Insurance in the pre-computer era : 1900-1940s -- Institutional context for information processing in early 20th century life insurance -- First impressions and first uses : insurance and tabulating, 1890-1911 -- The push towards printing : tabulating technology and insurance, 1910-1924 --...

An insurance company has a value just as its contracts do. The efficiency of a company or of a Profit Centre is measurable and the profitability of an insurance product can be quantified...