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Business-Owned Life Insurance $11.64 Business-Owned Life Insurance |
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Cgu Li HK Bold $499 Download the Cgu Li HK Bold font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format. |
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Regulating the Business of Insurance in a Federal System $66.5 Regulating the Business of Insurance in a Federal System |
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Business Knowledge for It in Insurance $65.48 "Business Knowledge for IT in Insurance" deals with the alignment of IT and business in Insurance industry as well as the Reinsurance industry. The idea behind this publication is to introduce IT professionals to the concepts of the Insurance and Reinsurance. The chapters in the book cover the following topics: Overview of Insurance; Types of Insurance products; Overview of Reinsurance; Recent trends in Insurance; Risk and Insurance; Business Processes in Insurance;Systems used in the Insurance industry; IT projects that can be executed in Insurance companies; And much more. "Business knowledge for IT in Insurance" is an invaluable reference handbook for IT professionals. It is also useful for both undergraduate and graduate students in Information Technology – related degree programmes. |
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The Fair Value of Insurance Business $186.98 Risk Management: FASB recently postponed the implementation of its new rules on accounting for the use of derivatives instruments. However, if the final set of rules for figuring the fair value of derivatives is not carefully crafted, it may be possible that companies prudently hedging their risks are subject to penalties in their financial reports, while companies taking greater risks appear to have less volatile financial performance. Compared to banks and other financial intermediaries, life insurance companies have the longest term and most complex liabilities, and hence the new FASB requirement poses the most severe challenges to the life insurance industry. The lessons learned from the debate among life insurance academics and professionals about how respond to the fair value reporting rule will be instructive to their counterparts in other sectors of the insurance industry, as well as those involved with other financial institutions. Of particular note are the two papers which comprise Part III. The first provides examples of the fair valuing of annuity contracts, while the second offers examples of the fair valuing of term insurance products. As the papers collected in The Fair Value of Insurance Business extend and update some of the issues treated in a previous Salomon Center conference volume, The Fair Value of Insurance Liabilities, this new volume may be viewed as a companion to the earlier book. |
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The Business of Insurance $31.98 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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Business Insurance $17.48 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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Insurance $47.45 Insurance |
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Islamic Insurance $47.48 Some Muslims believe insurance is unnecessary, as society should help its victims. Muslims can no longer ignore the fact that they live, trade and communicate with open global systems, and they can no longer ignore the need for banking and insurance. Aly Khorshid demonstrates how initial clerical apprehensions were overcome to create pioneering Muslim-friendly banking systems, and applies the lessons learnt to a workable insurance framework by which Muslims can compete with non-Muslims in business and have cover in daily life. The book uses relevant Quranic and Sunnah extracts, and the arguments of pro- and anti-insurance jurists to arrive at its conclusion that Muslims can enjoy the peace of mind and equity of an Islamic insurance scheme. |
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Fire Insurance; The Essentials of the Fire Insurance Business $21.48 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III FIRE INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES A survey of the subject of insurance in the United States naturally falls into four periods, each of which has its own peculiar characteristics. We do not mean by this that the growth was not gradual, but rather that there were certain distinct elements in one period which distinguishes it from the others. These periods are as follows: First Period?Formative Time?1721-1835. Second Period?Reservation? 1835-1866. Third Period?Co-operation and Rates?1866-1911. Fourth Period?Growth of Government Insurance?1906 to the Present Time. First Period Formation of Companies The early colonists who came to this country were largely inhabitants of northern Europe. Some came from England, some from France, others from the Netherlands and some from Germany. The Englishman brought with him the ideas, customs and political thought of England, and the Frenchman the same from France. This was equally true of the Hollander and the German. The need of some form of protection against the perils of the sea and the ravages of fire was felt by the people of northern Europe. The plan, however, had not been worked out and it was in a very crude condition. There canbe no question but what those who braved the dangers of the sea felt the greater need of protection and were consequently the first in the field with requests for insurance. As early as 1682 vessels engaged in trade between England and the Colonies were insured against the dangers of the sea. Vessels coming to Boston. Philadelphia, New Amsterdam, and Jamestown were undoubtedly insured as were also their cargoes. Marine insurance was, therefore, the first form to be found in the early Colonies. In 1 721 an advertisement appeared in the American Weekly Mercury announcing that Jo… |
