EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE.

HC Deb 29 April 1925 vol 183 cc168-70W

Colonel DAY

asked the Home Secretary if he can give, for the years 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923, each year being stated separately, the amount of the premiums paid to insurance companies in respect of employers' liability insurance; the amount received by the companies from interest and dividend upon the reserves; the amount spent on working expenses; the amounts distributed as shareholders' profits or placed on reserve; the total sum

TABLE showing Amount of Employers' Liability Insurance Business in the United Kingdom during the Years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923, as shown in the Annual Returns Published by the Board of Trade.
—	Reserves at beginning of the year.	Promiums.	Interest and Dividends.	Payments under Policies (including legal and medical expenses incurred in settling claims).	Commission.	Expenses of Management.	Profit and loss, etc.	Reserves at end of the year.
Unexpired risks.	Estimated Liability for outstanding claims.	Additional reserve.	Unexpired risks	Estimated Liability for outstanding claims.	Additional reserves.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
1920	2,634,356	2,304,285	855,429	8,851,607	245,215	2,980,755	985,102	1,936,857	1,717,239	3,844,473	2,627,015	799,451
1921	3,667,660	2,617,191	803,137	7,519,830	204,452	2,903,991	897,346	1,888,302	2,384,230	3,126,214	2,684,475	927,712
1922	3,137,166	2,677,627	950,135	5,688,895	201,762	2,873,145	699,326	1'493,544	1,579,401	2,318,627	2,792,891	898,651
1923	2,259,508	2,698.868	892,462	5,181,422	180,663	2,872,984	638,175	1,330,833	741,003	2,018,229	2,747,005	864,694

paid as compensation, including legal and medical expenses in connection therewith; and whether it is the intention of the Government to take the employers' premiums in future '?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS:

The following is the information asked for. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.