Eureka Reporter | 1918-09-20 | Page 2 | Insurance Companies Will Increase Rates 10 per Cent

insurance companies will increase rates 10 per cent information received during the week by the representatives ot of the insurance companies indicate that ill policies will hereafter carry a ten len per cent sur tax this increase which goes into effect in all parts of the country is said to be nece saby as a war measure and the cominis comp nis announce their intention of going back to the old rates just as soon a conditions change it is alleged alle gec thit losses are increasing chasing in that file fire IL apartments part ments are not doing doin as effe effective ethre work as they were before the war and that there have been many increases In creages in the cost of operating wh ch maae a it impossible tor for the insurance co u n pan paul s to ci cc business without a substantial increase in the rates