Insurance Vs History

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Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement 11/19/2024

Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement What happens when an insurance case sparks the beginning of a national movement? Join me for the second episode of my series on Insurance and Slavery, where I talk about British Abolition, the Massacre on the Slave Ship Zong, and Lord Mansfield’s insistence on NOT talking about slavery. Hire me! Contact for details. Tip me! See my page at Buy Me a Coffee: Selected Sources and Links: · The "Somerset" Effect: Parsing Lord Mansfield's Words on Slavery in Nineteenth Century America. Derek A Webb, Law and History Review, August 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 455-490 · How Ideology Works: Historians and the Case of British Abolitionism. William Palmer, The Historical Journal, December 2009, Vol 52, No 4, pp 1039-1051 · Granville Sharp’s manuscript letter to the admiralty on the Zong massacre: a New discovery in the British Library, Michelle Faubert, Slavery and Abolition, 2017 Vol 38., No 1., 178-195 · A Chain of Murder in the Slave Trade: A Wider Context of the Zong Massacre, Jeremy Krikler, IRSH 57 (2012) pp 393-415 · Insuring the Transatlantic Slave Trade Pearson, Robin and Richardson, David Journal of Economic History Volume 79, Issue 2, June 2019 pp 417-446 · Insurance Litigation Involving the Zong and Other British Slave Ships, 1780-1807. Oldham, James · The Zong in the Context of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade. Webster, Jane, The Journal of Legal History, Vol 28, No. 3, December 2007, pp 285-298 Books: · o Walvin has a lot of books about slavery, and I would consider him to be a good entry point for someone who hasn’t read a lot about the topic. · · · · · · · o This is a great book, but it is more about philosophy than history. Read at your own risk. Documentaries/Television: · o Rotten score 68 tomatometer and 85 popcornmeter · o Rotten Score: 85 tomatometer and 82 popcornmeter o Note that this movie’s plot about the Zong is entirely fictional. Music Credits: Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Contact Me: Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com Contact me! Email: Instagram: @ insurancevshistory Facebook: /episode/index/show/insurancevshistory/id/33993892

Insurance vs The Station Nightclub Fire 04/22/2024

Insurance vs The Station Nightclub Fire Insurance vs the Station Nightclub Fire Without giving my age away entirely, I will admit…I’m a child of the 80s. I’ve been lucky enough to have seen several of my favorite 80s artists perform their greatest hits. It never crossed my mind that something could go wrong during a concert and I might be in danger. But on February 2, 2003, more than 400 people who also loved the 1980s attended a concert at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. But that night, something went wrong. A fire broke out at the concert, resulting in 100 deaths and 230 injuries. When bad things like this happen—insurance should respond. That’s what it’s there to do. But what if the people responsible don’t have enough insurance to compensate those affected by the disaster? Well, then things get complicated. This is a story about how small decisions can result in tragedy; how fire spreads faster than you imagine; and how the people who are responsible are sometimes not the people who are held accountable. Selected Sources and Links: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Sources with Paywall: · Liability Policies Getting Lost in 'Deep Pockets'. Hazeltine, Rick. San Diego Business Journal; San Diego Vol. 6, Iss. 33, Mar 17, 1986 · How to raid deep pockets — the Chicago way. Choslovsky, William. Chicago Tribune Tribune Publishing Company, LLC. Oct 27, 2017 · Cappelletti, Marco, 'Deep Pockets', Justifying Strict Liability: A Comparative Analysis in Legal Reasoning. Oxford, 2022 · Great White was carrying $1 million in insurance; five lawsuits filed. Fitzpatrick, Edward. Knight Ridder Tribune News Service; Washington. 03 July 2003 · Rhode Island Nightclub Lessors Sue for Insurance Coverage. Ebbert, Stephanie. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Washington. 24 Apr 2003 · Lessons learned from the station fire. and Aug. 2013 (Vol. 49, Issue 8)Publisher: American Association for Justice Books: · · Documentaries/Television: · 48 Hours: Season 34, episode 5 “Thursday Night” · · Music Credits: Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Contact Me: Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com Contact me! Email: Instagram: @ insurancevshistory Facebook: /episode/index/show/insurancevshistory/id/30685643

