Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Investigation Into the Management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States: Made to the Governor of the State of New York by the Superintendent of Insurance, as of June 21, 1905 With Addendum Covering Matters Referred to Therein Sir - The Equitable Assurance Society of the United States is one of the largest insurance companies of the country. It was examined! By the Insurance Department in the year 1901 and found entirely solvent. Its annual report for the year 1904 shows that it was financially sound, had a large surplus and was in a prosperous condition. It was therefore a great surprise to me as well as to the public generally 'when internal dissensi-ou arose in this institution. It started in the Equitable Building, the home office of the Society, in the city of New York, and among its directors and highest officers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.