Nero Fiddled While Rome 

 Was Burning. 



''Criminal indifference" you say. And you are right. But how mucl 

 worse is it than what you are aoing every day? You have read thes 

 advertisements of the HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 for a year or more, telKng you that you ought to know all about the com 

 pany that carries your fire insurance, but have you done anything abou 

 it? Many have, but the majority of policy holders have aone nothing 

 about the selection of a company. They are still "fiddling." 



In the history of fire insurance in America, a large majority of the fin 

 insurance companies organized have failed or retired from business. T( 

 be insured in a company like the HARTFORD, that has been in busi 

 ness a hundred years and will be in business a hundred years from now 

 costs no more than to be insured in one that may go out of business nex 

 week. 



It's your property which is to oe insured. It's your money that payi 

 the premium. You are to get the indemnity in case of fire. In short 

 it's your business and this matter is up to you. Why then, don't yoi 

 DO something? And here's what to do. At the bottom of this adver 

 tisement is a coupon. Cut it out, write in the name of your insurance 

 agent or broker, sign your name and mail it to him. 



Any agent or broker can get you a policy in the HARTFORD if you 

 tell him to do so. Don't be a "fiddler" in the face of fire. Cut out, fill 

 in and mail the coupon. DO IT NOW. 



., 1910. 



(Name oi Agent or Broker- ) 



IQIOJ 



When my fire insurance expires, please see that I 



'l^^^^^^^ get a policy in the HARTFORD 



STATEMENT JANUARY 1 1910 



Capital, ... $2,000,000.00 Name 



Liabililies, . 14.321953.11 



AssaU, . . 23.035 700.61 ... 



Surplus for Policy Ho ders. . 8.713.747.50 AddfCSS . 



