Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Ancient Babylonia

The concept of life insurance was first developed in ancient Babylonia. Merchants and investors devised a system of contracts that offered protection if a trader was robbed of his goods. The trader paid the lender for protection while the lender collected premiums from many traders. Later, this protection arrangement was extended to cover murder, the start of life insurance.
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