Talk:History of insurance

This whole article is terrible
Limited in scope, US-centric, very sparse. Booo. --87.194.132.92 (talk) 22:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Reinsurance


 * Munich Re reports that the insurance industry faces record claims of US$135 billion from natural catastrophes, such as the Mexico earthquakes, South Asian floods, California wildfires and Atlantic hurricanes in 2017. Overall economic losses from natural disasters are estimated at the second highest amount since 2011. (Insurance Journal)

Which former Soviet countries?
"This type of insurance has survived to the present day in some countries where modern money economy with its financial instruments is not widespread (for example countries in the territory of the former Soviet Union)." Which ones?--Samnikal (talk) 08:34, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Assessment
I gave this a quick assessment as class C. However, I would not be surprised if, with a few changes and a more careful assessment, it could be promoted to B class. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:29, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

gambling and religion
there is nothing about gambling and religion. i would be interested in seeing some historical perspective to what is mentioned at Insurance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.24.199.34 (talk) 15:05, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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The ancient section needs some work
I'd recommend removing portions of this section and starting it with long-distance trade. The idea that neighbors helping to rebuild a house, or the storage of surplus grain in granaries, or tribute payment from conquered peoples to Achaemenid (note spelling) rulers, seems a bit of a stretch. I'd also suggest that Guilds are more like trade unions and training schools and Benevolent Societies are more like charities. To consider any of these early forms of insurance seems questionable to me. Perhaps a proper definition at the start would help. Surely something about a shared risk but for-profit arrangement between individuals or groups would be appropriate. Also, the Code of Hammurabi needs a line citation. AncientProf (talk) 17:59, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

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The oldest fire insurance
... as far as I know is Hamburger Feuerkasse Hamburger_Feuerkasse, established in 1676, preceding the "Insurance Office for Houses" (est. 1681) by several years. Patomomo der Mächtige (talk) 23:53, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Attractive employment opportunities
The sentence "The insurance industry generally generates profits and provides attractive employment opportunities for white-collar workers." is tagged with [citation needed]. In order to avoid the impression that this article is a recruitment exercise for the industry, and to provide balance, would it be ok if I add "It also provides soul-destroying jobs in hard-sell call centres."? Hundovir (talk) 19:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, humour, even well meant, and editing on Wikipedia rarely go together. I suggest concentrating on straightforward edits. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 20:09, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Yes, that's a good point. I have removed the sentence. Hundovir (talk) 23:02, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Liability Insurance??
How is it that this article does not detail the history of liability insurance?? Samatva (talk) 22:33, 25 March 2021 (UTC)