The age of reason for enc search e o natural er Erice develop Insurance also oNly become the eans of co ation within the economy and contribute re and more problems expressed in terms of costs and timeThe age of reason • Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries provided the grounds for accepting actuarial science as a rational means to conduct better business. • The search for laws, the statistical recording of natural events made the insurance develop. • Insurance also helped money become the means of communication within the economy and contributed to more and more problems being expressed in terms of costs and time