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Government Legislation & Slave Insurance: How Laws Unlocked America's Hidden Slavery Insurance Archives
2026/01/27
Ever wondered how insurance intersects with slavery in America? My latest episode of Insurance vs History dives into the world of life insurance and American slavery. I'll reveal how life insurance on enslaved people helped historians and genealogists uncover stories that few textbooks ever mention. From lost documents to innovative legislation, we'll explore the surprising ways insurance records have brought new transparency to America's past.
And check out my other episodes on insurance history, including CEO pay in the insurance industry, pollution, and other historical insurance events!
Selected Sources:
Great Places to check out the documentation itself:
https://thebpog.org/slave-era-insurance-policies/
This is great as it also links to the archival info other states may have that was unrelated to government legislation related disclosure requirements
https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/150-other-prog/10-seir/upload/PolicyDocuments.pdf
This is a list of the CA report policy documents
https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/150-other-prog/10-seir/slave-names.cfm
Enslaved persons names and information in a chart from the CA report
https://www.vpm.org/news/2022-06-20/researchers-work-to-honor-enslaved-coal-miners-of-chesterfield
Information on Chesterfield, Virginia where many of the enslaved miners listed in this documentation were forced to work
https://insurance.maryland.gov/Pages/newscenter/SlaveryEraOrders.aspx
Click on the appendixes to see the responses from various insurance companies and other information.
Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
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Website: www.insurancevshistory.com
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredithbrasher
Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Insurance Festivus: Real Grievances, 23 and Me Updates, and Tesla Turmoil
2025/12/30
Insurance Festivus: Real Grievances, 23 and Me Updates, and Tesla Turmoil Happy Festivus—it's time to air all our insurance grievances! Featuring real listener comments, updates on the 23andMe bankruptcy (cyber insurers, anyone?), and the wild world of Tesla Insurance, this is a great way to close out the year.
Selected References:
https://apnews.com/article/whistleblower-china-surveillance-tech-silicon-valley-adbd0bcfbb0892bfcb85948acb3f515f
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/tesla-insurance-unit-sued-over-alleged-auto-coverage-underpayments-2025-11-05/
Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
Help keep independent podcasts going by contributing to my production costs: See my page at Buy Me a Coffee: Insurance vs History is Exploring all the ways Insurance changed History...or failed to.
Website: www.insurancevshistory.com
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredithbrasher
Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Insurance CEO Pay: What's Fair, What's History, and What's Next
2025/11/25
Insurance CEO Pay: What's Fair, What's History, and What's Next?
I started trying to answer one question: is Insurance CEO pay fair? and ended up with a massive project. In this episode, I dig into the history of executive pay, share eye-opening stats from AIG, and ask for your help with figuring out who gets paid what and how that's changed over time. Plus, submit your insurance grievance for inclusion in my holiday Festivus episode!
Selected References:
1. https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2025/06/16/827459.htm
2. https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/guides/insurance-ceo-salary-how-much-do-executives-of-the-top-insurers-earn-467192.aspx
3. https://consumerfed.org/press_release/insurance-ceos-get-27-salary-and-bonus-bump-while-consumers-see-premium-hikes-and-non-renewals/
4. https://www.businessinsurance.com/gallery/highest-paid-insurance-executives-2025/
5. https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/8/neuehealths-mikan-tops-insurtech-ceo-pay-list-in-2024-92202141
6. https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/8/arch-capitals-papadopoulo-tops-pc-insurer-ceo-pay-list-in-2024-92167011
Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
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Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredithbrasher
Is Your DNA Safe? Inside 23andMe's Bankruptcy and Insurance Challenges
2025/11/11
Is Your DNA Safe? Inside 23andMe's Bankruptcy and Insurance Challenges
What happens when a company owns your DNA data—and then goes bankrupt? In this episode, I dive into the complicated story of 23andMe, exploring its insurance challenges, genetic data risks, privacy concerns, and the ongoing impact for consumers in today's health and insurance landscape. If you have data with 23andMe or any other consumer focused genetic data company, I strongly suggest you listen.
Selected References:
https://www.inc.com/magazine/201510/jeff-bercovici/the-dna-whisperer.html 23andMe, Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review, Volume 119, No. 4 https://www.fastcompany.com/3052283/how-ceo-anne-wojcicki-turned-23andme-around-after-falling-out-with-the- https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/23andMe/ (Bankruptcy Documents) Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
Help keep independent podcasts going by contributing to my production costs: See my page at Buy Me a Coffee: Insurance vs History is Exploring all the ways Insurance changed History...or failed to.
Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredithbrasher
Tesla's Insurance Gamble: Why Cheaper Isn't Always Better (& What History Teaches Us)
2025/10/28
Tesla's Insurance Gamble: Why Cheaper Isn't Always Better (& What History Teaches Us)
Why would Tesla get into the insurance business, and is it really a new idea? In this episode, I explore Tesla's foray into insurance, the bumps they've hit along the way, and why history shows automakers rarely succeed with insurance.
Selected References:
1. https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2025/10/06/tesla-insurance-in-trouble-for-claims-mishandling/?kw=Tesla%20insurance%20in%20trouble%20for%20claims%20mishandling&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20251006&utm_term=pc360&oly_enc_id&user_id=29a99e396b51ff1e37567d2fe2ef4b2d7540d4c206a60ee86a83e02abf0199f8
2. https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2025/release064-2025.cfm
3. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-insurance/
4. https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/auto-motor/why-has-tesla-insurance-fallen-short-for-some-customers-471754.aspx
5. https://www.insurancethoughtleadership.com/six-things-commentary/why-tesla-insurance-will-flop
Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
Help keep independent podcasts going by contributing to my production costs: See my page at Buy Me a Coffee: Insurance vs History is Exploring all the ways Insurance changed History...or failed to.
Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredithbrasher
When Insurance Meets Scandal: The Boy Scouts Abuse Crisis Explained
2025/10/14
When Insurance Meets Scandal: The Boy Scouts Abuse Crisis Explained
How did insurance influence the Boy Scouts of America's response to decades of sexual abuse allegations? In this episode, I dig into the organization's troubled history, insurance involvement, bankruptcy, survivor compensation, institutional accountability, and my personal reflection on how insurance both helped and hindered justice for victims.
References:
On My Honor: The Secret History of the Boy Scouts of America, by Kim Christensen: https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-my-honor-the-secret-history-of-the-boy-scouts-of-america-kim-christensen/0fe5570c55088847?ean=9781538726730&next=t
Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts—and America: https://bookshop.org/p/books/morally-straight-how-the-fight-for-lgbtq-inclusion-changed-the-boy-scouts-and-america-mike-de-socio/7dd05d8a718ca500?ean=9781639363858&next=t
Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
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Music Credits:
Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/meredithbrasher
Noncompete Agreements: How the FTC's Rule Change Impacts Insurance, Employees, and History
2025/09/30
Noncompete Agreements: How the FTC's Rule Change Impacts Insurance, Employees, and History
Do you know the history behind noncompete agreements — and how they impact the insurance industry today? On the latest Insurance vs History Podcast, I take a quick look at the FTC's shifting stance on noncompete agreements, industry implications, and their surprising 15th-century origins.
Reference Articles:
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/09/08/838180.htm
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When Did Pollution Happen? Unpacking Montrose, DDT, and Liability Insurance
2025/09/16
When Did Pollution Happen? Unpacking Montrose, DDT, and Liability Insurance
Imagine a pollution disaster so messy that it's taken over 40 years to work out the insurance payments. In this episode of Insurance vs History, I dive into the story of Montrose Chemical and DDT, a discussion spanning WWII, Superfund lawsuits, and barrels of toxic waste leaking off California's coast. Join me to discuss the reason why it's taken 40 years to resolve, what the heck Montrose wording even means, and why it matters.
Hire me to speak at your meeting! I can talk about the topic of your choice, or I can talk about the history of insurance and why insurance matters. Reach out for booking info or just to connect at [email protected]
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Trailer: Insurance vs History
2025/09/02
Insurance vs History is a show doing for insurance what Freakanomics did for economics. Don't understand insurance? Can't imagine why anyone should care about a global industry that impacts your daily life in ways you don't even realize? Host Meredith Brasher shines a light on both the good and bad stories of insurance, explaining it along the way. Season Five starts in September 2025 with new episodes twice a month.
Taking the summer off!
2025/05/23
Insurance vs Cuthbert Heath
2025/03/25
Insurance vs Cuthbert Heath
Who is Cuthbert Heath, and why is he considered the Founder of Modern Lloyds? Join me for a discussion of Cuthbert Heath, and a slightly different take on the man, the myth, the legend.
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Boulangerie by Jeremy Sherman, courtesy of NeoSounds: Boulangerie, LynneMusic | NeoSounds music library
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Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement
2024/11/19
Insurance vs The British Abolition Movement
What happens when an insurance case sparks the beginning of a national movement? Join me for the second episode of my series on Insurance and Slavery, where I talk about British Abolition, the Massacre on the Slave Ship Zong, and Lord Mansfield's insistence on NOT talking about slavery.
