Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 3
6. 1. Insuring Britain 19
7. 2. Regulated Insurance Offices 53
8. 3. Doing Business 76
9. 4. Death and the Actuary 102
10. 5. Death and the Salesman 136
11. 6. Consuming Interest 166
12. 7. Little Piles of Savings 197
13. 8. Victorian Gatekeeping 220
14. 9. Detecting Deviance 250
15. 10. Dealing with Deviance 271
16. Conclusion 296
17. Appendix 1. Life Insurance Offices Doing Business in Great Britain, 1800–1914 313
18. Appendix 2. Occupations of Insurance Agents 322
19. Appendix 3. Life Insurance Offices’ Investments, 1871–1910 329
20. Notes 335
21. References 377
22. Index 423