THE INSURANCE CYCLOPÆDIA: BEING A DICTIONARY OF THE DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN CONNEXION WITH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES : A BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF THE LIVES OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INSURANCE: WHETHER AS AUTHOR, MANAGER, ACTUARY, SECRETARY, AGENCY SUPERINTENDENT, OR OTHERWISE. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REPERTORY OF ALL WORKS WRITTEN UPON THE SUBJECT OF INSURANCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED SCIENCES: AN HISTORICAL TREASURY OF EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE ORIGIN AND AND ALSO CONTAINING A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF INSURANCE IN EUROPE AND IN AMERICA. AND A COMPENDIUM OF VITAL STATISTICS. BY CORNELIUS WALFORD, F.I.A., F.S.S., BARRISTER-AT-LAW; INSURANCE GUIDE AND HAND-BOOK," "INSURANCE YEAR-BOOK," ETC. ETC. [All Rights of Translation and Reproduction are reserved to the Author.] [Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by J. H. & C. M. Goodsell, in the Clerk's Office in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York] LONDON: PRINTED BY CHARLES AND EDWIN LAYTON, |