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Show 1 1; I Utah Association of Life Underwriters I ;; By M. L. Robinson, Secretary y3 . U ' nB successful man becomes, so to ,eMjl : speak, a pari of his chosen lino of en- t-t! ' deavor, lot it bo mercantile, banking iS' f,r professional. Ho cannot "bo a suc- ,tm : cess if ho isolates himself from men )M especially men of his own undertakings, -fifi To be alono is to bo out of harmony c. with human thought and human action gj t and tho best interests of one's profes- if innHMiii ft: S BL Xj. eobinsok, rgcretarv Utah. Association of Life w ' Underwriters. Ion, It was with thiB truism predominating predomi-nating that the Utah Association of Life Underwriters was organized about four years ago. Organized effort on a high plane is always moro prontablo v ultimately, than singleness of. purposo. ,1 And wkv should not lifo insurance 13. workers bo brought together abovo nil other classes of wagc-onriiors, es-f es-f pecially when tho efforts of every man 1 with a rate book aro to alleviate sut- fcring. keep estates intact, educate tho less fortuuato and dischargo a multitude multi-tude of duties to mankind. The figures of life insurance aro vast, immense, almost incomprehensible and unbelievable. And yet. ouly a small I percentage, about twelve, of Iho insurables in-surables is carrying any protection at all. What a field, what an opportunity for tho conscientious, high-miuded, honest man or woman. Idealizing that sentiment, and not I soutimciitality, rules tho world, and coming to tho practical side of tho association, as-sociation, it would bo impossible to j tell of the good accomplished by tho bringing together of a maiority of the representatives of tho old lino, or level i premium companies. Suffice it to say hore that a united struggle, a determined deter-mined stand against any mid alL illegitimate illegiti-mate and unsound devices is tho koy noto of tho association work. Although simple in detail, the great , science of lifo iiisuranco has uevnr been understood by tho educated professional profession-al und business man. to say nothing of the masses. Tim pity of it all is, and while tho ignorance prevailing is pos-1 pos-1 sibly not- strange, yet it is truthfully said false impressions lead to fnlso conclusions. con-clusions. Public opinion may bo easily influenced from one direction to another, an-other, but the stability und fairminded-noss fairminded-noss of our legislators must eventually prevail. Nevertheless, some recent legislation has been foundod upon falso conclusions based upon temporary and falso impressions. Such measures have proved disastrous lo tho business, which means that the policyholder and the general public alike suffer. To educate Iho educated and train the lay mind is one of the many functions func-tions of tho association. Too much praise and credit canuot bo given tho organizers, aiid particularly tho first sot of officer! who made it possible for those who followed to render a valuable and lasting service to tho community at I 'rho association is composed of al-1 al-1 most all tho representatives of tho ro-! ro-! pulable legal rcservo companies doing I business in tho state. It is through tho vigilance of the members, that tho offi-I offi-I ccrs arc enabled to keep in touch with i tho twister, tho rebatcr, tho shark-agent. shark-agent. Through the officers, also, tho ! department of insuranco is- furnished this information. I That tin) plain truths, tho funda-mcntnls funda-mcntnls of life insurance, might bo available to tho villagor. and fanner, and rancher, as well as tho lawyer, tho doctor, the merchant in the largor cities, a publicity bureau was established sov-oral sov-oral months ago. Much untechnical and ! olemcntary information has boen fur- I uished tho pcoplo of this and adjoining . states through this channel. That it is appreciated, tho many complimentary WILL G. FAEKELL, Presidont Utah Association Life Underwriters. letters and verbal expressions bear witness. wit-ness. The legislative committeo of tho association as-sociation is spending a great deal of time and effort in tho preparation of a new code for the state. The many important foatures of tho bill cannot be dwelt upon hero, but among those which will receivo the undivided attention atten-tion of the committee is the subject of taxation. |