Author: Yale University

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781334531576

Excerpt from Yale Insurance Lectures, Vol. 1: Being the Lectures on Life Insurance Delivered in the Insurance Course at Yale University, Year 1903-4 This is said in full recognition Of the large and most valuable body of insurance literature already in existence. It is the point Of view taken in the preparation of this material which gives it its peculiar value to the students of the subject and to those who are interested in it either as a business or as a profession. The object of the course was to give the student such a knowledge of the fundamental principles of insurance and such a view of its extent and its methods of operation as would enable him to judge accurately of its power as an economic force, and would further prepare him for wise action when the duties of his profession or business required him to guard himself or others from possible loss. It was further intended to furnish a broad, preliminary view of insurance for those who intended to enter it later, either as a business or as a profession. These two classes of men are found in very large quantities outside of the list of students of any and all American univer8 preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.