Insuring the industrial revolution : fire insurance in Great Britain, 1700-1850
Through a detailed study of the archives of nearly 50 English and Scottish insurance companies founded between 1696 and 1850 together with the construction of many new datasets on output, performances an markets, this book presents one of the most comprehensive histories ever written of a financial service.
xi, 434 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
9780754633631, 0754633632
912328088
Contents: Introduction; Fire insurance and British economic growth, 1700-1850; Part I: The fire insurance markets of Georgian London; Provincial fire insurance in the 18th century; Insurance in wartime, 1782-1815; Insurance in and out of crisis, 1815-50; Part II: Company foundation; Marketing; Underwriting; Investments; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.