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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Auto Insurance — A Farm Bureau Service 



PROTECTING Farm Bureau members i^iimi 

 loss in their travels by auto and truck over 

 the highways and by-ways of Illinois is thif serv- 

 ice rendered by the Illinois Agricultural Mutual 

 Insurance Co. 



Inaugurated only two and one-half yeaW ago 

 to provide auto insurance at cost for members, 

 this Farm Bureau owned and controlled com- 

 pany has grown consistently until today it has 

 nearly 20,000 mem- 

 bers. This growth 

 means satisfied policy 

 holders and demon- 

 strates the confidence 

 members have in their 

 organization. 



The Company today 

 has assets of almost 

 $5 00,000 invested 

 mostly in federal land 

 bank notes, U. S. treas- 

 ury notes, treasury 

 certificates, and Lib- 

 erty Loan bonds. These 

 represent the premium 



deposit and surplus held in trust for the policy 

 holders. 



The Illinois Agricultural Service Co. it the 

 corporate manager, A. E. Richardson the active 

 manager. Acquisition and field service is linder 

 the supervision of V. Vaniman, director ot in- 

 surance service for the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation. M. E. Roberts of Edinburg assists 

 in field work in central Illinois, and G. R. Wil- 

 liams of Salem in Southern Illinois. 



The fact that the company has nearly 

 doubled in assets and policy holders during the 

 past year has necessitated an increase in bffice 



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workers charged with the details of maintain- 

 ing prompt, efficient service. A short sketch 

 supplemented with a few pictures will help 

 acquaint each member with the personnel in 



M. E. Roberts 

 Field Service 



A. E. Richardson 

 Manager 



charge of the various divisions of work. 



Without the Farm Bureau organization the 

 company could not have grown to its present 

 size in only two and one half years. The suc- 

 cess it has achieved is due to farmers' ability 

 to work together, to do things for themselves. 

 Every accomplishment inspires confidence and 

 prepares the way for the more difficult tasks 

 ahead. 



The responsibility for insurance acquisition 

 for the Illinois Agricultural Mutual now rests 

 largely with the general insurance agents in the 

 counties. That they have been active in the 

 past year is revealed in the steady increase in 

 number of policies since January 1. 



More than one-third of the Farm Bureau 

 members in Illinois have their automobiles and 

 trucks insured in their own company. This 

 record made in about 

 two and one-half years 

 is a tribute to the serv- 

 ice given and ample 

 proof of the demand 

 for a Farm Bureau 

 company. 



"I certainly appre- 

 ciate my policy in the 

 Farm Bureau company. 

 Every member, it seems 

 to me, ought to use his 

 organization and its 

 many kinds of serv- 

 ice," wrote one satis- 

 fied policy holder. "I 

 am telling my neighbors how much I appre- 

 ciate insurance at cost in my own company, 

 the Illinois Agricultural Mutual." 



Letters of this kind have been numerous. 

 They indicate that members are learning to use 

 their organization, are appreciative of the serv- 

 ice available. 



The experience farmen gain through collec- 

 tive effort in making such services available to 

 themselves at minimum cost, is cumulative 

 and will fit them for the more difficult task of 

 co-operative selling of farm products. 



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