AIRMEN'S INSURANCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23830, 4 December 1940, Page 8

AIRMEN'S INSURANCE

ACTIVE SERVICE PERIOD QUESTION BEING CONSIDERED [BT TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORT!®] WELLINGTON, Toesda? A statement that the question of the insurance of airmen on active service was receiving the consideration of the Government was made by the .Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, in reply to a question in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. J. N. Massey (OppositionFranklin) asked whether the Minister would tell the House the exact arrangements made by him with representatives of the insurance companies in the Life Offices Association concerning life and industrial policies held by airmen, soldiers and sailors. "What action does the Minister intend to.take concerning companies who are not members of the Life Offices Association and whose policies, held by airmen, for instance, provide no cover when the holders are engaged in actual flying?" asked Mr. Massey. The Minister replied that as far as he was aware the only offices in-New Zealand which did not belong to the Life Offices Association were the Government Insurance Department and the Dominion Life Office. In common with the other offices they did not grant cover for airmen engaged on active service. The Government Office, however, granted cover without charging an extra premium for the period of training in New Zealand.