'United Kingdom. Pioneering insurance internationally' in P Borscheid & N V Haueter (eds), World Insurance. The evolution of a global risk network

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Forms part of a collection of 27 scholarly essays, each essay covering a different country and structured: Europe; North America; Sub-Saharan Africa; Middle East and North Africa; Far East and Pacific; Latin America and Caribbean. Each section is introduced by an 'Overview'. The UK chapter 'aims to provide an account of the long run development of British insurance, but, in particular, it focuses on the factors that explain its success during the era of the classic gold standard and the first global economy'. Has sections: 'Marine insurance, Lloyd's, and product diversification'; 'Pioneers of international fire insurance'; 'General insurance and reinsurance between the world wars'; 'The development of UK life assurance'; 'UK general insurance since 1945 - growth, volatility, and crises'; 'UK life insurance since 1945 - growth and financial power'; 'Conclusions'