Download or read book The British Insurance Industry Since 1900 written by Robert L. Carter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive chronicle of thetransformation of the intensely competitive British insurance industry in response to evolving economic, social, technological and political conditions. It analyzes the fast-changing shape of the distribution system, the role of the state and the shifting boundaries of insurability and risk transfer.
Download or read book The Insurance Industry in Britain written by Great Britain. Central Office of Information. Reference Division and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Insuring the Industrial Revolution written by Robin Pearson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken seriously, it was not until the start of the eighteenth century that a sophisticated system of insurance became widely available. Whilst a number of high profile fires during the seventeenth century had drawn attention to the economic havoc a major conflagration could wreak, it was not until the effects of sustained industrialization began to alter the economic and social balance of the nation, that fire insurance really took off as a concept. The culmination of ten years of research, this book is the definitive work on early British fire insurance. It also provides a foundation for future comparative international studies of this important financial service, and for a greater level of theorising by historians about the relationship between insurance, perceptions of risk, economic development and social change. Through a detailed study of the archives of nearly 50 English and Scottish insurance companies founded between 1696 and 1850 - virtually all the records currently available - together with the construction of many new datasets on output, performance and markets, this book presents one of the most comprehensive histories ever written of a financial service. As well as measuring the size, market structure and growth rate of insurance, and the extent to which the first industrial revolution was insured, it also demonstrates ways in which insurance can be linked into wider issues of economic and social change in Britain. These range from an examination of the joint-stock company form of organization - to an analysis of changing attitudes towards fire hazard during the course of the eighteenth century. The book concludes by emphasising the ambivalent character of fire insurance in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, contrasting the industry's dynamic long-run rate of growth with its more conservative attitude to product design and diversification.
Download or read book The History of Lloyd s and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain written by Frederick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Insurance Industry written by R. L. Carter and published by Kluwer Academic Pub. This book was released on 1983 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Insurance written by Peter Borscheid and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the eighteenth century, the insurance industry has cast a safety net around the world, first in the British Isles and then further afield, irrespective of cultural, political and ideological divides. Unlike previous publications on insurance history, which tend to discuss the development of national markets or individual companies, this book focuses on the creation of networks across borders from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. Distinguished international economic historians draw upon examples from twenty countries across the continents to demonstrate how what was called the 'British system' of risk management spread out in waves, and describes the forces that made this possible - first among them migration from Europe and international trade. The book explores the economic, political, religious, and cultural obstacles that blocked the path of this European invention - not only religious law and traditional practices, but above all protectionism, inflation, and political ideologies. It examines the process of transformation through which modern insurance supplanted traditional forms of protection against perils and risks and was able to keep on offering new ways of dealing with the risks of modern life. As well as discussing primary insurance, it also considers the role played by reinsurance, without which the losses arising out of today's natural and man-made disasters would be immeasurably greater. Finally, taking modern-day disaster scenarios as examples, the book shows just what the limits of insurability are and what risks worldwide networks entail.
Download or read book A History of British Insurance written by Harold Ernest Raynes and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Lloyd s and of Marine Insurance in Great Britain written by Frederick Martin and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 1876 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is organized as follows: I. The Merchants of the Steelyard II. Lombard Street III. Early English Marine Insurance IV. The Founder of Lloyd’s V. Lloyd’s News, and the Rise of Lloyd’s Coffee-House VI. The First Marine Insurance Companies VII. Lloyd’s List VIII. Growth of the Law of Marine Insurance IX. “New” Lloyd’s X. Lloyd’s During the War XI. The Story of the “Lutine” XII. Lloyd’s on Its Eminence XIII. Parliamentary Inquiry into Marine Insurance XIV. Insurance Frauds XV. Reorganization of Lloyd’s XVI. Repeal of the Companies’ Monopoly XVII. Progress of Marine Insurance Companies XVIII. Lloyd’s Registry of Shipping XIX. Present Constitution and Management of Lloyd’s
Download or read book Voluntary Health Insurance in Europe Country Experience written by Sagan A. and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No two markets for voluntary health insurance (VHI) are identical. All differ in some way because they are heavily shaped by the nature and performance of publicly financed health systems and by the contexts in which they have evolved. This volume contains short structured profiles of markets for VHI in 34 countries in Europe. These are drawn from European Union member states plus Armenia Iceland Georgia Norway the Russian Federation Switzerland and Ukraine. The book is aimed at policy-makers and researchers interested in knowing more about how VHI works in practice in a wide range of contexts. Each profile written by one or more local experts identifies gaps in publicly-financed health coverage describes the role VHI plays outlines the way in which the market for VHI operates summarises public policy towards VHI including major developments over time and highlights national debates and challenges. The book is part of a study on VHI in Europe prepared jointly by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. A companion volume provides an analytical overview of VHI markets across the 34 countries.
