The History of Insurance
Merchants found this answer centuries ago, and it still sits behind every insurance policy today.
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1.What does insurance mean, in the video's words?
Merchants found this answer centuries ago, and it still sits behind every insurance policy today.
2.Why were Hammurabi's rules not yet insurance?
If an agent lost a merchant's money through bad business he had to pay it back; if enemies robbed him he could swear an oath and go free (Code of Hammurabi, King translation).
3.100 merchants send 1,000 cargoes and 1 ship in 50 is lost. What is the premium each?
About 2 ships sink, 2,000 is lost, and shared by 100 merchants that is 20 each, 2 percent of the cargo's value.
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Sources (5)
- The Code of Hammurabi, übersetzt
- Lloyd's of London: History - Coffee and commerce (1652-1811)
- Museum of London (James Read): How the Great Fire of London created insurance (Blog, 15.7.2016)
- Independence Hall Association (ushistory.org): Philadelphia Contributionship (Franklin-Seite)
- Eigene Berechnung (synthetisches Schiffsbeispiel, Python)
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