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Property Insurance, Marine and Fire $40.48 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1914 Original Publisher: Yale University Press Subjects: Insurance, Fire Insurance, Marine Insurance, Boiler Business |
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The Insurance Statutes of the United States and Canada $90.98 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: Insurance Monitor Subjects: Insurance law Insurance Business |
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Life Insurance Contracts in Canada $35.98 Subtitle: A Treatise on the Scope, Making, Character and Effect of the Contract for the Insurance of Life in Canada, With Special Reference to Insurance by Which a Trust Is Created General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: Canada Law Book Co. Subjects: Insurance, Life Insurance law Insurance law Canada Insurance, Life Canada Insurance, Life Law and legislation Canada Business |
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The Science and Art of Writing Life Insurance $25.98 Publisher: New York insurance school Publication date: 1910 Subjects: Life insurance agents Business |
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Insurance for Dummies $15.99 Now updated — your guide to getting the best insurance policy. Are you intimidated by insurance? Have no fear — this easy-to-understand guide explains everything you need to know, from getting the most coverage at the best price to dealing with adjusters, filing claims, and more. Whether you’re looking for personal or business insurance, you’ll see how to avoid common pitfalls, lower your costs, and get what you deserve at claim time.:; Get to know the basics — understand how to make good insurance decisions and reduce the chances of a financial loss in your life;. Take your insurance on the road — manage your personal automobile risks, handle special situations, insure recreational vehicles, and deal with insurance adjusters;. Understand homeowner’s and renter’s insurance — know what is and isn’t covered by typical policies, common exclusions and pitfalls, and how to cover yourself against personal lawsuits;. Buy the right umbrella policy — discover the advantages, and coordinate your policies to cover the gaps;. Manage life, health, and disability risks — explore individual and group policies, understand Medicare basics, and evaluate long-term disability and long-term-care insurance. Open the book and find:.:; The best life, health, home, and auto policies;. Strategies for handling the claims process to get what you deserve;. Tips on adjusting your deductible to suit your lifestyle;. How to navigate healthcare policies;. Ways to reduce your risk and your premiums;. Common traps and loopholes;. Considerations for grads, freelancers, and remote workers |
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Insurance For Dummies $14.19 Now updated – your guide to getting the best insurance policy Are you intimidated by insurance? Have no fear – this easy-to-understand guide explains everything you need to know, from getting the most coverage at the best price to dealing with adjusters, filing claims, and more. Whether you’re looking for personal or business insurance, you’ll see how to avoid common pitfalls, lower your costs, and get what you deserve at claim time. Get to know the basics – understand how to make good insurance decisions and reduce the chances of a financial loss in your life Take your insurance on the road – manage your personal automobile risks, handle special situations, insure recreational vehicles, and deal with insurance adjusters Understand homeowner’s and renter’s insurance – know what is and isn’t covered by typical policies, common exclusions and pitfalls, and how to cover yourself against personal lawsuits Buy the right umbrella policy – discover the advantages, and coordinate your policies to cover the gaps Manage life, health, and disability risks – explore individual and group policies, understand Medicare basics, and evaluate long-term disability and long-term-care insurance Open the book and find: The best life, health, home, and auto policies Strategies for handling the claims process to get what you deserve Tips on adjusting your deductible to suit your lifestyle How to navigate healthcare policies Ways to reduce your risk and your premiums Common traps and loopholes Considerations for grads, freelancers, and remote workers |
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Allianz and the German Insurance Business, 1933-1945 $49 This history of the internationally prominent insurance corporation Allianz AG in the Nazi era is based largely on new or previously unavailable archival sources. This book joins a growing body of scholarship based on free access to the records of German corporations in the Nazi era. |
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Insurance in Private International Law $65 This volume provides an analysis of insurance in private international law for international business lawyers, including discussion of the jurisdictional and choice of laws issues arising from cross-border contracts of insurance and reinsurance concluded by electronic means. |