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Selected Sources and Links:
· The "Somerset" Effect: Parsing Lord Mansfield's Words on Slavery in Nineteenth Century America. Derek A Webb, Law and History Review, August 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 455-490
· How Ideology Works: Historians and the Case of British Abolitionism. William Palmer, The Historical Journal, December 2009, Vol 52, No 4, pp 1039-1051
· Granville Sharp's manuscript letter to the admiralty on the Zong massacre: a New discovery in the British Library, Michelle Faubert, Slavery and Abolition, 2017 Vol 38., No 1., 178-195
· A Chain of Murder in the Slave Trade: A Wider Context of the Zong Massacre, Jeremy Krikler, IRSH 57 (2012) pp 393-415
· Insuring the Transatlantic Slave Trade Pearson, Robin and Richardson, David Journal of Economic History Volume 79, Issue 2, June 2019 pp 417-446
· Insurance Litigation Involving the Zong and Other British Slave Ships, 1780-1807. Oldham, James
· The Zong in the Context of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade. Webster, Jane, The Journal of Legal History, Vol 28, No. 3, December 2007, pp 285-298
Books:
· Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire: Walvin, James: 9780631229599: Amazon.com: Books
o Walvin has a lot of books about slavery, and I would consider him to be a good entry point for someone who hasn't read a lot about the topic.
· The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery a book by James Walvin (bookshop.org)
· Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason a book by Norman S Poser (bookshop.org)
· The Slave Ship: A Human History a book by Marcus Rediker (bookshop.org)
· Econocide: British Slavery in the Era of Abolition a book by Seymour Drescher and David Brion Davis (bookshop.org)
· Amazon.com: The Interest: 9781529110982: Michael Taylor: Books
· Great Abolition Sham: Jordan, Michael: 9780750934909: Amazon.com: Books
· Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History a book by Ian Baucom
o This is a great book, but it is more about philosophy than history. Read at your own risk.
Documentaries/Television:
· Amazing Grace (2006) - IMDb
o Rotten score 68 tomatometer and 85 popcornmeter
· Belle (2013) - IMDb
o Rotten Score: 85 tomatometer and 82 popcornmeter
o Note that this movie's plot about the Zong is entirely fictional.
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Insurance vs The Station Nightclub Fire
2024/04/22
Insurance vs the Station Nightclub Fire
Without giving my age away entirely, I will admit…I'm a child of the 80s. I've been lucky enough to have seen several of my favorite 80s artists perform their greatest hits. It never crossed my mind that something could go wrong during a concert and I might be in danger.
But on February 2, 2003, more than 400 people who also loved the 1980s attended a concert at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. But that night, something went wrong. A fire broke out at the concert, resulting in 100 deaths and 230 injuries.
When bad things like this happen—insurance should respond. That's what it's there to do. But what if the people responsible don't have enough insurance to compensate those affected by the disaster? Well, then things get complicated.
This is a story about how small decisions can result in tragedy; how fire spreads faster than you imagine; and how the people who are responsible are sometimes not the people who are held accountable.
Selected Sources and Links:
· Report of the Technical Investigation of The Station Nightclub Fire (NIST NCSTAR 2), Volume 1 | NIST
· The Station nightclub fire - Wikipedia
· Rhode Island Nightclub Owners Appealing $1M Fine in Fire Case (claimsjournal.com)
· Rhode Island Nightclub Owners Dispute Workers' Comp Finding (claimsjournal.com)
· Judge Lagueux, who oversaw the Station nightclub fire case, dies at 91 (providencejournal.com)
· A Story One Can Write Today - (adelmanlawgroup.com)
· 20 years after the Station nightclub fire, a look at what's changed | GBH (wgbh.org)
· Settlement Details Offered in Rhode Island Club Fire Case (insurancejournal.com)
· Inside The Inferno: The Station Nightclub Fire | Thought Catalog
· Station nightclub fire: government defendants settle - Overlawyered
· Insurers, Final Defendants Settle R.I. Nightclub Fire Lawsuits (claimsjournal.com)
· Survivors of R.I. club fire await settlement cash (nbcnews.com)
· GREAT WHITE Members Are 'Shocked And Saddened' By JACK RUSSELL's Trademark Lawsuit - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
· Great White Lawsuit Lotto | National Review
· Families Upset Over 'Pokemon Go' Stop at Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Site (claimsjournal.com)
· Rhode Island Wants Nightclub Owners Held Personally Liable for Failure to Carry Workers' Comp (insurancejournal.com)
· Trial Date Set for R.I. Nightclub Owners Over Workers' Comp Payments (insurancejournal.com)
· R.I. Nightclub Owners Submit List of Assets After Filing for Bankruptcy (insurancejournal.com)
· The negligent premises liability inspection: Potential liability for the insurer? (insurancejournal.com)
· Report of the Technical Investigation of The Station Nightclub Fire (NIST NCSTAR 2), Volume 1 | NIST
· Defending the Deep Pocket: California Proposition 51 Offset and Vicarious Liability | Tyson & Mendes (tysonmendes.com)
· Litigation financing changing the deep-pocket advantage | Gallagher USA (ajg.com)
· Vicarious Liability – The Deep Pocket (dresslerlaw.com)
· Trucking Leads Growth in Nuclear Verdicts | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)
· Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act - Wikipedia
· Station Fire Memorial Foundation (thestationfirememorialfoundation.org)
Sources with Paywall:
· Liability Policies Getting Lost in 'Deep Pockets'. Hazeltine, Rick. San Diego Business Journal; San Diego Vol. 6, Iss. 33, Mar 17, 1986
· How to raid deep pockets — the Chicago way. Choslovsky, William. Chicago Tribune Tribune Publishing Company, LLC. Oct 27, 2017
· Cappelletti, Marco, 'Deep Pockets', Justifying Strict Liability: A Comparative Analysis in Legal Reasoning. Oxford, 2022
· Great White was carrying $1 million in insurance; five lawsuits filed. Fitzpatrick, Edward. Knight Ridder Tribune News Service; Washington. 03 July 2003
· Rhode Island Nightclub Lessors Sue for Insurance Coverage. Ebbert, Stephanie. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Washington. 24 Apr 2003
· Lessons learned from the station fire. Mark Mandell and Yvette Boisclair Aug. 2013 Trial(Vol. 49, Issue 8)Publisher: American Association for Justice
Books:
· Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert: Barylick, John: 9781611688535: Amazon.com: Books
· Amazon.com: Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and a 15-Year Search for Truth: 9781250131263: James, Scott: Books
Documentaries/Television:
· 48 Hours: Season 34, episode 5 "Thursday Night"
· The Guest List (theguestlistfilm.com)
· 41 (2007 film) - Wikipedia
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Insurance vs The Atlantic Slave Trade
2023/11/13
Three years ago, when I started thinking about making a podcast about insurance and history, I had only one topic in mind: slavery. It took three years of reading and researching before I was ready to share it with you, but this episode represents part one of a three-part series about insurance and slavery—an overview of the Atlantic Slave trade and how insurance contributed to and supported that trade. It's a tough topic, but an important one, for insurance professionals and history buffs alike. This is a story about how capitalism developed in Europe and the Americas, about colonialism, the cost of labor, transcontinental marine shipping of kidnapped human beings, and how insurance supported all these things. And how underwriters decide what to insure, and how to insure it.
Selected Sources and Links:
Lloyd's, marine insurance and slavery - Lloyd's (lloyds.com) Sources with Paywall:
Inherent Vice: Marine Insurance, slave ship rebellion and the law, Anita Rupprecht, Race and Class, 2016, Volume 57 p 31-44 Measuring the unmeasured hazards of the Atlantic slave trade: documents relating to the British trade, Joseph E. Inikori, Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, tome 83, n°312, 3e trimestre 1996. pp. 53-92. Slavery, Insurance and the Law, Michael Lobban, The Journal of Legal History, 2007, Vol 28, p 319-328 The Zong in the Context of the 18th Century Slave Trade, Jane Webster, The Journal of Legal History, Vol. 28, No. 3, December 2007, pp. 285–298 Commercial Risk and Capital Formation in Early America: Virginia Merchants and the Rise of American Marine Insurance, 1750-1815 Author(s): A. Glenn Crothers Source: The Business History Review, Winter, 2004, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Winter, 2004), pp. 607-633 Dead or Alive: Racial Finance and the Corpse-Value of the African American Slave Body, Bride A. , J Hist Sociol. 2020;33:99–115. Insuring the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Pearson, R., & Richardson, D., The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 417-446
Books:
Capitalism & Slavery: Williams, Eric, Palmer, Colin A., Darity, William A., Jr.: 9781469663685: Amazon.com: Books The SLAVE TRADE: THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: 1440 - 1870: Thomas, Hugh: 9780684835655: Amazon.com: Books Amazon.com: Over the Edge of the World Updated Edition: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe: 9780062890481: Bergreen, Laurence: Books Freedom's Debt: The Royal African Company and the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1672-1752 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press): Pettigrew, William A.: 9781469629858: Amazon.com: Books Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History: Baucom, Ian: 9780822335962: Amazon.com: Books The Slave Ship: A Human History: Rediker, Marcus: 9780143114253: Amazon.com: Books Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage: Greenwood Milestones in African American History: Falola, Toyin, Falola, Toyin, Warnock, Amanda B., Warnock, Amanda B.: 9780313334801: Amazon.com: Books A history of Lloyd's from the founding of Lloyd's coffee house to the present day : Wright, Charles : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Armstrong, T. "Slavery Insurance and Sacrifice in the Black Atlantic." In Sea Changes: Historicising the Ocean, edited by Bernard Klein and Gesa Mackenthun. New York/London: Routledge, 2004. Music Credits:
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Insurance vs Enron
2023/09/18
For the first episode of Season 3, I'm talking about Enron and the company's spectacular rise and even more spectacular fall. It's a story about how creativity can sometimes mean stupidity, how culture impacts a company's survival, how hiring decisions matter, how ideas mutate, and how companies that put stock price and profits above all else can easily be the architects of their own demise. And--how blind people can be about a lot of things if what they are doing is making money.
