At the origins of private insurance in the Vologda province: the authorized agent merchant I.T. Bovykin

The paper describes the insurance activity of the Vologda merchant Ivan Tikhonovich Bovykin in the second third of the XIX century. The main source of materials was publications in the “Vologda Provincial Gazette” for 1838-1860. According to the data obtained, I.T. Bovykin was the most active authorized agent in the Vologda province, representing the largest and most famous private insurance institutions of the Russian Empire in different years. From 1847 to 1859, he, the only one in the province, was engaged in transport insurance. In the field of fire insurance despite high competition, I.T. Bavykin was active from 1848 to 1859, working on behalf of the country’s oldest insurance joint-stock company. Moreover, during the considered period he was the only agent in the province specializing in life insurance.