Re: insurance question

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 15:17:02 (-0800)
> Michael Perelman writes:
> >Does anybody know of a nice thumbnail history of
> insurance?

   Much broader that just insurance, see


Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
by Peter L. Bernstein

For insurance specifically see:

http://www.business.com/directory/financial_services/insurance/reference/history/

including items like:

Insurance History
Historical topics include "Insurance in America,"
"History of Farm Mutuals," and "History of Crop
Insurance" provided by the Kathy Bayes Insurance
Agency of Bastrop County Texas

http://www.trgc.com/center/history.htm

http://www.mifassoc.org/swpapsearch/bghistory.html

http://insurance.about.com/cs/insurancehistory/



Insurance: Books > Historical Information

Accidentally, on Purpose: The Making of a Personal
Injury Underworld in America
by Ken Dornstein


>From Kirkus Reviews
"This thoroughgoing, even encyclopedic, history of
insurance fraud in America is a first-rate, ripping
yarn. With its machines and speed and bustle, the
Industrial Revolution saw a horrendous rise in
accident rates. Train wrecks, street-car collisions,
the dangerous chaos of the city, all spawned an almost
endless series of mishaps. As Dornstein (a young,
former private investigator specializing in insurance
scams) ably demonstrates, it wasn't a far step from
genuine accidents to the emergence of increasingly
sophisticated and outrageous fakery--the money was
just too good. He presents a Damon Ruyonesque cast of
colorful rascals, from apple-peel specialists
(dropping fruit peels and slipping profitably) to
floppers, tumblers, and whiplashers..." -- Copyright
©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

The Blues: A History of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
System
by Robert M., Jr Cunningham, Rosemary A. Stevens


>From The New England Journal of Medicine, December 3,
1998
"In this era of intense market-driven competition
among health plans, with nonprofit organizations
becoming less distinguishable from their for-profit
counterparts, it is easy to forget the origins of
private health insurance in the United States and the
early notions of prepayment that accompanied them. The
birth of the Blue Cross organization and its strong
commitment to community service are recounted in The
Blues. ...The book, by a father-and-son team, is a
comprehensive and balanced account of the Blue Cross
organization, from its inspired beginnings under
Justin Ford Kimball at Baylor's University Hospital in
1929 to its present-day role as a major force in
American health care..."


http://www.ma.org/History/WhoOwnsWhat/Pages/Jon_Andie/history.html

http://insurance.about.com/cs/insurancehistory/index_2.htm





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