{"id":5220,"date":"2015-11-06T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2015-11-06T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:53:10","slug":"franklin-pioneer-of-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2015\/11\/franklin-pioneer-of-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Franklin: Pioneer of Insurance in North America &#8211; Video Presentation by G. Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"cboxElement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><big><big>G. Stolyarov II<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">November 6, 2015<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPS4HLVNvIQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Mr. Stolyarov discusses Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s multifaceted contributions to combating the threat of fire, including the founding of the first fire insurance company in North America &#8211; The Philadelphia Contributorship for the Insuring of Houses from Loss by Fire.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation was originally prepared for and delivered at the October 26, 2015, educational meeting of the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the CPCU Society. This video and enhanced slideshow are a slightly expanded version of that presentation.<\/p>\n<p>The slides can be downloaded in <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/Stolyarov_Franklin_Insurance_Pioneer.pptx\">PowerPoint format<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/Stolyarov_Franklin_Insurance_Pioneer.pdf\">PDF format<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5221\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/800px-Benjamin_Franklin_1767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/800px-Benjamin_Franklin_1767.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by David Martin (1767)\" width=\"800\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/800px-Benjamin_Franklin_1767.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/800px-Benjamin_Franklin_1767-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/800px-Benjamin_Franklin_1767-80x100.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by David Martin (1767)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II November 6, 2015 ****************************** Mr. Stolyarov discusses Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s multifaceted contributions to combating the threat of fire, including the founding of the first fire insurance company in North America &#8211; The Philadelphia Contributorship for the Insuring of Houses from Loss by Fire. This presentation was originally prepared for and delivered at the October 26, 2015, educational meeting of the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the CPCU Society. This video and enhanced slideshow are a slightly expanded version of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2015\/11\/franklin-pioneer-of-insurance\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[419,6],"tags":[3626,26,2518,4390,119,1979,4391,314,315,40,3966,573,417,4393,4394,1558,391,4392],"class_list":["post-5220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-2","category-history","tag-18th-century","tag-america","tag-benjamin-franklin","tag-contributorship","tag-enlightenment","tag-fire","tag-firefighting","tag-future","tag-futurism","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-insurance","tag-invention","tag-inventor","tag-lightning-rod","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-property","tag-reserving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5222,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions\/5222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}