Excerpt from The Business Man's Legal Adviser, Vol. 4: The Ownership and Use of Personal Property, the Pledging of Personal Property, Corporations, Domestic Relations Including Life, Accidents and Guaranty Insurance, Mortgages, Liens, Bailments and Trusts, Corporation Stocks and Stock Holders, Directors I. Life insurance is usually effected in this country in the same manner as fire insurance, by insurance companies. An application is made by the insured, containing numerous questions that are asked by the insurers relating to the probability of life. These must be answered fully. In some cases questions also are to be answered by the physician of the person insured, others by his friends or relatives. 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.