Marine Insurance Origins and Institutions, 1300–1850 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leonard, A. B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Series
• Subjects: Finance.; Insurance.; Finance > History.; Economic history.; Financial History.; Economic History.

Since its invention in Italy in the fourteenth century, marine insurance has provided merchants with capital protection in times of crisis, thus oiling the gears of trade and commerce. With a focus on customs, laws, and organisational structures, this book reveals the Italian origins of marine insur...