ABSTRACT

By the eve of the Great Depression, there existed in America the equivalent of a policy for every man, woman and child, and in Britain it grew from its narrow aristocratic base to cover all social classes. This primary resource collection is the first comparative history of British and American life insurance industries.

chapter |3 pages

Office Machinery

chapter |2 pages

Palatial Halls

chapter |2 pages

Popular Perceptions

chapter |2 pages

British Portfolios

chapter |2 pages

Annuities

chapter |2 pages

‘Deferred Dividend Policies’ (1869)

chapter |10 pages

‘Deferred Dividend Policies’ (1869)

chapter |2 pages

Endowment Insurance

chapter |2 pages

Early Life Insurance Failures

chapter |2 pages

The Albert Failure

chapter |2 pages

Embezzlement

chapter |2 pages

State Laws in America

chapter |2 pages

British Calls for Reform

chapter |4 pages

‘Life Assurance’, Economist (1853)

chapter |2 pages

The Life Assurance Companies Act

chapter |4 pages

The Armstrong Hearings

chapter |12 pages

William Brosmith, ‘State Laws’ (1912)

chapter |2 pages

Protecting Dependants