Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — Royalty and Life Insurance. [ARTICLE]

Royalty and Life Insurance.

The reigning families of Europe are large customers of the various life insurance offices. The late priqce consort’s life was insured for close upon $5,000,000, which Victoria has now in her possession, and her life, again, is largely insured for the benefit of her younger children, notably for Princess Beatrice. The late Emperor Frederick of Germany was also insured for a very large amount—in the neighborhood of $4.000,000 —and he was regarded as a splendid risk until the sudden and startling discovery, only two years prior to his death, that he was afflicted with cancer. The reigning families of Denmark and Sweden, as well as those of Saxony, Wurtemburg and Italy, are likewise good customers of the insurance companies; and so, too, is the Sueen regent of Spain, who has her fe insured for a very large amount in behalf of her two little daughters.