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Barbon and the First Fire Insurance

Barbon and the First Fire Insurance

Guildhall LibraryCity of London ·Thu 22 Oct · 2pm
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Please note: Booking is Essential Dr Nicolas Barbon is famed as the creator of fire insurance. He established the first fire insurance company in 1680, and he has been portrayed as a mean wheeler-dealer who borrowed vast sums of money, became an MP to avoid paying it back, and died in debt. Howard Benge, Director of the Insurance Museum, however, tells a different story about this perception we have of him. He will…

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