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(b) Farm Horse and Stallion Insurance. 



Farm horses were insured in Belgium in 191 1 by 250 recognised mutual 

 societies, with 33.344 members, distributed as follows according to province ; 

 East Flanders 51, Brabant 44, Limbourg 43, West Flanders 40, Antwerp 31, 

 Luxembourg 19, Liege 13, Hainaut 7, Namur 2. They insured 68,855 horses 

 of a total value of 64,035,820 frs. 



The number of losses in the year was 1,920 and the amount paid in 

 claims was 982,006 frs. Premiums had been collected to the amount of 

 995,438 frs. On December 31st. the assets of these societies amounted to 

 792,589 frs. 



Like the mutual horned cattle insurance societies these we are now con- 

 sidering also reinsure to a large extent. And in fact of the 250 mutual 

 societies existing 242 were reinsured, distributed in 11 federations. These 

 242 societies had altogether reinsured 51,958 horses, for an amount of 

 254,303 frs, to which must be added 23,176 frs., in provincial subventions, 

 and 157,260 frs., Government subvention. In the same year these feder- 

 ations paid claims to their members to the amount of 435,864 frs. 



It must, finally, be mentioned that at the same date there were in Belgium 

 7 mutual stallion insurance societies with 743 members, insuring 1,007 stall- 

 ions for an amount of 3,820,600 frs. In the year there were 27 losses, for 

 which the societies had to pay 98,475 frs. in claims to members from whom 

 they had collected premiums to the amount of 59,499 frs. On December 

 31st., 1911, the total assets of these societies amounted to 133,004 frs. 



(c) Goat Insurance Societies. 



In 1911 there were 494 goat insurance societies, most of them in East 

 Flanders (216) and West Flanders (195). They had 47,560 members and 

 had insured 63,785 head for an amount of 1,240,383 frs. 



In the year there were 4,934 losses, for which the societies had to pay 

 47,810 frs. in compensation to members from whom they had collected 

 in premiums 39,794 frs. 



These risks also are reinsured by 479 societies, united in 5 federations. 



(d) Pig Insurance Societies. 



This branch of insurance is less common. From the statistical re- 

 port we see that there were only 149 mutual societies of the kind, insuring 

 23,695 pigs, belonging to 11,994 members. There are also pig reinsurance 

 societies. In 191 1 there were six, to which 128 societies were affiliated. 



