_Table Exhibiting Ratio of Expense, Determined by the New Mode, of Companies Doing Business in Massachusetts during the Year 1883._ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Expense | | |Net Rate | | | | | |per $100 | | | of | | | | | |of claims| | |interest | | Death |Estimated |Difference |Expense |paid. | Interest | Expense | earned. Name of Company. |Loca-| claims |Premiums. | or Net | on the |---------| Receipts. | on the |-------- |tion.| paid. | Reserve |Insurance |score of | R | R | | score of | R | R | | | thereon. |furnished. |Insurance. | a | a | |investment.| a | a | | | | | | t | n | | | t | n | | | | | | e. | k.| | | e. | k. -------------------+-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----+---+-----------+-----------|----|--- Berkshire |Mass.| $208,147| $46,605| $161,524| $122,779| 75.4| 14| $194,067| $15,809|5.25| 16 [1]John Hancock | " | 169,604| 25,117| 144,487| [8]228,566|158.2| 24| 135,597| 11,686|3.65| 26 Mass. Mutual | " | 426,995| 86,215| 340,780| 232,400| 68.2| 10| 428,255| 33,176|6.03| 7 N. England Mutual | " | 1,039,694| 235,630| 804,064| 311,879| 38.8| 3| 995,883| 69,908|6.40| 4 State Mutual | " | 121,969| 22,493| 99,476| 98,839| 99.4| 19| 143,751| 13,057|4.51| 24 Ætna |Conn.| 1,302,807| 364,510| 938,297| 460,014| 49.0| 6| 1,760,372| 118,962|6.22| 5 Connecticut General| " | 87,639| 15,624| 72,015| 46,113| 64.0| 9| 95,580| 5,407|7.03| 1 " Mutual | " | 2,867,489| 881,600| 1,985,889| 622,941| 31.4| 1| 3,041,125| 238,944|5.70| 10 Equitable | N.Y.| 3,072,232| 483,950| 2,588,282| 1,884,108| 72.8| 12| 2,743,024| 216,725|5.42| 12 Germania | " | 606,072| 149,950| 456,122| 325,662| 71.4| 11| 508,702| 47,193|4.85| 22 Home | " | 205,921| 48,603| 157,318| 155,192| 98.6| 18| 260,506| 19,917|4.86| 21 Homoeopathic | " | 35,610| 6,340| 29,270| 48,734|166.5| 25| 42,814| 2,935|6.20| 6