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( k8 l' B+ a3 lI hope you have all finish reading the assigned chapter on insurance so that you prepare forour discussion today but before we start I ‘like to mention a few thing your test does’t go in to it is interesting to the insurance has existed in some form for a very long time the earliest policies were what we called bottomry contracts they provide shipping protection for merchants as far back as 300 bc: c1 L+ P9 \7 {( S" }0 }
In general the contracts were often no more than verbal agreement they granted loans to merchants with the understanding that if a particular shipment of goods was lost at sea , the loan did’t have to repaid interest on loans varied according to how risky it was to transport goods during period of heavy piracy at sea f ex the amout of interest and the cost of the policy went up considerably so you can see how insurance helped encourage international trade even the most cautious merchants became willing to risk shipping their goods over a long distance not to mention in hazardous weather conditions when they has this kind of protection available 0 W, S* a5 U7 b, i
Generally speaking the basic form of an insurance policy has been pretty much the same since the middle ages ther are four points that were salient then and remain paramout in all policy today thesse are outlined in chapter six and wiil serve as the basis for the rest of today’s discussion can any one tell me what one of those points might be ; d6 z4 D& Q. Q6 ^) v
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