I'm looking for excellent articles or books on the history of insurance, especially property insurance. I am most interested in the U.S. and Britain in the 19th and 20th century but sources pertaining to other countries are welcome too.
Krohm, G. (1996). A survey of insurance industry and regulatory applications on the internet. Journal of Insurance Regulation, 14(4), 518.
Ujunwa, A., & Modebe, N. J. (2011). Repositioning insurance industry for operational efficiency: The nigerian case. Journal of Applied Finance and Banking, 1(3), 15-32.
Bartlett,Dwight K., I.,II, & McGill, D. M. (1997). History of the development of preliminary term methods of valuation of life insurance policies in the united states. Journal of Insurance Regulation, 15(3), 382-401.
Lehrman, W. G. (1994). Diversity in decline: Institutional environment and organizational failure in the american life insurance industry. Social Forces, 73(2), 605.
Abraham, K. S. (2010). Guest editorial--lessons learned from the history of corporate liability insurance in the united states. Geneva Papers on Risk & Insurance, 35(3), 364-368.
Cook, E. D. (1999). Genetics and the british insurance industry. Journal of Medical Ethics, 25(2), 157.
Baranoff, D. (1998). Principals, agents, and control in the american fire insurance industry, 1799-1872. Business and Economic History, 27(1), 91-101.
May I suggest that you approach the Chartered insurance Institute library (20 Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HY) in the UK-They have a lot of books and lists on Insurance history and should be able to help
Loss control management by Frank E. Bird, Jr. and Robert G. Loftus. The authors give a good perspective on the causation of loss which leads to insurance as a way to transfer risk.