# Why Insurance Is Expensive

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/why-insurance-expensive/
- Published: 1924-06-26T17:20:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T01:45:39+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/strachouka-darahaja.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/strakhovka-doroga.md

> The head of the Directorate of Mutual Insurance receives a salary larger than the President's, and in addition a free apartment and automobile.

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The chairman of the "Dyrekcji Ubezpieczeń Wzajemnych" draws a salary greater than the President's and, besides this, has an apartment, lighting, firewood and an automobile free of charge.