Lloyd’s of London was one of the first institutions to offer insurance to merchants and joint-trade companies. A major part of the insurance system involved people who agreed to take responsibility for the insured losses in return for a fee. What were these risk-takers known as? A. joint-stock companies B. investors C. underwriters D. merchants E. capitalists

C. underwriters

Explanation:

Underwriting refers to  one of the most key aspects in the finance industry where an individual or an organization (underwriter) takes the associated risks with a project, investment, or loan for a fee. An underwriter is any entity that assesses and accepts the risk of payment from another entity. Lloyd's of London started in the 1600s when the shipping and cargo industry grew in London and it became one of the oldest and most well-known insurance firms.

alliances in ww1 were different from ww2 because the entente in ww1 made up of serbia,russia,france,britan,japan and italy later america  and all allied in a sort of balance of power and too keep germany,austria-hungary,and the ottomans down. russia allied the serbians in order to exert its influence in the balkans while france allied the russians because france was still in dismay and insulted after the defeat to the germans during the unification of germany and britian allied the belgians after the germans invasion of belgium.in ww2 the alliances were in a preemptive attempt to deter any further wars into happening while germany and italy allied since they were insulted and humiliated after the previous war while also sharing a similar ideology of facsim along with japan which all 3 had a want for world domination and agreed to assist one another in the endevours 

explanation:

john maynrd keynes developed new economic respose to the                           ( b. great depression if the 1930's)