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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 10 September 1917, Page 8

With the increasing use or aeroplanes for pleasure flights an interesting point lias been raised as to whether, in ease of a fatal acident life insurance companies would recognise any ability under orinary life-insurance policies. Persons regularly engaged in aviation are required to pay a rate -above the ordinary premium. The question as to whether the relatives of a person who went for one isolated pleasure (flight in an aeroplane and who met'his death as the result of air accident would be entitled to recover'his life insurance .was refere'd to t!ic Auckland : -representatives' 'of somei of the lending: companies/With one it was statoil 'that there was no doubt'that the companies would reeogh'isc-'-thoir! liability and pay."the insurance money; The branch manager of one. old-established company, however, 'stated that after making'inquiries at .the head office 'he was informed that in the'cii'cum'staii'c'es mentioned flic co'iiipaiiy iwould not' recognise any liability unless' tlie extra rate payable by -those engaged in aviation was'paid, or permisioii to ■ take a pleasure flight was obtained'beforehand.' ' \