Download or read book A Guide to the U K Insurance Industry written by Price Waterhouse (Firm) and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-07-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of International Insurance written by J. David Cummins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-23 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of International Insurance: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies analyzes key trends in the insurance industry in more than 15 important national insurance markets that represent over 90 percent of world insurance premiums. Well-known academics from Europe, the Americas and Asia examine their own national insurance markets, including the competitive structure, product and service innovations, and regulatory developments. The book provides academics and executives with an unprecedented range of information about today’s insurance markets. This book also provides important 'new' information on the evolution of the financial sector worldwide and comprehensive chapters on reinsurance, Lloyd’s of London, alternative risk transfer, South and East Asian insurance markets, and European insurance markets. Setting the stage is an overview chapter by the editors focusing on overall conclusions on globalization.
Download or read book Insuring the Industrial Revolution written by PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC HISTORY ROBIN. PEARSON and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken seriously, it was not until the start of the eighteenth century that a sophisticated system of insurance became widely available. Whilst a number of high profile fires during the seventeenth century had drawn attention to the economic havoc a major conflagration could wreak, it was not until the effects of sustained industrialization began to alter the economic and social balance of the nation, that fire insurance really took off as a concept. The culmination of ten years of research, this book is the definitive work on early British fire insurance. It also provides a foundation for future comparative international studies of this important financial service, and for a greater level of theorising by historians about the relationship between insurance, perceptions of risk, economic development and social change. Through a detailed study of the archives of nearly 50 English and Scottish insurance companies founded between 1696 and 1850 - virtually all the records currently available - together with the construction of many new datasets on output, performance and markets, this book presents one of the most comprehensive histories ever written of a financial service. As well as measuring the size, market structure and growth rate of insurance, and the extent to which the first industrial revolution was insured, it also demonstrates ways in which insurance can be linked into wider issues of economic and social change in Britain. These range from an examination of the joint-stock company form of organization - to an analysis of changing attitudes towards fire hazard during the course of the eighteenth century. The book concludes by emphasising the ambivalent character of fire insurance in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, contras
Download or read book Insurance Directory 2012 written by and published by . This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This directory provides useful information on insurance companies, underwriters, brokers and intermediaries operating in the UK market. It includes key contact name and address listings, business information, employee size bandings, and more.
Download or read book British Insurance Industry written by R. L.... Carter and published by . This book was released on 1989-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Insurance written by George Clayton and published by Elektrohas. This book was released on 1971 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk and Responsibility a History of the Insurance Industry of British Columbia written by Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies written by Colin Dodds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1979, The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies provides a critical analysis of the investment policy of the life insurance industry for the period of 1962-76, and attempts to construct an econometric model of the investment behaviour. It looks at the portfolio composition of life funds and their position in the markets for securities in terms of their gross purchases and sales and net acquisitions. It also considers the principles on which life offices appear to operate the principles on which life offices appear to operate in respect of investing their ¿reserves¿ to meet future contingent liabilities. This book will appeal to those working in the field of economic and business.
