Show marine insurance marine insurance is the oldest kind ot modern insurance its principles were first employed in the fourteenth century by the merchants ot barcelona in spain when that city was the capital ot the kingdom ot cata conla and when its hardy marinero mariners ma were second to none in the world about the same time and also at barcelona the famous code ot marl time laws known as the consunado consul ado del mar was promulgated which Is the foundation ot the present shipping laws ot every country |