London Marine Insurance 1438-1824 : Risk, Trade, and the Early Modern State /

The first comprehensive history of marine insurance transacted in London from the industry's beginnings, to the early-nineteenth-century, when legislative change ended parliamentary monopolies over the business.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leonard, Adrian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Lloyd's (Firm) > History.
Lloyd's (Firm)
Marine insurance > Great Britain > History.
Assurances maritimes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Marine insurance.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • London Marine Insurance 1438-1824
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Glossary of marine insurance terms
  • Introduction
  • The merchant-insurers' system: London marine insurance to the 1570s
  • 1570-1688: Buyers and the first intervention
  • 1688-1720: The sellers' intervention
  • To 1824: Lloyd's and the common law
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: Some London underwriters active 1690-1717
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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