STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY
THE CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS. fDUNEDIN, This Day. the adoption of the report I meeting of the Standard Insurance Co.. the Chairman, the Hoi: Pergus, saiS that one peculiarity about this yearVvtork has been the number of houses in the company'; loss schedule. This is a thing alm<;c-'. as these risks are generaliy looked upon as among the best th R com pany can hold. The loss through th source alone amounted to 50_per cent, cf the total fire tjlaiirt-. "Work*?!?: r; penses sho<s--ed an increapc «£ 2* pj-• cent., chiefly dno to heavy charges Tf\:e 1 by fire boards and Government taxes. Durine the year the Melbourne office had been changed from an agency to a branch, and this had been found to work most satisfactorily , Directors have "in contemplation further improvements in -working the various States with a view to greater efficiency and profit
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 4 March 1912, Page 6
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