Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
insurance company — A company engaged in the business of making contracts by which it agrees to indemnify the other parties thereto from a loss or damage which they may suffer from a specified peril. Strictly construed, an insurance company regularly incorporated… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Insurance — This article is about risk management. For Insurance (blackjack), see Blackjack. For Insurance run (baseball), see Insurance run. In law and economics, insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a… … Wikipedia
Chartered Insurance Institute — Coordinates: 51°35′41″N 0°01′17″E / 51.594761°N 0.021271°E / 51.594761; 0.021271 … Wikipedia
History of insurance — refers to the development of a modern laws and market in insurance against risks. In some sense we can say that insurance appears simultaneously with the appearance of human society. We know of two types of economies in human societies: money… … Wikipedia
UIA (Insurance) — Infobox Co operative company name = UIA (Insurance) Limited company company type = Industrial and Provident Society company slogan = Insurance with principles foundation = 1867 location = Kings Court, London Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2TP … Wikipedia
Catholic Benevolent Legion — • A fraternal assessment life insurance society organized in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 5 September, 1881 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Catholic Benevolent Legion Catholic Benevolent Legion … Catholic encyclopedia
Consolidation Coal Company (Iowa) — For the much larger company that operated under the same name in the eastern United States, see Consol Energy. The Consolidation Coal Company was created in 1875 and purchased by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1880 in order to provide… … Wikipedia
Japan — • Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Julian Price — (1867 ndash;1946) was an insurance executive who made his fortune in the first part of the twentieth century by developing the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, at the time the largest corporation in North Carolina. Childhood to midlife… … Wikipedia
