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Jervis Insurance History Blog: When Did Bulk Carriers First Appear?

by Alan Jervis | May 15, 2020 | Articles

The First Appearance of Bulk Carriers A bulk carrier is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its cargo holds. The first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852 and economy in...

Jervis Insurance History Blog: Origins of Environmental Liability Insurance

by Alan Jervis | May 14, 2020 | Articles

Origins of Pollution Insurance Unlike other fields of insurance, which can be traced back hundreds of years, Pollution Insurance is a relatively new class. In fact we need only go back to the 1960s and 1970s at which time America’s growing concern for the environment...

Jervis Blog: What does Environmental Liability Insurance Cover?

by Alan Jervis | May 13, 2020 | Blog

What does ELI Cover?  There are many forms of liability insurance including public liability insurance, employer’s liability insurance, director and officers insurance. But none of these generally provide adequate cover for environmental liabilities. Due to the...

Jervis Insurance History Blog: First Aviation Insurance Policy

by Alan Jervis | May 12, 2020 | Articles

  Aviation Insurance was first introduced in the twentieth century. The first-ever aviation insurance policy was underwritten at Lloyd’s of London in 1911. But the writing of such policies was short lived due to atmospheric condition type losses occurring...

Jervis History Blog: Energy – The World’s First Oil Well

by Alan Jervis | May 11, 2020 | Articles

On August 27, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin Drake pioneered the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, P.A. The Drake partners were inspired by Benjamin Silliman, a chemistry...
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