Show Marine Insurance Marine Insurance is the oldest kind of modern Insurance Its principles were first employed In tho fourteenth century by tho merchants of Barcelona Barce-lona In Spain when that city was tho capital of tho kingdom ot Catalonia Cata-lonia and when Its hardy mariners wero second to none In the world About tho same time and also at Barcelona the famous code of maritime mari-time laws known as tile consulado del mar was promulgated which is tho foundation of tho present shipping laws of every country |