Structuring the information age : life insurance and technology in the twentieth century

Structuring the information age life insurance and technology in the twentieth century

Insurance in the pre-computer era : 1900-1940s -- Institutional context for information processing in early 20th century life insurance -- First impressions and first uses : insurance and tabulating, 1890-1911 -- The push towards printing : tabulating technology and insurance, 1910-1924 -- Insurance...

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1. Verfasser: Yates, JoAnne (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore, Md. u.a. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press c2005
Schriftenreihe:Studies in industry and society
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Lebensversicherung > Computerunterstützung > Datenverarbeitung > Informationstechnik > Geschichte > USA > Life insurance > History > Technological innovations > Information technology > Computers > Insurance, Life > United States > Lebensversicherungsbetrieb
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Zusammenfassung:Insurance in the pre-computer era : 1900-1940s -- Institutional context for information processing in early 20th century life insurance -- First impressions and first uses : insurance and tabulating, 1890-1911 -- The push towards printing : tabulating technology and insurance, 1910-1924 -- Insurance associations and the flowering of the tabulator era -- Insurance enters the computer era : 1940s-1970s -- Early engagement between life insurance and computing -- Insurance adoption and use of the earliest commercial computers : the 1950s -- Ongoing incremental migration : insurance use of computers into the 1970s -- Case studies in insurance computing : New England Life and Aetna -- Conclusion: structuring the information age
Insurance in the pre-computer era : 1900-1940s -- Institutional context for information processing in early 20th century life insurance -- First impressions and first uses : insurance and tabulating, 1890-1911 -- The push towards printing : tabulating technology and insurance, 1910-1924 -- Insurance associations and the flowering of the tabulator era -- Insurance enters the computer era : 1940s-1970s -- Early engagement between life insurance and computing -- Insurance adoption and use of the earliest commercial computers : the 1950s -- Ongoing incremental migration : insurance use of computers into the 1970s -- Case studies in insurance computing : New England Life and Aetna -- Conclusion: structuring the information age.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (S. 333-351) and index
Beschreibung:X, 351 S
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ISBN:0801880866
0-8018-8086-6