26 JANUARY 1934, Page 38

SUN LIFE RESULTS.

The accounts of the Sun Life Assurance Society for the past year showed great activity. New Policies were issued to the amount of £15,139,417, and the whole of the business was issued within the United Kingdom. The total premium income for the year was £3,472,407 and interest income £1,402,786. Claims under Policies amounted to £1,049,679 by death and £2,308,017 by maturity. Payments for surrenders, including surrenders of bonus, amounted to £494,323, which was a much smaller sum than in the last four years, and at the end of the year the Life Assurance Fund stood at £32,883,621, against £32,817,422 at the beginning of the year. The dividend distribution was at the same rate as in the previous year. There was an addition to the funds during the year of £326,000, the total at the end of the year being £37,081,199.