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Birth Of A Business: Fire And Life Insurance In The Nineteenth Century -- A Permanent Body Of Barnacles: The Beginning Of State Regulation -- The Road To Armstrong: Life Insurance In The Progressive Era -- The Life Insurance Moment: The Problem Of Unmet Demand -- Collusion And Its Discontents: Fire Insurance In The Progressive Era -- Little Fires Everywhere: The Battle Over Fire Insurance Rates -- Accidents And Mishaps: The Early Days Of Casualty Insurance -- Private Governments: Property And Casualty Owners Meet The Federal Government -- From Public Service Organization To Squirrel Cage Operation: Life Insurances Meets The New Deal -- Stuck In The Age Of Containment: The Piecemeal Development Of Health Insurance -- Clean Risks: Who Deserves Auto Insurance? -- Hard Markets: Navigating Catastrophes. Katherine Hempstead. Includes Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.