Insuring The Industrial Revolution

Author : Robin Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351927314

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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.

Author : PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC HISTORY ROBIN. PEARSON,Robin Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138277576

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Insuring the Industrial Revolution by PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC HISTORY ROBIN. PEARSON,Robin Pearson Pdf

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

Author : Robin Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317323532

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The Development of International Insurance by Robin Pearson Pdf

Despite their economic and social importance, there are relatively few book-length studies of national insurance industries. This collection of nine essays by a group of international experts redresses this balance; providing an extensive geographical and thematic spread, linked via an extensive introduction.

Author : Robin Pearson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351927321

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Insuring the Industrial Revolution by Robin Pearson Pdf

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.

Author : Pietro Manzella,Michele Tiraboschi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Employees
ISBN : 8831940651

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The Prevention System and Insurance Coverage in the Context of the IV Industrial Revolution by Pietro Manzella,Michele Tiraboschi Pdf

Author : Mark Laurence Zammit,Jonathan Spiteri,Simon Grima
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787569799

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The Development of the Maltese Insurance Industry by Mark Laurence Zammit,Jonathan Spiteri,Simon Grima Pdf

Drawing upon empirical findings, archival research, and interviews, Zammit, Spiteri, and Grima fill a major gap in the literature by delivering a study of the development of the Maltese insurance industry.

Author : A. Ögren
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230297234

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The Swedish Financial Revolution by A. Ögren Pdf

How did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system? Why did this financial revolution occur after the mid-nineteenth century and not before? This book discusses the role of politics and economics in this change and what it means for economic development, market integration and financial crises.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : OSU:32435023409816

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Anonim Pdf

Author : Benjamin Kohlmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198836179

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British Literature and the Life of Institutions by Benjamin Kohlmann Pdf

British Literature and the Life of Institutions charts a literary prehistory of the welfare state in Britain around 1900, but it also marks a major intervention in current theoretical debates about critique and the dialectical imagination. By placing literary studies in dialogue with politicaltheory, philosophy, and the history of ideas, the book reclaims a substantive reformist language that we have ignored to our own loss. This reformist idiom made it possible to imagine the state as a speculative and aspirational idea--as a fully realized form of life rather than as an uninspiringensemble of administrative procedures and bureaucratic processes. This volume traces the resonances of this idiom from the Victorian period to modernism, ranging from Mary Augusta Ward, George Gissing, and H. G. Wells, to Edward Carpenter and E. M. Forster. Compared to this reformist language, theeconomism that dominates current debates about the welfare state signals an impoverishment that is at once intellectual, cultural, and political. Critiquing the shortcomings of the welfare state comes naturally to us, but we often struggle to offer up convincing defences of its principles and aims.This book intervenes in these debates by urging a richer understanding of critique: speculation, this provocative new study suggests, does not signify the cancellation of critique but an aspirational moment inherent in critique itself. If we want to defend the state, Kohlmann argues, we need tolearn to think about it again.

Author : Thorstein Veblen
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412825989

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Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution by Thorstein Veblen Pdf

Author : Robin Pearson,Takau Yoneyama
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191059476

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Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance by Robin Pearson,Takau Yoneyama Pdf

Given the infinite variety of risks throughout history, it is perhaps unsurprising that insurance - the world's primary risk mitigation industry - developed a wide range of organisational forms by which it was delivered. Yet we know little about how and why different forms were chosen in the past, or why they survived or disappeared. This book is the first to examine the development of multiple organisational forms in insurance from an historical and international comparative context, and to relate historical analysis to modern organisational theory. Thirteen chapters cover eight major markets, US, UK, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Australia, South Africa, which together account for over half of all world insurance today. Each chapter is authored by an expert in their field, and several include new datasets. Major themes covered are the variety, choice, governance and regulation of organisational forms in insurance, the experience of mutual insurance in frontier economies and uncertain political environments, the long-run business performance of different organisational forms, and the problems surrounding the demutualization of modern insurance companies. The book suggests the need for important revisions to current organisational theory, and it highlights several explanatory factors that have received little attention from scholars. These include the importance of regulation and the role of the state in shaping the organisational landscape of insurance at different times and places; the role of entrepreneurship in organisational choice; the utility of organisational forms as a risk management device, and the significance of cultural preferences in the selection of organisational forms.

