Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a means by which people can protect themselves【C1】______large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay small sums of money【C2】______an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only a few will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes【C3】______of the sums of money it has collected. The first modern fire insurance company was fromed in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just【C4】______most of the city, and people wanted to protect against further losses. The fire company grew rapidly.【C5】______, other companies were founded in other areas. Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company inAmerica in 1752. He also suggested a new kind of insurance for【C6】______. The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops by storm. In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start【C7】______new insurance. This company, which offered life insurance, collected some money【C8】______from different men. Although a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is still in business. Over the years, people have【C9】______from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from such accidents as car, plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has【C10】______kind of insurance.