Schedule Rating in Fire Insurance

The Program Committee certainly made the chairman's job easy by selecting for the panel two men, both with wide experience in the field, and each a recognized authority in his own right. Our colleague, LeRoy Simon, who writes technical papers and articles with equal facility on fire and casualty subjects, handled the statistical aspects of fire rating problems. As our other expert, the seminar was privileged to have Mr. John Hommes, Manager of the Western Actuarial Bureau and a professionally trained engineer with an outstanding record in the construction and application of schedule rating in the fire field. Mr. Hommes distributed to the group a typical rate survey form and explained the principles involved in schedule rating.