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Show I INSURANCE 4 Whatever may be thought about meddling in business of the average governmental agency, in one field at least governmental ; interferen'-e has been successful. I That field is the war risk insurance, written by I tn l Sam on ' the lives of the service men and women who went to the front in the great war. Uncle Sam has given 'an opportunity to every service man and woman to convert his or her war risk insurance into permanent United states government life insurance. The result is that the average amount of this insurance not? held by former service men and women is $3520.64 Before the war. the average life insurance policy, written by private companies, not including industrial insurance, insur-ance, was given as spproximati Ij $2320. I The bureau has paid out in beuefits under tin insurance act a total to date of $223,384,769.72. |