Insuring the Industrial Revolution: Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700-1850
In: Modern Economic and Social History
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Fire Insurance and British Economic Growth, 1700-1850 -- Part I -- 2 The Fire Insurance Markets of Georgian London -- 3 Provincial Fire Insurance in the Eighteenth Century -- 4 Insurance in Wartime, 1782-1815 -- 5 Insurance in and out of Crisis, 1815-50 -- Part II -- 6 Company Foundation -- 7 Marketing -- 8 Underwriting -- 9 Investments -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index