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Show Amazing Insurance Statistics According to the reports of insurance companies, compan-ies, there was paid out in death-claims in 1911 a i total of $101,140,000, and as dividends and sur- ( render values, $191,500 000, to policy-holders in the United States and Canada. Tho largest sum paid on tho death of an in-, dividual was $720,288, paid to the beneficiaries of Frank T. Howard of New Orleans. Policies ng i grcgating $385,000 were paid on the death of Sair-uol Sair-uol T. Lawrenco of Medford, Mass. The largest sum paid on the death of a resident ( of Utah was $-10,000, paid to tho beneficiaries of Sidney M. Bamberger of Salt Lake City. Forty-seven Forty-seven men who died during the year carried policies poli-cies of more than $100,000. Tho largest policy on the life ofa woman, matured during the year, was for $71,000, and was carried by Anna T. Lowe o ' Boston. Policies held by women, totalling $10,000 or more, to tho num-bor num-bor of twenty-three, were paid during the year. Life insurance is fast taking first rank among! tho industries of the world. The benefits afforded through insurance are beyond computation. |