Marine Insurance

A.B. Leonard is Associate Director of the Centre for Financial History, University of Cambridge. He has written widely on topics related to marine insurance and the Atlantic World. He is co-editor of The Caribbean and the Atlantic World Economy (2015), The Atlantic World 1400-1850 (2014) and Questioning Credible Commitment (2013).

• List of figures and tablesAbbreviationsNotes on the contributors1. Introduction: the nature and study of marine insurance: A. B. Leonard2. Genoa 1340-1620: early development of marine insurance: Luisa Piccinno3. Italy 1600-1800: cooperation and competition: Andrea Addobbati4. Antwerp 1490-1590: risk transfer or financial investment?: Dave De ruysscher5. Amsterdam 1585-1750: emergence, dominance, and decline: Sabine C.P.J. Go6. England 1523-1601: the beginnings of marine insurance: Guido Rossi7. London 1426-1601: Marine insurance and the Law Merchant: A.B. Leonard8: England 1660-1720: Corporate or individual underwriting?: Anastasia Bogatyreva9. America 1720-1820: war and organisation: Christopher Kingston10. Cadiz 1780-1808: a corporate experiment: Jeremy Baskes11. Britain and America 1650-1850: harmonising government and commerce: Guy Chet12. Afterword: Peter SpuffordBibliography of insurance historyIndex

"This is a 'must read' for all those who, one way or another, have 'stumbled' in the revival of insurance studies which took place after the 2008 crisis. The unifying idea of the book is to assess the impact of institutions, legal norms, and informal customs on marine insurance from the late Middle Ages to the early nineteenth centuries." (Giovanni Ceccarelli, The International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 28 (4), 2016)