Underwritten
The History of Insurance
A three-part history of how humans learned to pool the risks they cannot survive alone, from a clause pressed into Babylonian clay to the arrival of AI liability coverage. Published as a series.
Part 1 of 3 · Live
The Oldest Bargain
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Part 2 of 3 · Scheduled
Fire, Coffee, and Mathematics
Arrives Thursday, July 23
Part 3 of 3 · Scheduled
Insuring the Machine Age
Arrives Friday, July 24