风险与保险原理课件_ch05 私营保险业(英文版)(65页).pdf
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The Private Insurance Industry
Measured by any one of a number of standards,
the insurance industry in the U.S. is significant.
History of the Private Insurance Industry
Historical development of insurance provides
an insight into some of the custom and practices
in the insurance industry. Although our primary
interest is on insurance in this country, insurance
has its roots in various parts of the world.
History of Private Insurance - Insurance in Antiquity
benevolent societies in Egypt 5. Roman Collegia
Origins of the Modern Insurance Business
1200s marine insurance originates in Italy 1400s
marine insurance to England by Lombard merchants 1536
£400 life policy on William Gybbons by marine
underwriters 1666 Fire of London (Dr. Nicholas
Barbon) 1688 Lloyd’s coffeehouse in operation 1693
mortality table created by Edmund Halley
Insurance in the United States
1752Ben Franklin’s Philadelphia Contributionship
(Fire) 1759The Corporation for Relief of Poor and
Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian
Ministers (Life) 1792
First U.S. capital stock company, Insurance
Company of North America
Casualty Insurance