safe passes even through purgatory, etc." Intrigue and wars, with pestilence, carried off tens' and hundreds of thousands, aiid there was no provision for those left behin|i. • In its infancy' life insurance was conducted in 4 hap-hazard' style, and partook very much 6f a gamlbling^ nature. Often the healthy and; strong died *-5<: .^ "" if^^^'^^PPT^'^' ' ■ / « , I, i, ontv within the last century suddenly. It » °7 i^^ ^is has been • ' •''^rrer'tobri-ofn.edica.n.en • cstaWished. '"*°" deduced the probable and statisticians have deduced F ^.^ ^^ • duration If human Wc to an ex P_^ ^^^^ . r'°;i:etw:nt vidXye-ith;av^^^ human hfe taken . ^^ ^^^^^^ ^j,„^ """"too thHx^ctatio; amounts almost to .,000,000 the cxp ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ , a certamty. 1 "c car y ^^ ^^^^ ^j^^ • ^*' 1- f ii '^hl oTce in his clutches P°«" "'*'': hlnrst to introduce the study of ^:Trl he B eslau tables, fo'rmulatcd . CrS.^e%henrstofanyi.p^^^^^^ arVow'Trd for one year l^om the 3|^ %-^- ti::t d^d'^^Th-crt retuseu h ' ^ , ho„^ver, ruled that T 7:ty ofdate exdudcd the day itself. a tLa thJ underwriter was liable. This .s and that tne uuu ^^^^ the first insurance on a hfe ot wni * i^* the history of life insuran«= ; bu the sS of early insurance, how ""d where . •• •- ttLted is of no practical importance to us - ::rS-t time. It is now before us as one J * # ^^ir '^s jf "^ 1 -* ^ - of the greatest finai^cial-saving institutions of the world, and speaks much for the thrift and unselfishness of man in providing for breakers ahead and in alleviating distress and poverty. Man does not live for himself alone, and he who does not provide for his dependents falls short of his moral obligations. And here life insurance shows itself ds a most valuable insti- tution. For many years, from small beginnings^ surrounded by enemies and ignorance, supersti- tion and vice, its progress was spasmodic and slow ; but ab^ man became more intelligent and civilized, ignorance disappeared, and we now find it a valuable hum'ane institution, the widow's hope and help, the orphan's protection and salvation, and the enfeebled and aged insurer's maintenance, in thousands of instances. The growth .0^ life insurance during the past thirty years, mdre espa|blly on this continent, has been something fpHderful. In the year ^rSy^the date of the earliest American official reports^ there were only fourteen J.ife Com- panies doing business in the State of New York and one Home Company here ; there are now twenty-nine in that State, and during the intervening years the number of companies has fluctuated Irom fourteen to seventy-one, the latter number being that for 1870. The greatest increase in the number occurred during the inflatiofT period, following the close of the American civil war, when men, without ariy 11 ■M m f^At j^i^^^ik^ 'fffO^^ /g^ ^' V 'Vi^&J'2.& a\fib^ii^2J' ■m ', • <»5%> ir^>;-^^^Bfnt^KWFg^)i tj i»- s | K knowledge whatever of the science of hfc in- surance, undertook to 8j)cculatc in Life Com- panics, as they had done in railroad and mining stocks,' with the usual consequences resulting from inexperience. In 1859 the true purpose and great benefits of life insurance were but little known by the general public. In that year the total amount of business written, namely, ii little over $30,- ooo.oop, would scarcely now satisfy a single com'pany for one year's transaptions, and the entire amount of insurance then in force, about $141,500,000, is but little more than was written by one comiwny alone last year. During the last thirty years there has been an increase of nearly five hundred per cent, in the number of policies and amount of insurance in /orce, while the gain in assets has been somewhat greater. During 1887 the official reports show that twenty-nine United States companies wi^ote $531,170,773,. while the amount in force at the close of the year was $2,837,926,053, being an improvement over the record of the previous year of $82,556,541 in amount of insurance written, and of $252,094,070 in the aggregate amount of insurance carried by these companies. In CAiada the amount of new business written last year was $23,560,849 by the .Cana- dian Companies ; $3,112,160 by the British Companies; and $ii,435»72i by the United States Companies, and the total amount in •y f* "^""^"'T^ force $i9i»67$,852, 0(<^\\e ncwly-ismied busi- ncss oUr Home Companies did over Avice thd amoimt done by the United States Companies, and nearly ^ighf times that of the British Companies. " ; A most rapid growth in the business done on this continent has taken place during the last few years. For c^tample: in round numbers the new insurances written in 1885 *>y the United States .Companies was $400,006^000 ; in 1886 it was $600,000,000; and in 1887 it exceeded $700,000^000. The total amount of insurances in forqe in them is now $2,837,- 926,053, whict^ conrprises a larger amount than has been in force for many years and proves that ^ people iJjelieVe in it, because, as a whole, iNjas proved itself trustworthy, a quality which distinguishes it froBi the worthless coun- terfeit furnished by companies .doing business on the co-operative system. "!; During 1887 the total payments made to policy-holders ^y the United States Companies amounted to over $70, Ti'O^^^oo, and their gross assets amounteil to over $614,000,000. The payments made to policy-holders by our Cana- dian Companies in 1887 amounted to $1,405,- 4i7rand their aggregate assets to $14,352,475. In former timejj; any adult in apparent good health could be insured without a medical examinatiqp, and, as a consequence, many ,ii> -ii^UL^^^'i 1 ..^ U routt be asaumcd upo t ^ awiwu^y u>a% »»v office or fclotion of m medical euunincr to hii com{iany » one of agency for certain important purixMicf." Further on he iumi up hii coie in the following nianner: "To the medical exam- iner, however, thete Judicial definition* have a special present neccwity and value, for they declare what hi« true office ii, what hii limiu- tioni are, and in what relation* he ttandi to a company and his statutory disqualifications as a t \ ^ 7 TTT^SZ ^'iiuMt^lAK^ ■\ ,11 oti convictton themif iKall be liable to a Ane not ejicccding $1,000, or to imprttonment in the county Jail not excelling three months, at the diicrction of the court, and he thaJI alio be liable to the com|Kiny for an action on the caae for the full amount of any insurance obtained from iuch company by means, o^through the awintancc, of such false statemeffir report." ^ In conclusion, gentlemen, I hope that I have •* ■■■" ■■ ■ . ■ ■-: .. ■ . ' ; '^ '■'•■■ ■ ■;■ \- •■ \ ,. 1 ■ ' •s , f * • ■ ■ ■J • : 1 • ■ \ \ ■ \ • ■ ■ \ ■ ■ \" ■ • ■ V . ■ . ' 'V ■ ■,• : ■ ■ ' .■ • . \ ■ . ■ ■ ■' . l?" 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