The Underwriters
Subtitle: The history of the Insurers' Advisory Organization and its predecessors, the Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association and the Canadian Underwriters' Association, (1883-1983)
By: by Christopher L. Hives.
Contributors: Insurers' Advisory Organization of Canada
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Published for the Insurers' Advisory Organization by Phelps Pub. Co.
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Insurers' Advisory Organization of Canada -- History.; Insurance companies -- Canada -- History.
First sentence: Although there is evidence to suggest that fire insurance existed in the period before the 17th century in Europe, it was the Great Fire of London (1666) which forcibly alerted the public to the value of such protection.
Description: The Insurers' Advisory Organization tracing its roots through the Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association (1883-1935), Canadian Underwriters' Association
(1935-1974) and various other regionai bodies, boasts a long and rich history spanning a full century. This book studies the formation and evolution of lAO and its
predecessors in the insurance industry in the commemoration of its IOOth anniversary in 1983. More than just a simple recitation of names and dates, this publication considers the broader historical backdrop against which this development occurred and brings to life those individuals instrumental in shaping the destiny of CFUA, CUA and lAO. In so doing, it also examines the substantial impact industry associations have had upon general insurance in canada.
Notes: Ill. on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: 1
pagenum: 1
title: The Origins of Fire Insurance; label: 2
pagenum: 11
title: The Formation and the Early Years of the CFUA, 1883-1900; label: 3
pagenum: 23
title: Growing Pains, 1900-1910; label: 4
pagenum: 37
title: Trials and Tribulations, 1910-1920; label: 5
pagenum: 53
title: Growth and Prosperity, 1920-1930; label: 6
pagenum: 69
title: The "Hungry Thirties" , 1930-1940; label: 7
pagenum: 85
title: Insurance in a War Economy, 1940-1950; label: 8
pagenum: 97
title: Reconstruction and Expansion, 1950-1960; label: 9
pagenum: 117
title: The Struggle For Survival, 1960-1970; label: 10
pagenum: 131
title: A Fresh Start, 1970-1980; label: 11
pagenum: 151
title: The 1980s and Beyond; label: 12
pagenum: 157
title: Appendix