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Obituary- Sherman, Adrian F. 2

In 1902 he moved to Kansas City, Mo., and opened a law office in the board of trade building, where it was maintained until 1909. He numbered a goodly portion of the members of the board of trade as well as the board of trade itself among his clients and was quite active in the local courts and before the interstate commerce commission in their behalf. In 1910 he became general counsel for the Southwestern Millers' league and in response to the desires of the members of this organization undertook the organization of a reciprocal insurance exchange along in the summer of 1911, to take care of the situation confronting Kansas employers by the workman's compensation act, which was going into effect January 1st, 1912.

The organization was perfected by personal calls by him upon employers, and began business under the name of "Kansas Employers' Inter-Insurance Exchange," January 1, 1912, with Adrian F. Sherman as attorney-in-fact. There being no specific law covering such an organization, it was deemed advisable at the 1913 session of the legislature to enact such a law. A bill was introduced, passed the senate 32 to 1, the house 93 to 8, was signed by the governor and the Kansas Employers' Inter-Insurance exchange licensed accordingly, all within a period of three weeks time.

Operations were extended to Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Idaho, Ind., Kentucky and various other states, Mr. Sherman personally attending to preliminary organization work, addressing meetings of employers, interviewing individual employers, getting acquainted with members of industrial boards, insurance commissioners, and state officials generally, attending [legislative]

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