Pensions and Insurance Before 1800 : A Social History

Pensions and Insurance Before 1800 : A Social History

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The history of insurance organizations and pensions dating back to the Middle Ages are explored using case studies in this comprehensive work. Topics discussed include the evolution of financial organizations from early groups that offerred protection through pooled risks to more modern life insurance companies that applied the scientific method to determine pension salaries. The consequences of disaster or old age, and why some early agencies did not stand the test of time, are examined with stories and illustrations of monasteries, disabled seamen, fires, and plagues.

Pensions and Insurance Before 1800: A Social History,Christopher Lewin,Tuckwell Press, Ltd.,1862322112,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economic History,Insurance - General,Social History,History / World

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