An account of the several life-assurance companies established in London. Containing a view of their respective merits and advantages / [Francis Baily].

  • Baily, Francis, 1774-1844.
Date:
1810
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the several life-assurance companies established in London. Containing a view of their respective merits and advantages / [Francis Baily]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The utility and advantage of Life-Assurance are be¬ coming every day more apparent. There are few persons in this country to whom the propriety of it is not manifest; or to whom the policy of the measure is not applicable. Much of the real and personal estate of this kingdom is held by those who have only a life-interest in the same; and whose incomes will consequently determine at their decease. All those who hold by curtesy or by dower, all ecclesiastical persons, and most of those who are possessed of copy- hold estates, are of this description. But, besides this % i numerous class of individuals, there is an immense va¬ riety of others, in the different departments of society, subject to the same contingency. Every man engaged in either of the three professions, whose emoluments arise from his own personal abilities and exertions,—every one pursuing a naval or military life, whose income will cease at his death,—every person engaged in ma¬ nufactures, commerce, or any other employment, whose a 2