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The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy (2023)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2023). The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy. In H. Paul, N. Di Liberto, & D. Coffman (Eds.), The Bubble Act : New Perspectives from Passage to Repeal and Beyond (13-36). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31894-8_2

The alleged failings of contemporary marine insurance were cited in the opening article of the Bubble Act of 1720 as the reason why its passage was necessary. The act declared that, by granting exclusive charters to two new London corporations to und... Read More about The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy.

The Evolution of the Industry Structure (2016)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2017). The Evolution of the Industry Structure. In G. Jones, & N. Haueter (Eds.), Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming (70-91). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198754916.003.0003

Chapter 3 provides a historical overview of the reinsurance market and business development since its earliest days. It covers not only dedicated reinsurers but also other market participants, such as brokers and first insurers’ risk sharing through... Read More about The Evolution of the Industry Structure.

Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Yoneyama, T. (2015). Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (1-26). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0001

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the development of organizations in insurance worldwide from the origins of the industry to the present day and summarizes the relevant theoretical and empirical literature on this topic. It describes... Read More about Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory.

Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Doe, H. (2015). Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (47-67). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0003

From the eighteenth century British marine insurance developed via a wide range of organizational forms, including individual and syndicated underwriters, mutual associations, chartered corporations, unchartered stock companies, and protection and in... Read More about Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance.

Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2015). Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (114-145). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0006

This chapter offers the first historical comparison of organizational choice in two of the world’s leading insurance nations, the United States and Germany, as they industrialized before 1914. It provides an overview of the context in which insurance... Read More about Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization.

Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies (2009)
Book Chapter
Freeman, M., Pearson, R., & Taylor, J. (2009). Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies. In A. Laurence, J. Maltby, & J. Rutterford (Eds.), Women and their money, 1700-1950: Essays on women and finance (95 - 114). London: Routledge

As the pilgrims came to rest on the Enchanted Ground, Mr Stand-fast, in Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (1684), told his friends of an encounter on the road. ‘As I was thus musing . . . there was one in very pleasant attire, but old, that presente... Read More about Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies.