World Insurance - The Evolution of a Global Risk Network (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	October 2012
Editors:	Peter Borscheid • Niels Viggo Haueter
Dimensions:	253 x 182 x 46mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	752
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-965796-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > International business Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Insurance > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Money & Finance > Insurance > General
LSN:	0-19-965796-3
Barcode:	9780199657964

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