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INSURANCE DIRECTORY.
GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY,
FOR INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE, AND ON LIVES AND SURVIVORSHIPS,
No. 11 LOMBARD STREET, LONDON.
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Subscribed Capital, TWO MILLIONS, of which ONE MILLION paid up.
Birectors.
Sir MiNTO Farquhae, Bart., M.P., Chairman.
Charles William Curtis, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
F. H. Janson, Esq.
G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., M.P.
John Martin, Esq.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
Abraham John Robaits, Esq.
Henry Vigue, Esq.
Secretary — Thomas Tallemach, Esq.
Henry Hnlse Bereus, Esq
Henry Bonham-Carter, Esq.
Charles F. Devas, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart.
James Goodson, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P.
Actuary — Samuel Brown, Esq.
Office in Edinburgh— No. 119 GEORGE STREET.
S(dicitor — James Hope, Esq., D.K.S. Medical Adviser — Professor Miller.
Agtnt — James Wilkie, E?q., C.A.
LIFE DEPARTIVIENT.
THE GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY offers the following advantages :— The ample secu-
rity of a paid-up Capital and Life Assurance Fund, together amounting to upwards ol
j£2,600,000. The income of the Life Branch is considerably 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 total Bonuses added at the past Divisions exceed £1,058,000. The next Division
will be declared in June 1865.
Loans granted on Policies to the extent of their values.
Assurances on unsound lives eff"ected at reasonable extra rates.
Endowments for Children, and all the usual modes ot Assurance, at moderate rates of preminm. '
No Entry Money, Medical Fees, or Policy Stamps charged.
The following Table shews the very moderate Premiums required for an Assurance of £100 on*
Bingle life for the whole term of life : —
Age.
With
Profits.
Without
Profits.
Age.
With
Profits.
Without
Profits.
Age.
With
Profits.
Without
Profits.
20
25
80
£ s. d.
2 10
2 5 4
2 10 7
£ B. d.
1 13 3
1 17 4
2 2 7
35
40
45
£ s. d.
2 IT
3 5
3 14 11
£ s. d.
:J 9
2 17
3 6 11
50
55
60
£ s. d.
4 8
5 4 8
6 7 2
£, s. d.
4
4 16 S
6
FIRE DEPARTIVSENT.
Insurances effected on Property in Great Britain, including Merchandise, Ships in Dock, Rent
Houses, and Farming Stock.
Common Insurances (with certain exceptions). Is. 6d. per cent, per anrum.
Hazardous, ,, ,, 2s. 6d. „
Doubly Hazardous, ,, 4s. 6d. ,, '
Mills and risks of extraordinary descriptions, according to special agreement.
Insurances for Seven Years are oiJy charged the Premium and Duty for Sis. Yeai's, the wh<
being paid at the commencement of the Policy.
Losses by Lightning, and by explosion from Gas, allowed.
Immediate and liberal settlement of losses.
Forms of Proposals, and every information, may be had on application at the Head Offices
Agencies of the Company.
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