Property Insurance (Classic Reprint)

Although the plates of the first edition of theY aleR eadings in Insurance as edited by the late Professor Zartman have been preserved, the publishers decided upon a re-editing of the Readings rather than a mere reprint. Careful study, however, has failed to suggest the wisdom of numerous or important alterations. The former editor made his selections carefully, the recent contributions to the literature of property insurance have been few, and there have been no important changes in the conduct of the business. The report of theM erritt committee, which investigated the fire insurance business on behalf of theN ew York legislature, has supplied two new chapters to the present edition. Two other chapters were taken from KitchhV sP rinciples andF inance ofF ire I nsurance, a work which is not less suggestive to American students because it deals primarily withE nglish conditions. The four new chapters include two on the subject of finances, and one on intercompany organization, subjects which were only incidentally treated in the former edition of the Readings. Since the absence of cooperation among the fire insurance companies in the tabulation of experience is the most conspicuous evil which the companies could readily correct, a chapter describing tabular rating in Great Britain has been added to the articles urging scientific fire rating upon American
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