Remarriage Experience of Pennsylvania Compensation Insurance Carriers [Discussion]Policy Years 1916-1919

Dr. Downey's paper sharpens our keen sorrow that he should have been taken from us so soon; for it seems, indeed, "but earnest of the things that he would do," to paraphrase Tennyson. It is quite correct, as he says in the first paragraph, that "the Dutch table is based upon a very limited exposure and is of doubtful applicability to American conditions." This was obvious to me when I recommended it for use in valuing the probabilities of remarriage by the New York authorities when provision was made in the Workmen's Compensation Law for pensions to widows during widowhood; yet there were many evidences that it would probably be nearer to American experience than German or Austrian tables, and certainly it was safer than they for use in the United States.