NEW FOR 2026! – In this webinar, we will review the fascinating history of insurance—from its earliest roots in the Code of Hammurabi and ancient trade guilds to the modern systems that shape today’s financial and social safety nets. We will discuss how key historical events such as the Great Fire of London influenced the development of risk management and actuarial science. Topics include the rise of the welfare state, the formation of the NAIC, the impact of industrialization, and how major milestones like the Great Depression, WWII, and the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid transformed the insurance industry as we know it.