Summary |
The contents of the book includes-
I. Origins in Mediterranean Commerce
II. Flemish, Hanseatic and Lombard Merchants
III. Marine Insurance Under State Control
IV. Fire Insurance Offices Established Before 1720
V. Foundation of Chartered Companies and Lloyd’s
VI. Early Life Assurance: Mathematicians and the Mortality Table
VII. Constitution of Insurance Companies of the Eighteenth Century
VIII. Marine Insurance – 1720 to 1824
IX. Industrial Changes and the Growth of Fire Insurance
X. Monopoly and Laissez Faire
XI. Commencement of Joint Stock Company Legislation
XII. Expansion Overseas
XIII. Accident Insurance From 1844
XIV. Liability Insurance
XV. The Companies Versus Lloyd’s
XVI. Integration and Organization
XVII. Control of Insurance
XVIII. The Composite Insurance Companies
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