Pensions and Insurance before 1800. A social history
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- Author(s) Lewin, C G
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2002
- Pages 471pp; illus
- Publisher Tuckwell Press
- Place Published East Linton
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Charts the evolution of insurance - notably life insurance - and pension provision from early times to 1800 when life assurance institutions were firmly established. Has a focus on the development of underlying actuarial and insurance principles. Chapters include: 'Medieval pensions'; 'Usury in the Middle Ages'; 'The beginnings of insurance'; 'Charging interest made lawful'; 'The study of compound interest'; 'Pensions, 1500-1700'; 'The Chatham Chest' - first funded pension scheme; The creation of actuarial science'; 'The spread of insurance'; 'Becoming more scientific'. ?Written by an actuary