Posted on February 22, 2010.
The History of Insurance The concept of insurance is increasingly gaining popularity in India itself, but instead of being considered a shield, it be considered an investment. Insurance can be regarded as a promise of reimbursement for any losses of a periodic payment between the insurer and the insured.
What is the importance of insurance really? An insurance product is designed to protect life and / or property of an individual, corporation or other entity against losses from unforeseen circumstances.
It would not be inaccurate to say that the concept of insurance is as old as human societies. In ancient times, if the house of a burn victim, the other members of the community helped build a new contributing resources.
In early 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, the Chinese and Babylonian traders methods "practiced risk transfer. The Chinese are known to redistribute their wares across many vessels to limit the loss due if a ship sank while traveling in the dangerous river rapids.
Insurance has been practiced by the Babylonians in the form of a system, the famous Code of Hammurabi, c. 1750 BC and the early Mediterranean sailing merchants. If a trader has taken a loan to finance his expedition, he would also pay the lender an additional sum in exchange for a guarantee to the lender to cancel the loan should the shipment be stolen.
The concept of insurance has also been popular among the monarchs of Achaemenid Iran Iranian have been pioneers in the insurance of their people. They went a step further by enrolling in the process of government insurance notary. Insurance was almost ceremonial and was conducted annually in Nowruz (Iranian new year early). The leaders of different ethnic groups, and others are willing to participate, presented gifts to the monarch. The most important gift was presented during a special ceremony. When a gift was worth more than 10,000 Derrik (Achaemenian gold coin) the issue has been registered in a special office. This has been beneficial to those who made these special gifts. In others, this has been fairly assessed by the confidants of the court. Then, the assessment was registered in special offices.
The people of Rhodes came up with the concept of "general average". Merchants whose goods were shipped, and pay a premium to be divided proportionately used to pay off any merchant whose goods were jettisoned during storm or depression.
Life insurance and health insurance have been around since 600 AD, when the Greeks and Romans who organized guilds called "benevolent societies" which cared for the family and pay the funeral expenses of members death. In the late 17th century England, "friendly societies" existed in which people donated funds to use for emergencies. This was long before the concept of insurance was formally established .
It was the 14th century in Genoa who rode the notion of separate insurance contracts that are not bundled with loans. The insurance pools have been backed by mortgage assets.
The late 17th century, the concept of marine insurance existed in a concrete form.
The modern concept of insurance has its origins in the Great Fire of London, 1666 which destroyed 13,200 houses. This led to the creation of England Fire Insurance Company first, "The Bureau of Fire," to ensure.