April. 1915. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. 



Chief Office: HOLBORN BARS, LONDON. 



Summary of the Report presented at the Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting 



held on 4th March, 1915. 



ORDINARY BRANCH.— The Dumbei ar was 



65,751. assuring the sum of £6.318,843, an annual premiui 



of £424,353. The premiums received during the year were £5,035,625, ■ i a 



i £115.107 over the year 1913. In addition, £10,315 premiums 



under the Sickness Insurance Tables. The claims £4.014.658. 



The number of deaths was 9,351. matured 



was 24,986, the premium income of which was £136,735. 



The number of policies in force at the end of the year v 922.505. 



IXDrSTRIAL BRANCH. — The pn m ring I ar were 



£8.176,202, being an increase of £301.746. I! 

 £3,373.850, including £393.360 bonui 

 including 6,731 endowment assurances matured, was 392,883. ["he nuinl i 



- granted during the year to the* 

 upwards, who desired to discontinue their payments, was 103.514, the number in 

 force being 1,947,556. The number of free policies wh during th 



year was 46,364. 



The total number of policies in force in this Branch .it the end of the yi 

 20.085.010 : their average duration exceeds thirteen 



The assets of the Companv. in bnth branches, as shown in tl 

 £91,202,344, being an increase ot £4.209.341 i ver th. < : 1913. 



The outbreak of hostilities in August last placed u[*<n th 

 I llity of deciding what charg 

 active service. After careful consideration it was premium 



in respect of existing policu s on I 



■ spect o! existing p lii ies a the In if other members ol tin- regul 

 it was decided that £250 of assurance on any life should I e exempted from the pay- 

 ment of extra premium. 



In the Ordinary B £110. 



■ 

 1876. 

 In the Industrial Bi 

 ■ 



- 

 inclush 



5\ 

 10' 

 15 



50 

 55 



60 



Premu 



.til 10 ve 



15 . 



20 , 



25 . 



30 , 



35 . 



40 , 



50 , 



55 , 



60 , 







£2 10s. ; 



£5 



£5 



i: 10s. 



£10 



£12 lCs. 



£15 



£20 



£30 



£40 



£50 



£60 



■ 

 1911 ha\ 

 - 

 g £3.000 000 ' 



Balance Sheet of the Prudential Assurance Company, Limited, 



being the Summary of both Branches, on the 31st December, 1914. 



LIABILITIES. 



Shareholders' capital ... 

 i ranee fund — 

 Ordinary Branch 

 Sickness insurance fund 

 irance fund — 

 Industrial Branch 



1.000.000 



£47.024.190 

 13.562 



40.649.318 9 8 



Investments reserve funds 



Courts (Emergency Powers A>:l Reserve 



Claims under life policies intimated and in course "I ; 



Annuities duo and unpaid ... 



Balance of bonus under life policies reserved tor distril 



87.687.071 4 1 



1.750.000 



300.000 



233.518 7 



3.171 13 4 



228.582 15 10 



£91.202.343 13 10 



ASSETS. 



Mortgages on property within the United Kingdom 8,882,496 5 4 



Mortgage- on property out of the L'nit. .1 Kn .^ 1- ni 336.449 2 9 



Loans on parochial and other puUi' in. - ... ... ... 13.412,347 14 8 



Loans on Life interests 1,193.287 11 



Loans on Reversions 96,502 18 3 



Loans on stocks and shares ... ... ... ... ... 76,385 2 



Loans on Company's policies within their surrender values ... 3,221,385 7 9 



Pel ional security ... ... 



Loans to Educational institutions sc 43.969 19 1 

 Investments : — 



it with the High Court (£24,400 2}% C olidati 17,568 



Carried forward 



£27.280.391 10 9 



ASSETS 

 Invcsti 



■ 

 K.ulu.i 



- 



Life inl 

 Agents' balaw 



:.230.391 10 9 



1.41 3. 36S 



143.117 



4.621.551 



• 



5.411.862 IS 11 



I S 10 11 



4.115.S13 6 



1 5 



2 10 

 10 7 

 12 10 

 IS 11 



5 



21.S47.943 

 3.193.674 



4,783.46! 



9.143 

 4.200.467 



:. 8.4 1 



115.010 



52^.743 



14 S 



4 I 



6 6 



11 7 



19 11 



10 7 

 16 



11 S 



1 



The values of the Stoi kl 

 middle mark - 



than provided ter by the Investments Ri 

 We certify that in our bclicl the Ass. I 

 therein less thi I 

 business to which it is ap] 



A. C. THOMPSON, Cm, " ' 



port th.it with the assistant e ol the t hai 

 explanati ins that wc haw n quired, an I in our opinion such m 

 of the state ol the Company's affairs according to tht 



i!v for any purp »c otha tl 





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We have « • I mil paymcnl 



we find the sai VYc have al 



out in tl lUDt i ' ■ " ■ 



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