Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance

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Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Pearson College Div
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Summary

For upper level undergraduate and graduate level courses in Principles of Insurance or Risk Management. This text focuses on problem-solving from managerial, consumer, and societal perspectives. It emphasizes both the business managerial aspects of risk management and insurance and the numerous consumer applications of the concept of risk management and insurance transaction.

Table of Contents

Preface xvii
Fundamentals and Terminology
1(17)
Defining the Insurable Event
18(25)
Risk Management
43(23)
Financial Services Companies
66(20)
Insurance Occupation
86(29)
The Insurance Market: The Economic Problem
115(18)
Insurance Regulations
133(24)
Insurance Contracts
157(22)
Basic Property and Liability Insurance Contracts
179(16)
Homeowners Insurance
195(27)
The Personal Auto Policy
222(17)
Professional Financial Planning
239(20)
Life Insurance Policies
259(23)
Annuities
282(12)
Medical Expense and Disability Insurance
294(20)
Standard Life Insurance Contract Provisions and Options
314(15)
Advanced Topics in Risk Management
329(26)
Commercial Property Insurance
355(20)
General Liability Insurance
375(12)
Special Liability Insurance
387(21)
Bonding, Crime Insurance, and Reinsurance
408(14)
Employee Benefits
422(25)
Social Security
447(17)
Unemployment and Workers' Compensation Insurance
464(15)
Glossary 479(16)
Appendix A: Homeowner's Insurance Policy 495(44)
Appendix B: Personal Auto Policy 539(14)
Appendix C: Sample Whole Life Insurance Policy and Application 553(16)
Appendix D: Answers to Objective Questions 569(2)
Index 571

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