Samuel P Black, John Paul Rossi

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance

Samuel P. Black, Jr. and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2001. This study explores the development of automobile insurance through the career of one of the industry's entrepreneurs, Samuel P. Black, Jr., and Erie Insurance, the company he helped build.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781138863842
• ISBN-10: 113886384X
• Artikelnr.: 42092093

Autorenporträt

Samuel P. Black is one of the pioneers of automobile insurance companies. John Paul Rossi is in the Department of Human and Social Sciences at Penn State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
CHAPTER 1
Introduction: Entrepreneurship-Theory and Practice 1
CHAPTER 2
The Motor Age 37
CHAPTER 3
Getting Ahead 59
CHAPTER 4
The Romance of Claims 81
CHAPTER 5
"Push This Thing Along": The Rise of Erie Insurance 99
CHAPTER 6
The Challenge of the Depression 127
CHAPTER 7
Adversity and Innovation 163
CHAPTER 8
Sales, World War II, and Managing the
Northwest Territories 197
CHAPTER 9
Underwriting and Problems of Growth 231
CHAPTER 10
Questions of Strategy and Rewards
CHAPTER 11
Epilogue - Samuel P. Black Jr
Bibliogrpahy
Appendices
Index