Insurance vs The Atlantic Slave Trade 11/13/2023

Insurance vs The Atlantic Slave Trade Three years ago, when I started thinking about making a podcast about insurance and history, I had only one topic in mind: slavery. It took three years of reading and researching before I was ready to share it with you, but this episode represents part one of a three-part series about insurance and slavery—an overview of the Atlantic Slave trade and how insurance contributed to and supported that trade. It’s a tough topic, but an important one, for insurance professionals and history buffs alike. This is a story about how capitalism developed in Europe and the Americas, about colonialism, the cost of labor, transcontinental marine shipping of kidnapped human beings, and how insurance supported all these things. And how underwriters decide what to insure, and how to insure it. Selected Sources and Links: Sources with Paywall: Inherent Vice: Marine Insurance, slave ship rebellion and the law, Anita Rupprecht, Race and Class, 2016, Volume 57 p 31-44 Measuring the unmeasured hazards of the Atlantic slave trade: documents relating to the British trade, Joseph E. Inikori, Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 83, n°312, 3e trimestre 1996. pp. 53-92. Slavery, Insurance and the Law, Michael Lobban, The Journal of Legal History, 2007, Vol 28, p 319-328 The Zong in the Context of the 18th Century Slave Trade, Jane Webster, The Journal of Legal History, Vol. 28, No. 3, December 2007, pp. 285–298 Commercial Risk and Capital Formation in Early America: Virginia Merchants and the Rise of American Marine Insurance, 1750-1815 Author(s): A. Glenn Crothers Source: The Business History Review, Winter, 2004, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Winter, 2004), pp. 607-633 Dead or Alive: Racial Finance and the Corpse-Value of the African American Slave Body, Bride A. , J Hist Sociol. 2020;33:99–115. Insuring the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Pearson, R., & Richardson, D., The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 417-446 Books: Armstrong, T. “Slavery Insurance and Sacrifice in the Black Atlantic.” In Sea Changes: Historicising the Ocean, edited by Bernard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun. New York/London: Routledge, 2004. Music Credits: Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Contact Me: Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com Contact me! Email: Instagram: @ insurancevshistory Facebook: /episode/index/show/insurancevshistory/id/28585258

Insurance vs Enron 09/18/2023

Insurance vs Enron For the first episode of Season 3, I’m talking about Enron and the company’s spectacular rise and even more spectacular fall. It’s a story about how creativity can sometimes mean stupidity, how culture impacts a company’s survival, how hiring decisions matter, how ideas mutate, and how companies that put stock price and profits above all else can easily be the architects of their own demise. And--how blind people can be about a lot of things if what they are doing is making money. Who was responsible for Enron? What were the major causes of its bankruptcy? Who spoke up, and who listened (or didn’t?) And what insurance responds when half of your executives are being criminally charged, and the shareholders and creditors are suing everyone they can think of? Join me to find out! Selected Sources and Links: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Enron: The Good, The Bad, The Lessons, Lori Zulaf, Peter Grierson, International Business & Economics Research Journal, Volume 1, Number 11 10. Enron: A Financial Reporting Failure, Anthony H. Catanach Jr. & Shelley Rhoades-Catanach, Vol 48, Villanova Law Review, 2003 11. The Other Enron Story, Toni Mack, Forbes, October 14, 2002 12. Is Enron Overpriced? Bethany McLean, Fortune, March 5, 2001 13. Monster Mess, Bethany McLean, Fortune, February 4, 2002 14. Hidden Risks, Toni Mack, Forbes, May 24, 1993 15. Why Enron Went Bust, Bethany McLean, Fortune, December 24, 2001 Sources with Paywall: 1. 2. Books: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Music Credits: · Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Contact Me: Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com Contact me! Email: Instagram: @ insurancevshistory Facebook: /episode/index/show/insurancevshistory/id/28033959

