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| A BRIEF HISTORY |
| 1370 |
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| Earliest record of a marine reinsurance was that of an insurance of a voyage from Cadiz in Spain to Sluys in Netherlands |
| 1700 |
| 1746 |
| Marine reinsurance made illegal in Britain |
| 1798 |
| Earliest recorded reference to Fire reinsurance |
| 1800 |
| 1813 |
| Earliest record of a Fire reinsurance transaction by Eagle Fire |
| 1821 |
| Earliest record of a reinsurance Treaty |
| 1840s |
| Earliest indications of Life reassurance |
| 1843 |
| Earliest formation of subsidiary reinsurer for its parent company |
| 1852 |
| Earliest formation of independent reinsurer, Cologne Re |
| 1863 |
| Swiss Re |
| 1864 |
| Reinsurance becomes lawful again in UK |
| 1867 |
| First UK reinsurer, The Reinsurance Co Ltd |
| 1880 |
| Munich Re |
| 1900 |
| 1907 |
| Mercantile & General |
| 1908 |
| British & European |
| 1912 |
| First American reinsurer, The First Reinsurance company of Hartford |
| 1920s |
| Formation of State reinsurers eg. Caja, Banco |
| 1970s |
| Formation of regional reinsurers eg. Asian Re, African Re |
| 1973 |
| Singapore Re |
| 1988 |
| Asean Re |
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