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Mutual Insurance 1550-2015 - From Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies to Contemporary Micro-Insurers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016) Loot Price: R3,927
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Mutual Insurance 1550-2015 - From Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies to Contemporary Micro-Insurers (Hardcover, 1st ed....

Mutual Insurance 1550-2015 - From Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies to Contemporary Micro-Insurers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

Marco H. D. van Leeuwen

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance

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In the modern Western world, we tend to be insured by the state or for-profit insurers. We have privileged this system over mutual or micro-insurance, whose long and rich history we tend to forget. Yet, mutual and micro-insurance is becoming increasingly important, both in the Western and in the non-Western world and bears re-examination. This book traces the track record of mutual insurance from 1550 to the present, examining provisions for burial, sickness, unemployment, old age, and widowhood. The author seeks to address such topics as the type of risks micro-insurance covered between 1550 and 2015; how it was organized throughout its history; who provided the coverage; and how contributions, benefit levels, and conditions have changed. Importantly, the author explores why this system has worked through, and endured, the test of time. Mutual insurance can, for instance, overcome classic insurance problems such as adverse selection and moral hazards. The author demonstrates that the study of the position micro-insurance historically assumed in mixed economies of welfare presents interesting lessons for today's insurance market, as well as for today's mutualism.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
Release date: September 2016
First published: 2016
Authors: Marco H. D. van Leeuwen
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 321
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-53109-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Insurance > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Money & Finance > Insurance > General
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LSN: 1-137-53109-6
Barcode: 9781137531094

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