Doane McCarthy Jr., vice-president of the Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies, was re-elected president of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters at the annual meeting held in New York City. The Institute, founded in 1898, is the national trade association of ocean marine insurers, representing more than 100 insurance companies.
Other officers re-elected at the meeting were first vice-president, Dale E. Taylor, executive vice-president of the Atlantic Companies; second vice-president, John B. Ricker Jr., president, Marine Office of America; executive vice-president, Carl E. McDowell, and treasurer, Robert W. Hahn, vice-president, Great American Insurance Company.
Directors elected for a three-year term included: David A. Arnott, ocean marine manager, Aetna Insurance Company; G. Gordon Brown, vice-president, Crum & Forster Insurance Companies; Thomas F. Hamill, secretary, personal accounts division, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company; Robert A. Murphy, director and vice-president, Chubb & Son Inc. and senior vice-president, Federal Insurance Company, and Thomas M. Torrey, resident vice-president, Insurance Company of North America.