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INSURANCE DIRECTORY.
FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
ESTABLISHED 1821.
SUBSCRIBED Capital — TWO MILLIONS.
11 LOMBARD STREET, LONDON, E.G.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman — Charles F. Devas, Esq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq.
Henry Bonham-Cahter, Esq.
Charles William Curtis, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq.
Sir W. K. Farqtjhar, Bart.
James Goodson, Esq. , M. P.
Archibald Hamilton, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Es(i., M.P.
E. MusGRAVE Harvey, Esq.
Secretary — Thomas Tallemach, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman — William Steven, Esq.
J. G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P.
F. Halsey Janson, Esq.
G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., M.P.
John Martin, Esq.
EowLAND Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry. Norman, Esq.
Abraham J. Robarts, Esq.
Henry Vigne, Esq.
Actuary — Samuel Bro'W'n, Esq.
Office in Edinburgh— No. 119 GEORGE STREET.
Solicitor — James Hope, Esq., D.K.S. Medical Adviser — Dr. J. W. Begbie.
Agent — James Wilkie, Esq., C.A.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
THE GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY offers the following advantages : The
ample secimty of a paid-up Capital and Life Assurance Fund, together amounting to
upwards of £2,750,000. The income of the Life Branch is considerablj above £200,000 per
annum.
Four-fifths of the entire Profits added every Five Years to the Policies, or the present
values paid over in Cash. The next Division will be declared in June 1870.
Loans gi-anted on Policies to the extent of their values.
Assurances on unsound lives effected at reasonable extra rates.
Endowments for children, and all the usual modes of Assurance, at moderate rates of
premium.
No Entry Money, Medical Fees, or Policy Stamps charged.
The following Table shows the very moderate Premiums required for an Assurance of
£100 on a single life for the whole term of life :
Age.
With
Profits.
Without
Profits.
Age.
With
Profits.
Without
Proflts.
Age.
With
Profits.
Without
Profits.
20
25
30
.£ s. d.
2 10
2 6 4
2 10 7
£ s. d.
1 13 3
1 17 4
2 2 7
35
40
45
£ s. d.
2 17
3 5
3 14 11
£ s. d.
2 9
2 17
3 6 11
50
55
60
£ s. d.
4 8
5 4 8
6 7 2
£ s. d.
4
4 IG 8
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Insurances effected on Property in Great Britain, including Merchandise, Ships in Dock,
Rent of Houses, and Farming Stock.
Coimnon Insurances (with certain exceptions), Is. 6d. per cent, per annum.
Hazardous, ,, ,, 2s. 6d. ,,
Doubly Hazardous, ,, ,, 4s. 6d. ,,
Mills and risks of extraordinaiy descriptions, according to special agreement.
Insurances for Seven Years are only charged the Premium and Duty for Six Years, the
whole being paid at the commencement of the PoUcy.
Losses by Lightning, and by explosion from Gas, allowed.
Immediate and hberal settlement of losses.
Forms of Proposals, and every information, may be had on application at the Head
Offices or Agencies of the Company.