Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of annual financial statements of cooperative fire insurance companies doing business on the assessment or advance premium plans. Each statement contains a list of the officers and directors of the corporation and a summary of the corporation's financial affairs for the fiscal year ending December 31. This financial summary contains the following data: income, disbursements, ledger assets, non-ledger assets, and liabilities. In addition, each statement generally contains several schedules which list such information as real estate owned, stocks and bonds owned or acquired, and banks balances. Each statement is signed by two of the principal officers of the corporation (President, Secretary, or Treasurer). Statements for the years 1909-1934 include corporations operating on both the assessment and the advance premium plans. Statements for the years 1935 - 1961 include only corporations doing business on the assessment plan. The statements are arranged chronologically by year and, then alphabetically by the name of the corporation.