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Hide! Here Comes the Insurance Guy: Understanding Business Insurance and Risk Management $16.98 If you are ready for simple explanations, practical solutions, and time-tested strategies that will reap huge savings in insurance costs, then Hide Here Comes the Insurance Guy is here to help Rick Vassar, a certified expert in the commercial insurance arena, writes from a risk manager’s perspective as he tackles the often confusing field of commercial insurance with his real numbers, real solutions strategy. Developed not just as an initial learning tool but also as an ongoing resource for experienced managers as well as the uninitiated, this simple guide will help busy executives and business owners reduce expenses in their current programs. Vassar will teach you four distinct steps for controlling your insurance costs: Understand the language and the process Know the players and how to better manage the process Develop a strategy and a plan to maximize coverage for minimal cost Invest the time and gain real financial benefits With a fresh perspective, this guidebook provides insight into an industry that is constantly evolving, and it shows how you can potentially save your company millions of dollars in insurance costs |
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Questions and Answers on Life Insurance $20.19 Need help facing the constant barrage of information from competing life insurance companies? With twenty years of experience in the life insurance business, Tony Steuer delivers a practical, one-of-a-kind resource for choosing the best life insurance pol |
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History of the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Industrial Insurance) 1875-1900 $26.48 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: Prudential Press Subjects: Insurance, Life Industrial life insurance Life insurance Business |
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Insurance? $6 Insurance? – The Higher |
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The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance $27 The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance presents new research and findings on key aspects of the economics of the property-casualty insurance industry. The volume explores the industrial organization, regulation, financing, and taxation of this business. The first paper, on external financing and insurance cycles, contains a wealth of information on trends and patterns in the industry’s financial structure. The last essay, which compares performance of stock and mutual insurance companies, takes a fresh look at the way a company’s organizational structure affects its responses to different economic situations. Two papers focus on rate regulation in the auto insurance industry, and provide broad overviews of the structure and economics of the insurance industry as a whole. Also addressed are the system of regulating insurance companies in the United States, who insures the insurers, and the effects of tax law changes in the 1980s on the prices of insurance policies. |
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Life and Health Insurance $129.98 This current, accurate and detailed industry guide for financial service professionals examines life and health insurance "simultaneously from the viewpoints of the buyer, the advisor, and the insurer"–providing a comprehensive and unbiased treatise on individual and group life; a forthright appraisal of life and health insurance industry products with careful consideration of the environment; and a complete examination of life insurance company operations and regulation. Bases financial treatment of life insured operations on modern financial theory, and devotes entire chapters to the economics of life and health insurance; individual life and health insurance policies; life and health insurance evaluation; the uses of life and health insurance in personal and business planning; government and employee benefit plans; and the management, operation, and regulation of life insurance companies. Offers a strong global orientation, supporting fundamental concepts with an extensive integration of economic and financial theory and international comparisons, and examines how today’s health insurance products fit into a broad framework from a contractual, cost, and performance viewpoints. New chapters on the tax treatment of life and health insurance address such areas as estate planning, retirement planning, and the business uses of life and health insurance. For financial planners, salesmen, actuaries, investment managers, attorneys, CPAs, and other financial service professionals. |
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Business Insurance; A Concise Description of the Adaptation of Life Insurance to Corporations, Business Firms, and Individuals $17.98 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BUSINESS INSURANCE CHAPTER I WHAT IS BUSINESS INSURANCE? The latter-day tendency of commercial practice is to throw every possible safeguard around business enterprises. Speculative elements are eliminated or reduced to a minimum. Conservatism is the prevailing policy. Deferred liabilities are anticipated by timely reserves and provision is made for adverse contingencies. It has been found by tried experience that all these buttresses of the business structure may be most certainly and economically erected on the basis of insurance in various forms. Thus, the conservative concern of today protects itself with fire, liability,credit, fidelity, burglar, and perhaps other kinds of policies. Primary Purpose of Insurance The primary purpose of any kind of insurance is to furnish indemnity for the loss of a valuable asset. Strangely enough, business concerns insured against the less serious and more reparable class of casualties long before they awoke to an appreciation of life insurance as a means of compensation for what is generally the greatest mishap that may befall a corporation or firm. From the time of the marine loans of the Greeks, described by Demosthenes, commercial insurance in one form or another has been known, but it is only in recent years that the application of life insurance to the needs of business has come into practice. Since its introduction, however, this latest extension of insurance has become so widespread that it is safe to predict its ultimate adoption as generally as liability and, perhaps, fire insurance TKlbat is Business Insurance? The potentiality of life insurance as a factor in commercial stability may be inferred from a public utterance made a few years ago by an officer of one of our leading mercantile agencies. He declared… |
