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Risking Everything .

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

New series 1/3. Comedian Marcus Bngstocke turns a shrewd and sceptical eye on the history of the insurance industry. Why do we buy insurance.
And could we do without it? Tracing the industry back to the Middle Ages, he untangles the ethics of life assurance, uncovers early prohibitions on betting on lives" and reveals some of the cases that helped to create today's industry, producer Paul Kobrak

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Marcus Bngstocke
Producer:
Paul Kobrak
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