©@ = Neith INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH Gmeica AMERICA St. Louis SERVICE ST. Louis May Dear | OFFICE INDEMNITY 716 RIABTO SUE G THE ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA J. M. & M, S, Browning 1718 Washington Street St. Louis, Missouri Compania INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA PHILADELPHIA FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY 2, MISSOURI 29, 1950 Co. Sirs: We are enclosing a copy of the 1950 edition of "Ports of the World", The port informationis compiled from replies to specific questions sent our claims agents abroad. The packaging information is confined to overlooked. value if it packing and reference. cargo fundamentals that we have found important but often We suggest that "Ports of the World” will be of maximum is circulated through your export staff, ending in the shipping department where it may be studied and filed for We will be glad to supply additional copies. We take this occasion to remind you of our continued interest loss prevention in which our Company has held a position of leadership for a quarter century. Our Marine Service Department in is staffed with well-qualified packaging consultants and men trained in proper stowage and handling practices. We employ them to serve our assureds when loss prevention problems arise, often at our own initiative when puszgling loss patterns appear on the records of our accounts but also at the specific request of our assureds, We attempt to determine the packing of each new account in the interest of proper underwriting and to determine whether packing problems exist. We wotild welcome an opportunity, however, to reinspect when packaging changes are made. If the record warrants, the inspection may be made at your packing rooms particularly when. the question of is involved interior packing is involved. When only external or a container may be opened by your forwarder it usually more economical for us Philadelphia, or San Francisco cities and Chicago, if a special problem packing is - to inspect at the ports of New York, since our staff works out of these 7 of handling or stowage is indicated inspece tions can be arranged at the ports just named. When the problem is urgent inspections can be arranged in other ports of losding and at ports of discharge abroad. It is frequently valuable to know ‘vithout delay the actual condition in which a new product or a new method of packing arrives at destination and we are prepared to secure this information for you when, in our opinion, the cost is likely to the justified by formed a corresponding by our Marine reduction Service in loss. Department is The measure determined on of work the per- basis of