The History of Insurance Vol 2

Volume 2 FIRE R. Stevens, Essay on Average (1822) 9 Geo IV c. 13, An Act for further regulating the payment of duties under the management of the Commissioners of Stamps on Insurances from loss or damage by fire (1828) R. Atkins, ‘On the Settlement of Losses by Fire under Average Policies’ (1853) R. Atkins, The Average Clause: hints on the settlement of claims for losses by fire under mercantile policies (1866) Samuel Brown, ‘On the Progress of Fire Insurance in Great Britain, as compared with other Countries’ (1857-8) Cornelius Walford, ‘Fires and Fire Insurance Considered under their Historical, Financial, Statistical, and National Aspects ...’ (1877) Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Report of a Committee chosen to digest a plan and form rules and regulations for a mutual fire insurance company (1797) Rules and regulations, classes of hazards, and rates of premium, for insurance against fire: in the eastern, northern and middle states, and in the southern and western states (1846?) Association of Fire Insurance Companies New York, The following Rules and Rates have been adopted by the Association of Fire Insurance Companies, at meetings held 21st June - 3rd September 1850(1850) House of Commons, Returns of Duty on Fire Insurance (1838)

This set gathers together key writings which chart the formative years of insurance and reviews important stages in the history of the subject from contemporary perspectives