Founded by a wealthy cotton master, the Provincial Insurance Company was owned and managed by his sons. It grew by diversifying across general insurance markets, achieving its greatest success in motor insurance in the interwar years. This expansion occurred in markets dominated by the tariff organizations through which larger companies controlled competition. This study shows how the Provincial discovered opportunities for growth by competing outside the tariffs, providing a new perspective on the history of competition in insurance and the operation of cartels in British business history generally. An attempt to see company growth within its competitive context, this book blends industrial theory and business history, covering oligopoly and collusion, corporate growth, the family firm, investment markets and the financial services sector.
- ISBN10 0719036372
- ISBN13 9780719036378
- Publish Date 19 November 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 May 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English