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Show Orlctn of I.lfo Iniurnnce. "I don't hnc to hno my life Insured," In-sured," said the business man to tho agent, "but I do want to know how life insurance originated. Can jou tell mo?" "I can," tho agent answered. an-swered. "It originated In 1700 In London. In that year there was formed the first life Insurance com-panj com-panj It wns called tho Aniicablo Society So-ciety for a Perpetual Assurance Office. Of-fice. It was a mutual benefit concern. Lnch member, without referenco to age, paid a fixed admission fco and a fixed annunl charge per sharo on one to three shares, and nt tho end of a year a portion of tho fund accumulated accumulat-ed was dhided among the heirs of those who had died. In accordance with the number of shares each dead person had held. Out of this company, with Its crudo and Imperfect methods, II fo Insurance as It exists to-day has grown. Did you, by tho way, know that emperors and kings can rarely get their lives Insured, eo great Is tho peril of assassination that they stand in?" Philadelphia Record. |