MISCElvIyANEOUS INFORMATION RElyATING TO INSURANCE 

 AND THRIFT IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. 



FRANCE . 



INSUR\XCE AGAINST HAII, IN 1916. — The Argus, Paris, 14 October 1917. 



In its last annual notes on the working of societies insuring against 

 hail the Argus has been able as yet to deal only with three societies, L'Aisne, 

 La Ruche du Pas-de-Calais and La Regionale du Nord, all of them in in- 

 vaded country and unable to publish exact reports. 



The following is a comparison, thus limited, of the business done in 

 1915 and 1916 by the companies having fixed premiums and the mutual 

 companies. 



1915 1916 



Number of the insured . . 201,859 francs 198,316 francs 



Value insured 927,128,713 • " 938,510,419 



Premiums and subscriptions 12,861,733 " 13.591.365 



Indemnities 6,311,446 " 9.850,359 



Reserve fund. 23,246,462 " 23,644,005 



It is seen that insured capital, premiums and especially indemnities 

 have increased, the latter being in 1916 in excess by 3,538,913 francs of 

 their sum in 1915. 



The following table shows the business done by each comjDany or so- 

 ciety. 



