Author: Tuckett, Harvey G[arnett. d. 1854]
Title: PRACTICAL REMARKS On The PRESENT STATE Of LIFE INSURANCE In The UNITED STATES. Showing the Evils Which Exist, and Rules for Improvement.; To Which are Added the Valuable Tables of Associated Actuaries, Now Printed for the First Time in the United States
Description: Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1851. 13th edition. Revised and corrected to March 1st, 1851. Printed brown wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 44 pp. 8vo. Abt VG (some wear & soiling to wrappers/circular discoloration to text extending out from outer corners of text). While Life Insurance as a business began in the US in 1759, it wasn't until 1843 with the establishment of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York that operations began on a scale that foreshadowed what we see today. According to Tuckett, which is verified by history, this beginning on a very shaky foundation.. in this pamphlet he explains the myriad mathematical details of this actuarial science, and demonstrates how one may successfully select a company to insure oneself. A fairly scarce item chronicling the beginning of this industry- a 10/6/2000 OCLC search shows only 5 cc of this 1851 edition, with the only earlier issue noted a 32 pp item from 1850.

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