Odd Forms of Insur= ance.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1911, Page 4

Odd Forms of Insur= ance.

ENDOWMENTS FOR. HOUSES. T'lio latest I'orhi ol' live-stock insuraiu'o is an eiii'owmeni assurance for horses—v i/.., a, policy payable •on the (loath of the horse or at tho ond of n cortaih number of years, in order that it may be replaced by a younger animal. IUIX IN'StJRAXOK. Insurance against loss owiiur to bad weather is an odd form of policy, although it Iras nc-ver been .system a t'.cally AVorked. But now the Excess fnsnranc-o Company is offerini>; several jiolieies of ibis ela.ss (Vailed "pluvins policies") .shows, sports, and the like, a.gainst.tin , toss a bad day would occasion. 15ACEEL0R POLTOIES. A wow form of endowment fl.ssn-r----ane« is l)einp; issued liy one of the. leading oflices. Ft provides for the- return of the promiunis only if the misguided youth dies a bachelor, while if he marries, tiho policy liecome-i an ordinary endicwmeiit .aj-sni'aneo payalile at death ■or maturity. r;N'STTRANGE OV , "The latest insurance- issued at Lloyd's is one prov:•liii'i (lie ramso-m----lnoney for a- millionaire's b o :by if it is kidnapped. Prior tr> V-.\> innsrfliice- the infant was tnkin«r the fresh air in a bnrglar-proof necoinpanied by three detectives, and it is one of the conditions of the policy that these precautions should still ho followed. Such is_ one of the .joys of an American millionaire. — Government Insurance Record.