Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2016
Two valuable contributions to what may perhaps be called the “Finance of Life Assurance” appear in the Assurance Magazine; both by eminent Members of this Institute. The first in 1858 by our present President “On the Investments of the Funds of Assurance Companies;” the second in 1862 by Mr. A. H. Bailey, “On the Principles on which the Funds of Life Assurance Societies should be invested.”
page 1 note * Bonds and Stock.
page 6 note * Includes temporary loans.
page 6 note † Includes East Anglian No. 2 Stock.
page 9 note * In only one instance in the Table will it be found that the Debenture Interest absorbs as much as 50 per cent of the amount available to meet it.
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