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Purpose And Scope Of War Risk Insurance
Insurance benefits in the strict sense are only part of the benefits provided for soldiers and sailors and intended to safeguard the welfare and morale of the army and navy by the act of October 6, 1917, which created the Military and Naval Division of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. It provides for three new, effective and far-reaching services of the federal government, namely: (1) Allotment of pay and family allowance; (2) compensation and indemnity for death or disability; (3) insurance against death or total and permanent disability....
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Title: Purpose And Scope Of War Risk Insurance
Creator: Samuel McCune Lindsay (author)
Date: September 1918
Format: Article
Publication: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: vol. 79, pp.52-68
Keywords: Economics; Government; Insurance; Legislation; Physical Disability; Policy; Veterans; Veterans & Military; War; War Risk Insurance; WWI
Topics: Government, Policy & Law