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The Business of Life Insurance $45.98 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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Insurance Laws of the State of California $45.98 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1917 Original Publisher: California State Printing Office Subjects: Insurance law Business |
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Glossary of Insurance Policy Terms $51.98 The OECD has produced a unique glossary of insurance policy terms which covers selected topics ranging from insurance policy regulation/supervision to general trade issues. It includes technical terms related to issues such as claims, premiums and provisions with specific references to individual countries and cross-references to the OECD Insurance Guidelines for Economies in Transition and related OECD publications. It is a reference tool for public officials in the insurance sector, and academic and business communities worldwide. |
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Reforming the Insurance Market in Russia $42 This book presents an in-depth historical and analytical review of the reform process in the Russian insurance sector. The report examines the state of the Russian insurance industry, analyses market dynamics and structure, and assesses the major reform initiatives that have occurred in the sector over the past years. Of crucial importance in the reform process was the revision of the organisational structure of the Russian insurance business, improvement of solvency and capitalization requirements for insurance companies, liberalization of the market, and enhancement of supervisory oversight with the establishment of the Federal Service for Insurance Supervision. . The report concludes with a series of policy recommendations for policymakers and insurance market players. They are designed to further improve the legal and regulatory framework and to strengthen the insurance industry management structure, operational mechanisms and competitive capacity. |
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Risk Management and Insurance $74.55 For many years, introductory insurance textbooks presented insurance as a subject based in contracts. Slowly, the course has moved toward a consumer orientation, providing students with a broad, descriptive survey of the insurance field, covering topics such as legal aspects, life and health, and property and liability. Over the past 10 years, textbooks began to promote, and to a limited degree, incorporate a stronger business risk management component while maintaining a consumer orientation. Harrington/Niehaus’ Risk Management and Insurance 2e is written to take the next step offering the essential aspects of insurance contracts and the insurance industry while providing a substantially more conceptual analysis and attention to business risk management and public policy issues that exists in current texts. |
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Dictionary of Insurance Terms $13.98 A valuable quick-reference fact-finder for agents, brokers, actuaries, underwriters, and ordinary consumers, this handbook defines approximately 4,500 key terms used in the insurance industry. Definitions apply to life, health, property, and casualty insurance, as well as to home ownersa and tenantsa insurance, professional liability insurance, pension plans, and individual retirement accounts. Purchase of insurance policies constitutes a major lifetime expenditure for the average consumer, and an important function of this book is to help non-experts understand what they need and exactly what they are buying when they purchase insurance. Author Harvey Rubin, a Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, opens with an overview of the insurance industry that points out the many financial instruments available from insurance companies to businesses, professionals and average consumers. He devotes the remainder of this book to definitions, descriptions, and examples that translate technical insurance terminology into clear, comprehensible English. Here is an enlightening and accessible business guide that deserves a place on every home bookshelf. The "New York Times " calls this book a. . . helpful, particularly for employee benefit and retirement issues.a |
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Fire Insurance: The Essentials of the Fire Insurance Business $23.98 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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Insurance Statistics Yearbook 1994-2001 $184 The insurance industry is a key component of the economy by virtue of the amount of premiums it collects, the scale of its investment and, more fundamentally, the essential social and economic role it plays in covering personal and business risks. This annual publication provides major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries as well as Singapore which has an observer status to the OECD Insurance Committee. |
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Health Care, Ethics and Insurance $19.16 This comprehensive and sometimes controversial book provides an essential survey of the key issues in health insurance. It is a valuable read for students and teachers of Business Studies as well as health professionals of all kinds. |
