International Business and Europe

Robert L. Carter and Peter Falush
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Robert L. Carter: University of Nottingham

Chapter 11 in The British Insurance Industry Since 1900, 2009, pp 135-145 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract At the commencement of the twentieth century British insurers already had a major overseas presence, not only in the countries of the Empire, but in the US, Europe and also on other Continents. Most of this was in nonlife — fire, accident and marine — business with relatively few life operations. However, no statistical data exist covering this period, beyond some company information. In his history of the Royal Exchange Assurance, Supple quotes that by 1905 ‘the nine leading British companies which between them accounted for about two-thirds of all fire premiums, earned half their £15.6m premium income in the United States’ (Supple, p. 213).

Keywords: World Trade Organisation; International Business; British Company; Much Favoured Nation; World Trade Organisation Member (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230239524_11

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