GENERAL LIFE OFFICE,
25. PALL MALL.
During the last Ten Years, this Society has issued more than Four Thousand One Hundred and Fifty Policies—
Covering Assurances to the extent of One Million Six Hundred and Eighty-seven Thousand Pounds, and upwards—
Yielding Annual Premiums amounting to Seventy-three Thousand Pounds.
This Society is the only one possessing Tables for the Assurance of Diseased Lives.
Healthy Lives Assured at Home and Abroad at lower rates than at most other Offices.
A Bonus of 50 per cent. on the premiums paid was added to the policies at last Division of Profits.
Next Division in 1853—in which all Policies effected before 30th June, 1853, will participate.
Agents wanted for vacant places.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every other information, may be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on application to any of the Society's Agents in the country.
F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary.
C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary.
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY; established by Act of Parliament in 1834.—8. Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, London.
HONORARY PRESIDENTS.
Earl of Courtown
Earl Leven and Melville
Earl of Norbury
Earl of Stair
Viscount Falkland
Lord Elphinstone
Lord Belhaven and Stenton
Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewan
LONDON BOARD.
Chairman.—Charles Graham, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman.—Charles Downes, Esq.
H. Blair Avarne, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., F.S.A., Resident.
C. Berwick Curtis, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
J. G. Henriques, Esq.
F. C. Maitland, Esq.
William Railton, Esq.
F. H. Thomson, Esq.
Thomas Thorby, Esq.
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Physician.—Arthur H. Hassall, Esq., M.D., 8. Bennett Street, St. James's.
Surgeon.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48. Berners Street.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31. 1847, is as follows:—
| Sum Assured. | Time Assured. | Sum added to Policy. | Sum payable at Death. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 1841. | In 1848. | |||
| £ | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| 5000 | 14 years | 683 6 8 | 787 10 0 | 6470 16 8 |
| *1000 | 7 years | 157 10 0 | 1157 10 0 | |
| 500 | 1 year | 11 5 0 | 511 5 0 | |
*Example.—At the commencement of the year 1841, a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1000l., the annual payment for which is 24l. 1s. 8d.; in 1847 he had paid in premiums 168l. 11s. 3d.; but the profits being 2-1/4 per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 22l. 10s. per annum for each 1000l.) he had 157l. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the premiums paid.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years, when the Insurance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director.
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