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Insurance Law: Doctrines and Principles $66.48 The second edition of Insurance Law: Doctrines and Principles published six years after the widely acclaimed first edition, builds on the reputation of the first edition by offering a detailed examination of the developing law of insurance, combining exposition of the law with critical analysis. The book is designed with the needs of the typical undergraduate in mind, while also providing the essential framework for those studying insurance law at postgraduate level. The text is enhanced by extensive citations to case law and academic commentaries, making the book ideal for students, scholars and practitioners alike. This new edition has been substantially restructured to complement the authors Insurance Law: Cases and Materials (Hart Publishing, 2004). The book is divided into two parts. Part I considers the regulation of insurance business and the general principles underlying the law of insurance contracts. Part II examines the way in which these principles are shaped by the particular insurance context in which they operate. Insurance law is a rapidly developing subject and this edition takes account of the many significant judicial and statutory developments. The book is readable and authoritative, with a sound grasp of the realities of insurance practice; it is well sourced and generous with supplementary points. A welcome addition to the writing team is Rob Merkin, Lloyds Law Reports Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Southampton, who has contributed new chapters on reinsurance and conflicts of law.The first edition was cited with approval by the Supreme Court of Canada in Oldfield v Transamerica Life Insurance Co of Canada (2002)."Lowry & Rawlings is a welcome addition to the ranks of insurance law textbooks and a serious contender for the student readership in this field."Nicholas Legh-Jones QC, Lloyds Maritime Commercial Law Quarterly"I recommend the book for undergraduate use, and as a starting point for postgraduate use. The book is well written and full of clear explanations of a difficult field of the law." Neil Campbell, Law Quarterly Review ..".can be warmly recommended for purchase or use by lecturers and students in the subject."Dennis Dowding, The Law Teacher"a very useful text on insurance law eminently readable, good and critical it is clearly a text of the highest calibre." Reuben Hasson, Canadian Business Law Journal |
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Opportunities in Insurance Careers $6.98 Ensure your success with a career you enjoy Get started in a career that has a future and is financially rewarding. "Opportunities in Insurance Careers" provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the field of insurance. This career-boosting book will help you: Determine the specialty that’s right for you, from sales to claims to marketing Acquire in-depth knowledge of the insurance business Find out what kind of salary you can expect Understand the daily routine of your chosen field Focus your job search using industry resources Enjoy a great career as an: Account executive – Claims representative – Actuary – Underwriter – Adjuster |
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Insurance Statistics Yearbook 2005 $168 This publication provides annual information on insurance activities including: number of companies, number of employees, premiums by type of insurance, market share by foreign companies in each country, business written abroad, premiums in terms of risk destination (foreign or domestic risks), foreign and domestic investments, gross claims payments, gross operating expenses and commissions, OECD market share, penetration, density, and premiums per employee. Coverage is provided for all OECD countries from 1994 onwards. Data are presented in national currency values. |
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Life and Health Insurance, 13th Edition $63.86 This current, accurate and detailed industry guide for financial service professionals examines life and health insurance simultaneously from the viewpoints of the buyer, the advisor, and the insurer—providing a comprehensive and unbiased treatise on individual and group life; a forthright appraisal of life and health insurance industry products with careful consideration of the environment; and a complete examination of life insurance company operations and regulation. Bases financial treatment of life insured operations on modern financial theory, and devotes entire chapters to the economics of life and health insurance; individual life and health insurance policies; life and health insurance evaluation; the uses of life and health insurance in personal and business planning; government and employee benefit plans; and the management, operation, and regulation of life insurance companies. Offers a strong global orientation, supporting fundamental concepts with an extensive integration of economic and financial theory and international comparisons, and examines how today’s health insurance products fit into a broad framework from a contractual, cost, and performance viewpoints. New chapters on the tax treatment of life and health insurance address such areas as estate planning, retirement planning, and the business uses of life and health insurance. For financial planners, salesmen, actuaries, investment managers, attorneys, CPAs, and other financial service professionals. |
