Elizur Wright | |
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| Born | Elizur Wright III February 12, 1804 |
| Died | November 22, 1885 (aged 81) |
| Education | Yale College |
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| Known for | Advancements in life insurance and its regulation |
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Elizur Wright III (12 February 1804 – 22 November 1885) was an American mathematician and abolitionist. He is sometimes described in the United States as "the father of life insurance", or "the father of insurance regulation", as he campaigned that life insurance companies must keep reserves and provide surrender values. Wright served as an insurance commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1]
- ^ *Meier, Kenneth J. (1988). The political economy of regulation: the case of insurance. Albany, NY: State University of New York. p. 52. ISBN 0-88706-731-X.