George Pauls Named Prudential Representative
George Pauls, long associated with Eclipse Lumber, is appointed representative for the Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is well trained and has spent years in public outreach. Mr. Pauls begins work Monday morning, as district manager Mrs. R. P. Ligget notes.
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George Pauls
Eclipse Lumber Company
Predential Insurance Company of America
Pauls
Prudential
R. P. Ligget
Ligget
Altho
Oskaloosa
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Contingent liability in automobile use and insurance
The article argues that employers should require Automobile Liability insurance when employees use their own cars or when contractors haul for the business. It notes liability can fall on the employer even if the car is owned by the employee and cites hired vehicles under contractor control. It stresses adequate protection to cover all employer risks.
Automobile ownership risks rise with traffic speed
The note stresses growing automobile use and fast traffic heightening the need for insurance protection. It urges readers to obtain coverage for protection against accidents and related costs.
Fire Insurance Agents Offer a Special Service
A. L. Griffith promotes expanded services from local agents. He says agents analyze needs and premiums before purchase, monitor hazard reduction, and assist promptly with fair claim settlement, underscoring growing importance of agents in daily business life.
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A. L. Griffith
Annuity sales rise sharply in 1932 33 says local agent
Glen Eldridge of Clark & Eldridge notes large gains in annuity business during 1932 and 1933. The agency, based in the Bailey Building, represents Massachusetts Mutual which shows increases of about thirty three and one.
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Glen Eldridge
Clark & Eldridge
Bailey Bldg
Massachusetts Mutual
Family Income Contract Featured
Several life insurance companies are featuring a family income contract designed for men with growing children. It aims to assure wife and children are cared for, providing a comfortable home and education to help them enter their careers. The plan promises a monthly income through critical years to ease family worry if the payer is gone, with historical notes on rate changes through 1952 and 1934 gains.
Health protection vs injuries debated by Des Moines firefighter
Harve M. Faidley of the Des Moines Fire Department notes the common belief that illness causes more disability, but many seek injury protection instead. He recalls speaking with workers who say they have not been sick but have been badly hurt, illustrating attitudes toward health and accident insurance.
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Harve M. Faidley
Des Moines
Health and Accident Insurance Proves Its Value
A Craftsman policyholder, Mr. Faidley, bought Health and Accident protection after a persuasive sales pitch. He needed surgery for appendicitis two months after policy, missed work nine weeks, and received $245.70 in benefits. He later faced four more sickness related disabilities, all covered, with six claims totaling $403.71.
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Faidley
C. A. Ruebsam
Craftsman Insurance Company
Washington County
Farmers Deposit National Bank Advertises Life Insurance
The Farmers Deposit National Bank of Pittsburgh promotes life insurance in Fortune's March issue. It touts that insurance creates estates instantly, protects dependents, funds retirement, educates children, and supports personal or business needs, noting Pittsburgh hosts three life companies and 43 agencies.
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Farmers Deposit National Bank of Pittsburgh
Fortune
Farmers Deposit National Bank
Pittsburgh
Pitsburgh
Insurance shares and windstorm coverage implications
The article explains that 60 percent of Health and Accident claims are for sickness related disabilities. It notes that building wall collapse voids fire policies, so fire damage from windstorms must be covered by Windstorm insurance. It urges homeowners to insure both building and contents adequately to be fully paid in such cases.
Hoodoo Day Lands Cool Half Million
Hoodoo Day at Central Life Assurance Society reports the field force produced nearly 500000 of new business despite heat wave drought and other obstacles. The effort shows improvement across sections and Nick Roth appears as the local representative.
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Central Life Assurance Society
Nick Roth
An Umbrella for the Rainy Days
During hard times people learn the value of thrift and a rainy day reserve. The piece argues life insurance as a method to convert thrift into permanence, submitted by Nick Roth of the Central Life Assurance Society of Des Moines.
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Nick Roth
Central Life Assurance Society of
Des Moines
How Appeal Courts Are Making Insurance Necessary
A discussion of right-of-way laws and court interpretations. The Ohio Supreme Court in Morris vn. Bloomgren limits the right hand rule to a valid traffic regulation, requiring drivers to avoid harm even when another is not yielding. The piece argues drivers need liability insurance to cover accidents despite claimed rights.
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Morris
Alphonse
Salutations to William H. Sargeant Fifty Years at Massachusetts Mutual Life
The piece honors William H. Sargeant for completing fifty years with Massachusetts Mutual Life. From a junior office boy to chief administrator, he led a firm with nearly five hundred million in assets and two billion in life insurance in force.
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William H. Sargeant
Massachusetts Mutual Life
Sargeant
United States
Windstorm Insurance Emerges as Vital Need
Wind and storm have long struck fear into nations at sea and ashore. Early efforts to measure wind included the Mannheimer scale of four degrees adopted in 1700 by the Mannheimer Association, precursor to modern wind risk assessment.
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Mannheim Association
Beaufort
Tornado Wind Speed Scales and Tornado Air Speeds
A historical note on wind measurement scales from 1805 to the present. It describes the six division United States Weather Bureau scale and earlier scales used by observers, plus the challenging task of measuring wind velocity in a tornado and the debris field speeds reaching up to 500 miles per hour.
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Smithsonian Institute
International Meteorological Congress
United States Weather Bureaut
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