ASSURANCE COMPANIES' RETURNS.

HC Deb 25 May 1932 vol 266 cc371-2W

Mr. POTTER

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will seek powers by legislation to compel all assurance companies to publish and lodge with the Board of Trade annual reports, in-

British (including Fents)	Japanese (excluding Fents).
Yardage.	Value.	Yardage.	Value.
1924.
	Rs.		Rs.
1,507,952,666	57,57,03,790	145,659,228	5,50,39,208
1931.
356,289,383	7,45,28,162	336,387,157	5,54,86,700
The imports of Japanese Fents, for which separate figures are not available, are small.

cluding a revenue account, the result of the last annual valuation, and the rates of bonus declared for the year?

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

The Assurance Companies Act already requires all the information and reports mentioned to be furnished annually to the Board of Trade. With the exception of the reports to shareholders and policy holders, all this information is published in the Assurance Companies Returns laid before Parliament.