Insurance vs Gawker and Hulk Hogan 06/26/2023

Insurance vs Gawker and Hulk Hogan How can insurance save a company from bankruptcy? How does litigation funding work? Why did a lawsuit about a famous wrestler’s sex tape become a warning to journalists everywhere about the power of Silicon Valley? Welcome to the Insurance vs History Podcast! In this episode, I talk about a case called Bollea v Gawker, which involved Hulk Hogan’s sex tape, and Gawker, one of the first big online news organizations. It also involved tech mogul Peter Theil and a vendetta that resulted in Gawker’s demise. This is the story of how insurance could have saved Gawker, but didn’t—and the very real issues brought up by the trial, namely, the issue of litigation funding, bad deposition preparation, hubris, the rising power of Silicon Valley, and how much privacy public figures are entitled to today. What’s covered by insurance? Where did Gawker go wrong regarding insurance coverage? What does their bankruptcy mean for journalism today? Join me to find out! Selected Sources and Links: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. “Hulk Hogan and the Demise of Gawker Media: wrestling with the problems of celebrity voyeurism, newsworthiness, and tabloidization, Andrew K Antoniou and Dimitris Akrivos, Journal of Media Law 2016, Volume 8, No. 2, 153-172 13. “Eat Your Vitamins and Say Your Prayers: Bollea v Gawker, Revenge Litigation Funding, and the Fate of the Fourth Estate” Nicole K. Chipi, University of Miami Law Review, Vol 72: 269 14. The Gawker Stalker, Jason Zengerle, GQ, Vol 86, Issue 12 15. The Evolution of Mr. Theil, The Economist, Vol 419, Issue 8992 16. Vigilante Justice: The Implications of Revenge Suits for Third-Party Litigation Funding, Ann-Marie Elvin, The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol 30:719 17. “Sex, Videos, and Insurance: How Gawker Could Have Avoided Financial Responsibility For the $140 Million Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Verdict” Christopher C. French, Southern California Law Review, 6.20.16 Sources with Paywall: 1. 2. Books: 1. 2. Music Credits: · Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Contact Me: Website: https://insurancevshistory.libsyn.com Contact me! Email: Twitter: @insurancevshist Instagram: @ insurancevshistory Facebook: /episode/index/show/insurancevshistory/id/27267258

Insurance vs King Hammurabi of Babylon 03/20/2023

Insurance vs The Mystery of Helen Brach and Horse Insurance Fraud 02/20/2023

Insurance vs The NRA 01/16/2023

Insurance vs The Movies: Double Indemnity 12/15/2022

Insurance vs Tontines! Tontines! Tontines! 11/15/2022

Insurance vs Eliot Spitzer 10/15/2022

Insurance vs The Gambling Act of 1774 09/14/2022

Insurance vs Larry Silverstein and the World Trade Center Collapse on 9.11 06/14/2022

Insurance vs Larry Silverstein and the World Trade Center Collapse on 9.11 Insurance vs Larry Silverstein and the World Trade Center Collapse on 9.11 What happens when a terrorist attack becomes a highly litigated claim? Welcome to the Insurance vs History Podcast! In my sixth episode, I take a deep dive into the legal wrangling around the property policy covering the World Trade Center. This is a wild ride! Links: Really outstanding summary of the various lawsuits and coverage issues surrounding whether or not the WTC attack was one occurrence or two. Do yourself a favor and limit your searches for Larry Silverstein to this article. The amount of horrible antisemitic and conspiracy theory websites that come up with a google search of his name is not worth sorting through. Definitely an opinion piece, but with some good history. Law Journal Articles (sorry, no links): Ten Years after 9/11: Property Insurance Lessons Learned, Scott G. Johnson, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal Spring Summer 2011, Vol 46, No 3 /4 pp 658-733: Outstanding overview of all the property issues and cases brought in court, including Business Interruption, Salvage, and Tenants in the WTC building. THE INSURANCE AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11: MYRIAD CLAIMS, MULTIPLE LINES, ARGUMENTS OVER OCCURRENCE COUNTING, WAR RISK EXCLUSIONS, THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM COVERAGE, AND NEW ISSUES OF GOVERNMENT ROLE Jeffrey W. Stempel, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal Spring 2002, Vol. 37, No 3 pp 817-882: Overview of issues including War Exclusion, but as it was less than a year after 9.11, you have to read it knowing a lot of his assertions wouldn’t hold true. As WTC trial proceeds, jurors demand clarification; Michael Ha National Underwriter Property and Casualty Risk and Benefits Management Vol 108, Issue 7: Michael Ha wrote a lot of articles on this trial. I haven’t cited all of them here, but I used a lot of them in this research. Broker didn’t inform insurers of form switch, Douglas McLeod, Business Insurance, Vol 38, no 9, March 2004: another reporter who wrote a lot of articles that I used. WTC Case shows importance of documenting negotiations, Akos Swierkiewicz, Business Insurance, June 21 2004 Articles that would require a subscription: This is soooo funny. Books: Hire These People: My audio editor, and AMAZING Voice Over Actor—who did all the VO for this episode: Music Credits: Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Contact Me: /episode/index/show/insurancevshistory/id/23424203

Insurance vs Asbestos and the Names at Lloyds 05/16/2022

Insurance vs The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake 01/03/2022

Insurance vs The Titanic 10/29/2021

Insurance vs Coffee 10/01/2021

Insurance Vs Gangs of New York 07/13/2021

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