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How was marine insurance actually a viable financial product for those who provided it in the 1600s-1800s? Wouldn't it be incredibly easy to commit insurance fraud by claiming your ship sank or your cargo was lost on the other side of the world?

by /u/Jazz-Cigarettes in /r/AskHistorians

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