The Argosy, June 1904 — page 94: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

oe REITER Sas THE ARG OSY AD VERTISING SECTION. ness and heht. But, fer that matter. all the buildings are as spick and span as a man-o'-war. There are subways, well hghted, under the streets, connect- ing the different buildings. In every way there has been, in the arrangements, al conservation of energy and time to produce economy and ‘eftie lencey 1 care rying on the company’s vast business. As indicating how vast that is. the mai coming to and gome from the Prudential is nearly as large ax for all the rest of Newark, a city with more than 250,000 population and of great industrial miportance. — The mailing department is really a big city post- office. And in all the departments one gets the feeling of size that comes in the enormous government buildings at Washington. ‘And it is ax a national institution that the Prudential always fixes itself on the mind—its funda- mental idea of democracy in insurance. its nation-wide organization for spread- ing the idea, its essentially American spirit throughout. all make the com- pany worthy of its name, the Pruden- tial Insurance Company of America. ‘To-day the Prudential is paving over 300 claims a day, or about forty each working hour. On many policies set- tlement is nade within a few hours by the superintendent of the distriet; on the large policies a report is sent imme- diately to the home office and settle- ment authorized by telegraph. And on over 45 per cent. of the claims more money is paid than the policy calls for. From the beginning the Prudential has followed lines of ereat liberality, whether i dealing with the family where the policy is “kept in the bureau drawer or with the estate of the mil- honaire, lt would be interesting to describe the broad activities that hum in the great buildings at Newark, but they would more than require an entire ar- ticle themselyes. So, too, with the equipment and furnishings of the build- Ings which, in the way of complete ad- justment to their particular work, are probably unequaled in the world. For example, in the actuarial department is a card machine, mvented by the actuary of the company, which ean do all but think. But many of these things, in miniature, will be seen by the thousands who go to the World’s Fair at St. Lomis, Thev will find in the Prudential’s exhibit in the Palace of Education a fine model of all the build- Inys, and also the fullest data concern- ing life mnsurance that have ever been brought together. But the last word about the Pruden- tial is not told at any exposition. It is found in the 5,500,000 policies which form a stupendous exhibit on the value of life insurance In developing thrift, safe investment, and home protection iInanation. Of course, such an exhibit could never have been possible if the Prudential had not worked out safe policies that would adequately meet the broad needs of the American people. View of Group of Prudential Homes Office Buildings. PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG COMiIclooo ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED CO