This is the story of the expansion, trials, triumphs and demise of one of Britain's oldest and most important insurance offices. The records of the Phoenix are unusually rich. This, therefore, is more than the history of a single business. The insurance industry touches many aspects of modern life and the two have grown more complex together. Through the windows of the Phoenix the development of the entire modern insurance business can be studied and, at the same time, many aspects of social and commercial life in twentieth-century Britain are thrown into prominence.
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"In the second of two substantial volumes chronicling the history of the Phoenix Assurance Company, Clive Trebilcock provides a meticulously detailed account of the British insurer's second century." Journal of Economics
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This is the story of the expansion, trials, triumphs and demise of one of Britain's oldest and most important insurance offices. The records of the Phoenix are unusually rich. This, therefore, is more than the history of a single business. The insurance industry touches many aspects of modern life and the two have grown more complex together. Through the windows of the Phoenix the development of the entire modern insurance business can be studied and, at the same time, many aspects of social and commercial life in twentieth-century Britain are thrown into prominence.
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The 'Arabian bird', the phoenix of legend, is supposed to live a thousand years, then build itself a funeral pyre, burst into melodious song, and, while fanning the flames with its wings, voluntarily cremate itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fire premiums, marine income, fire wastage, foreign gilts, total life premiums, underwriting surplus, accident sector, fire income, accident income, accident premiums, composite office, marine premiums, fire portfolio, accident manager, accident business, unexpired risks, fire underwriting, reversionary bonus, active investment policy, composite insurance company, accident earnings, foreign government stock, motor premiums, corporate insurers, endowment assurances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Union Marine, New York, United States, Norwich Union, Law Life, Commercial Union, British Empire, United Kingdom, First World War, Phoenix Board, Chairman's Annual Report, San Francisco, New Zealand, South Africa, North British, Sun Alliance, King William Street, London Guarantee, Royal Exchange Assurance, Far East, Latin America, Phoenix Trustees, Gerald Ryan, Lombard Street, Tariff Reinsurance New!
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The 'Arabian bird', the phoenix of legend, is supposed to live a thousand years, then build itself a funeral pyre, burst into melodious song, and, while fanning the flames with its wings, voluntarily cremate itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fire premiums, marine income, fire wastage, foreign gilts, total life premiums, underwriting surplus, accident sector, fire income, accident income, accident premiums, composite office, marine premiums, fire portfolio, accident manager, accident business, unexpired risks, fire underwriting, reversionary bonus, active investment policy, composite insurance company, accident earnings, foreign government stock, motor premiums, corporate insurers, endowment assurances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Union Marine, New York, United States, Norwich Union, Law Life, Commercial Union, British Empire, United Kingdom, First World War, Phoenix Board, Chairman's Annual Report, San Francisco, New Zealand, South Africa, North British, Sun Alliance, King William Street, London Guarantee, Royal Exchange Assurance, Far East, Latin America, Phoenix Trustees, Gerald Ryan, Lombard Street, Tariff Reinsurance New!
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- Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre: Emergence and Development, 1945-1965 (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia) by Dr Catherine Schenk in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Industrializing English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organization, 1720-1844 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) by Ron Harris on page 103
- Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800 (New Studies in Economic and Social History) by Kenneth Morgan in Back Matter
- Insuring the Industrial Revolution: Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700-1850 (Modern Economic and Social History) by Robin Pearson in Back Matter
- Accounting and Science: Natural Inquiry and Commercial Reason (Cambridge Studies in Management) by Michael Power on page 118
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