Branca Bagnara, register 4, 1429–1431, fol. 331r
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Manfreda de Recco, the wife of the deceased Giovanni de Oliverio, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Bartolomeo Cattaneo for an enslaved woman named Cristina, who is approximately 22 years of age and about five months pregnant, for the coverage of 100 Genoese florins. The contract has a term of three months. Manfreda is represented in the contract by the notary Branca Bagnara.