The History of Insurance Vol 7

Volume 7 MARINE 43° Eliz. c. 12, An Acte matters of Assurances, amongst Marchantes (1601) Francis Bacon, Speech on the Assurance Bill (1601) Francesco Roccus, ‘A Treatise on Insurance* (1809) By the King, A Proclamation for the better Execution of the Office of making and Registring Policys of Assurances in London (1687) The Case of Assurances as they now Stand: And the Evil Consequences thereof to the Nation (c. 1700) Abstract of a scheme for an Office, and raising One or Two Millions Sterling by a Voluntary Subscription, for a Fund to Insure Ships and Merchandize at Sea, To be Rais'd, Managed and Employ'd as follows (1717) Reasons for Insuring Ships and Merchandize, by a Company or Corporation: Who may have a Large and Visible Stock, that cannot be parted with; But shall be constantly kept up, to make good the Losses of such Merchants and Owners as shall be Insured by them ... (1717) Mercers Hall: A List of the Names of the Subscribers for Raising the Summe of One Million Sterling as a Fund for Insuring Ships and Merchandize at Sea; Which Subscription was begun the 12th of August 1717 and completed the 16th of January 1717-18 (1717) Reasons humbly offer'd against the Societies of the Mines Royal, Mineral and Battery Works, who have undertaken to insure Ships and Merchandizes without a Charter (1719?) Reasons humbly offered by the Societies of Mines Royal, Mineral and Battery works, who insure Ships and Merchandize with the Security of a Deposited Joint Stock (?1719) T. S., Letter to a Member of Parliament by a Merchant (1720) T. S., A Second Letter to a Member of Parliament by a Merchant (1720) The Special Report, from the Committee appointed to Inquire into and Examine the several Subscriptions for Fisheries, Insurances, Annuities for Lives, and all other Projects carried on by Subscription, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster, and to Inquire into all Undertakings for purchasing Joint-Stocks, or Obsolete Charters (1720) Reasons Humbly Offer’d Against the Bill intituled, A Bill to prevent some Inconveniences arising from the Insurances on Ships (1740s) ‘A Merchant’, An Essay to Prove that all Insurances on Ships and Goods at Sea, Beyond the Interests of the Assured, Ought to be Prohibited (1747) Corbyn Morris, An essay towards deciding the important question, whether it be a national advantage to Britain to insure the ships of her enemies? (1758) James Ballingall of Kirkcaldy, The Pernicious Effects of Sea Insurance (1834) James Bischoff, Marine Insurances: their Importance, their Rise, Progress and Decline, and their Claim to Freedom from Taxation (1836) William Witt Blackstock, The Historical Literature of Sea and Fire Insurance in Great Britain: A Conspectus and Bibliography (1910) John Tower Danson, Reasons for Establishing a Marine Insurance Company in Liverpool (1859)

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