The Italian National Insurance Institute Monopoly in the International Debate

Serena Potito is an Associate Professor in Economic History at the Parthenope University in Naples, Italy, Department of Law, where she teaches “Business and Law History”, “History of Public Administration”, “Business History of Fashion, Art and Food”. Her main interests concern the relationships between companies and their historical, economic and political contexts, above all in the context of issues concerning the public intervention in economics, regional disparities, and the Italian economic development – both infrastructural and financial. She has published several essays, including journal articles and book chapters on Italian economic and business history, two books and other contributions to an edited volume on the history of insurance, Italian economic development, Italian emigration, and public-private relations in economics, especially related to the twentieth century.