Who was responsible for Enron? What were the major causes of its bankruptcy? Who spoke up, and who listened (or didn't?) And what insurance responds when half of your executives are being criminally charged, and the shareholders and creditors are suing everyone they can think of? Join me to find out!
Selected Sources and Links:
1. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - IMDb
2. Guest Post: D&O What to Know: A Guide to the Evolution of Directors and Officers Insurance from 1933 to the Present | The D&O Diary (dandodiary.com)
3. https://nypost.com/2001/12/13/oh-boies-this-is-bad-ex-enron-cfo-hires-top-defense-lawyer/
4. The defendants of the Enron era and their cases (chron.com)
5. Enron Executives: What Happened, and Where Are They Now? (investopedia.com)
6. SKILLING v. UNITED STATES (cornell.edu)
7. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP V. UNITED STATES (cornell.edu)
8. Enron: Annual Reports (enroncorp.com)
9. Enron: The Good, The Bad, The Lessons, Lori Zulaf, Peter Grierson, International Business & Economics Research Journal, Volume 1, Number 11
10. Enron: A Financial Reporting Failure, Anthony H. Catanach Jr. & Shelley Rhoades-Catanach, Vol 48, Villanova Law Review, 2003
11. The Other Enron Story, Toni Mack, Forbes, October 14, 2002
12. Is Enron Overpriced? Bethany McLean, Fortune, March 5, 2001
13. Monster Mess, Bethany McLean, Fortune, February 4, 2002
14. Hidden Risks, Toni Mack, Forbes, May 24, 1993
15. Why Enron Went Bust, Bethany McLean, Fortune, December 24, 2001
Sources with Paywall:
1. Timeline: A chronology of Enron Corp. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
2. Disgraced Ex-Enron CFO warns D&O insurers on fraud risk (insuranceinsider.com)
Books:
1. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron: McLean, Bethany, Elkind, Peter, Nocera, Joe: 9781591846604: Amazon.com: Books
2. Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story: Eichenwald, Kurt: 9780767911795: Amazon.com: Books
3. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives: Eisinger, Jesse: 9781501121371: Amazon.com: Books
4. Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron: Swartz, Mimi, Watkins, Sherron: 9780767913683: Amazon.com: Books
5. Ensuring Corporate Misconduct: How Liability Insurance Undermines Shareholder Litigation: Baker, Tom, Griffith, Sean J.: 9780226035154: Amazon.com: Books
6. A Financial History of Modern U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform: Markham, Jerry W: 9780765615831: Amazon.com: Books
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NanaWendella333 2025/10/20
Still Learning After All These Years
I’m now Retired from 43 years handling a multitude of claims in Commercial, Personal Lines, Benefits lines etc. A friend recommended this Podcast to s...
JohnH112 2025/08/19
Interesting material but…
The audio mixing needs improvement. The narration is at a volume far below comparative app volume and below the show's own bumpers. Thankfully I don’t...
FGstudent55 2025/06/02
Satisfied
Sooo good!! Love this podcast and am so grateful to have stumbled upon it :)
Charlie3gc 2025/03/25
Fascinating history
Thoroughly researched and clearly articulated in its presentation. Not just for insurance people at all. Look around you, virtually every thing you se...
WFCOldGold 2024/12/14
Outstanding
“They” say, “Follow the money “. I say, follow this podcast. You will be amazed!
365applelover 2024/05/06
Makes insurance interesting
Highly recommend - does a great job of explaining insurance in a super interesting and compelling way.
Drank too much 2023/08/05
Great quality podcast
I thoroughly enjoy the writing and the topics. If you enjoy finances or history, I would highly recommend this podcast!
121664 2023/07/06
Excellent
Thank you for your pod keep it up
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