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Show AMERICAN INSURANCE IN OTHER LANDS A comLiittee of the English Parliament Parlia-ment after full investigation of the situation has vouched for the safety of the American life insurance companies doing business in Great Britain. The French Government has found nothing the matter with such of them as are willing to put up enough money in France to "protect" their policyholders policy-holders in that country. "The American Ameri-can companies sre perfectly solvent," is in effect the French decision, "but they ought to let ns have the use of some of their assets." The German Government, which has always bad the most influential of home influences brought to bear to make bard sledding for the American companies, now announces that while "considerable "consider-able improprieties and irregularities have been proven to exist in the management man-agement of those companies" they are solvent and able to pay all their insured amounts. The German policy-holders, however, are officially- notified that "the profits which will accrue them after af-ter the expiration of the periods of accumulation ac-cumulation mav fall materially behind the prospects for profit by which tbey may have been induced to" take out the insurance." In other words, you can't bet much on any big returns upon deferred de-ferred dividend policies. All the world has long known this well enough, but its dispassionate way of statement by ; the German officials is in such contrast to the harangues and vituperation of yellow newspapers, magazines and poli- , tieiaus in this country over 'anything pertaining to life insurance as to give the latter fair chance to be ashamed of themselves. Germany also would like some of our premium reserve money on deposit over there, and has now got it from such of tho American companies a do business in the Fatherland. Thus it sec on that in far away Europe, distrustful at best of nearly everything in a financial way emanating from the United States, American life insurance is officially pronounced pro-nounced safe and solvent by the three leading nations of that continent. There was never any need at all of any life company from this country betting up in business in Europe and the wisdom of so doing has often been challenged by the cocservative carefully care-fully managed companies. But having done so it ought to be a solid comfort to American policv-holders everywhere to know that our life insurance, after a prolonged and merciless attack at home, has been declared trustworthy and secure se-cure by the Governments of three great European countries who do not like much of anything that is American any too well. |