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Insurance Companiefi. 64
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PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
Regent Stbef.t, London,
estabi.ishid 1806.
President and Tnislees.
Duke of Rutland | Earl Grey j
Marquis of Northampton I Lord King, &:c. |
Directors.
3. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq,
Francis Const, Esq.
Sir George Duckett, Bart.
Earl Ferrers
Sir John Harrington, Bart.
Admiral Sir Richard King,
Bart., K.C.B.
Lord Northwick
Hon. Thomas Parker
William Praed, Esq.
Sir Henry Pynn
Walter Strickland, Esq.
Colonel Sibthorp, JI. P.
Sir William Welhy, Bart.
&c. &c. &c.
J. A. Beaumont, Esq. Secretart/,
Capital — A Million Sterling and tpwards.
The profits are divided amongst those wlio now insure,
as well as the original IMembers, in just proportion to their
respectire pai/ment.'!. In the Fire ottice. Returns, during
the last thirteen years, to the amount of L. 62,000, have
been paid to all persons who have continued insured seven ;
years, upon annual as well as upon septennial Policies, and
whether they have been sufferers or otherwise. In the ]
Life Office, Bonuses of L.13, 8s. L.'i6, 1 2s. and L.30, 10s. •
per cent have been divided during the last twenty-one ■
years. — These are (at the option of tiie persons insured) )
either added to the policies, or applied to the reduction of j
their future payments. Militari/ Men are not charged ad- j
ditional, unless called into actual service. Persons are j)
at liberty to pass and repass to the Continent under linii. I
tations, without Licence and extra Premium. Persons re- j
moving to unhealthi/ climates, or subject to bodlli/ infirmi- i
ties, may insure. If any person die by Suicide. DueUimi. '
or the Hands of Justice, the full value which Iiis Policy |
bore on the day previous to the time of his death will be
paid. No Admission Fees are required, nor is any chan/e
made for Policies, except the Stamp Duty.
•," Persons who have been insured in the Fire Olhces
lately dissolved, may remove into the Coi'NTY Fiur Oi I'lt l"
without any additional expense.
Agents in Scotland.
"\Ir A\'illiam llenny, !<>, Royiil Circus, I^.dinburgh
George Boyd, juii. Dundee iWilliam IMuir, Leith
John Brodie, New Deer Jas. (Jalloway, jun. Glasgow
•John Shearer, Stirling John Wyllie, Ayr
Alex. Anderson, Aberdeen iGeorge Scott, Langholm.