Author : Kiran Sood,Simon Grima,Ganga Sharma,Balamurugan Balusamy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781003811503

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The Application of Emerging Technology and Blockchain in the Insurance Industry by Kiran Sood,Simon Grima,Ganga Sharma,Balamurugan Balusamy Pdf

This book is a unique guide to the disruptions, innovations, and opportunities that technology provides the insurance sector and acts as an academic/industry-specific guide for creating operational effectiveness, managing risk, improving financials, and retaining customers. It also contains the current philosophy and actionable strategies from a wide range of contributors who are experts on the topic. It logically explains why traditional ways of doing business will soon become irrelevant and therefore provides an alternative choice by embracing technology. Practitioners and students alike will find value in the support for understanding practical implications of how technology has brought innovation and modern methods to measure, control, and evaluation price risk in the insurance business. It will help insurers reduce operational costs, strengthen customer interactions, target potential customers to provide usage-based insurance, and optimize the overall business. Retailers and industry giants have made significant strides in adopting digital platforms to deliver a satisfying customer experience. Insurance companies must adjust their business models and strategies to remain competitive and take advantage of technology. Insurance companies are increasingly investing in IT and related technologies to improve customer experience and reduce operational costs. Innovation through new technologies is a key driver of change in the financial sector which is often accompanied by uncertainty and doubt. This book will play a pivotal role in risk management through fraud detection, regulatory compliances, and claim settlement leading to overall satisfaction of customers.

Author : Abhishek Swaroop,Zdzislaw Polkowski,Sérgio Duarte Correia,Bal Virdee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819965441

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Proceedings of Data Analytics and Management by Abhishek Swaroop,Zdzislaw Polkowski,Sérgio Duarte Correia,Bal Virdee Pdf

This book includes original unpublished contributions presented at the International Conference on Data Analytics and Management (ICDAM 2023), held at London Metropolitan University, London, UK, during June 2023. The book covers the topics in data analytics, data management, big data, computational intelligence, and communication networks. The book presents innovative work by leading academics, researchers, and experts from industry which is useful for young researchers and students. The book is divided into four volumes.

Author : Peter Borscheid,David Gugerli,Tobias Straumann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199689804

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The Value of Risk by Peter Borscheid,David Gugerli,Tobias Straumann Pdf

This book explains how today's insurance industry developed and highlights the role of the reinsurance industry in spreading risks globally. The book examines the development of insurance markets and of the reinsurance industry in particular, and the history of Swiss Re, one of the leading reinsurance companies in the world.

Author : Kiran Sood,Simon Grima,Peter C. Young,Ercan Ozen,Balamurugan Balusamy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781394167920

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The Impact of Climate Change and Sustainability Standards on the Insurance Market by Kiran Sood,Simon Grima,Peter C. Young,Ercan Ozen,Balamurugan Balusamy Pdf

The Impact of CLIMATE CHANGE and SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS on the INSURANCE MARKET The book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing and responding to the harms that climate change has brought. This book delves into the physical and logical impacts, both direct and indirect, on the insurance industry. Subjects discussed include new technology such as big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the growth of sustainable economics with foreign direct investments (FDIs), trustworthiness, and ethics. Related use cases of data science for claim processing, fraud detection and prevention, policy administration, pricing, and underwriting are discussed along with cyber security issues, data protection, and big data regulatory reforms. To promote ESG sustainability, the insurance industry plays a critical and significant role. Climate-related risks are being factored into underwriting and investing strategies. Through their own operations and business activities, insurers may promote the ESG agenda and move towards sustainability. Also discussed are promoting diversity and inclusion, lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, resolving gender inequality, and helping communities through charitable work, which all improve a company’s brand, reputation, and ESG credentials. Audience The book is specially designed for administrators, lecturers, researchers, students of insurance and sustainability, students in financial services, insurance practitioners, actuaries, loss adjusters, underwriters, regulators, facilities management, utility companies, voluntary organizations, government departments, business leaders, policymakers, decision-makers, investors, risk managers, compliance managers, and audit managers amongst many others.