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The Successful Insurance Agent; A Guide to the Establishment of a Profitable Insurance Business $25.98 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II Early Days (continued) We now see the agent, fully equipped with theoretical knowledge, turning his attention to the practical or money-making side of his job. The whole world is before him. Much of it is insured, but scarcely any of it is adequately insured under every possible heading. He will soon find out that his personal connection, from which he must make a start, becomes exhausted in a relatively short time, and his tact and worldliness must be exercised to the full to get introductions to a wider circle. Business by Correspondence. One or two most successful agents have built up an enormous business by a system of wholesale letter writing to persons who ought to be insured. One in particular has insured, by correspondence alone, something like one half of the white official and combatant residents of India. Another, working for a colonial company from its London office, has insured hundreds of lives, mostly for large amounts. Both derive a large income from their correspondence methods. One had a specialknowledge of the needs of white people in India, the other, working in England, had no more knowledge of the people he addressed than could be found in the pages of the directories. The difficulty for a beginner is that this correspondence method, to be effective, must be done on a large scale, and the extravagant cost of postage, which the Post Office has imposed, tends to suppress all postal intercourse save the most urgent letters and circulars. At the same time the insurance agent must let his neighbours know that he is an agent, and that the study of the business which he has made can be turned to their advantage. The best way to do that, indeed the only way at the start, is to see them personally, first providing himself with carefully conside… |
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Government Insurance of Bank Deposits $24.48 Subtitle: Reprint of Portions of Articles by Alexander H. Revell, Governor E.h. Hoch, James B. Forgan, Professor J.l. Loughlin ] H.m. Zimmerman and Others Publisher: Democrat printing company Publication date: 1908 Subjects: Deposit insurance Banks and banking Business |
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The New Health Insurance Solution $24.95 You no longer need a traditional employer plan to get good, affordable health insurance. The New Health Insurance Solution can help you cut your health insurance costs in half if: You’re self-employed, an independent contractor, or your employer doesn’t provide health insurance (you can probably get coverage on your own for about $94/month—a fraction of what an employer would have to pay for the same coverage) You are employed and pay extra to cover your spouse or children under your employer-sponsored plan—you may save 50% by taking them off your employer plan You own a small business and are getting killed by double-digit premium increases—you can now give employees tax-free money to buy their own plans and get your company out of the health insurance business The book also explains in detail the best solutions for you if: You can’t find affordable health insurance because you or a child have an expensive preexisting medical problem (your state has a program to provide you with guaranteed coverage ) You’re currently putting money into an IRA or a 401(k)—because you don’t realize that an HSA is always a better option You’re unsure how you or your parents will be able to afford health insurance during retirement, or how to maximize benefits from Medicare—including the new Part D prescription drug plan The New Health Insurance Solution is the definitive guide to the new ways every American can now get affordable health care—without an employer. |
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Insurance Statistics Yearbook 1995-2004 $168 The insurance industry is a key component of the economy by virtue of the amount of premiums it collects, the scale of its investment and, more fundamentally, the essential social and economic role it plays in covering personal and business risks. This annual publication provides major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries. Data for Singapore, which has an observer status to the OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee, are included in the online and CD-ROM editions of this publication. The reader will find information on the diverse activities of this industry and on international insurance market trends. The data, which are standardised as far as possible, are broken down under numerous sub-headings, and a series of indicators makes the characteristics of the national markets more readily comprehensible. This publication is an essential tool for civil servants, businessmen and academics working in the insurance field. ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM AND ON LINE The database is available on CD-ROM and on line at www.SourceOECD.org . It is in user-friendly software, Beyond 20/20 for Windows, that allows users to extract and export data, prepare customised graphs and tables, and perform their own analysis. . COUNTRIES COVERED. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. |
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Moselle’s Insurance $5.38 Creative artist Moselle Carson gives new life to old items, but she can"t seem to renew her shattered ideal of love. When she returns to her hometown to help with a new family business, memories of a broken heart and small-town gossip chip away the tough exterior she"s erected over the years. Now she"s forced to decide whether she"ll rebuild the wall or trust that true love never dies. |
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Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance (9th Edition) $58.07 This book 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. Specific chapter topics include insurance Regulation and contracts, basic property and liability insurance contracts, homeowners insurance, the personal auto policy, professional financial planning, life insurance policies, annuities, medical expense and disability insurance, standard life insurance contract provisions and options, commercial property insurance, general and special liability insurance, employee benefits, social security, and unemployment and workers’ compensation insurance. For use by individuals in insurance occupations, and by those preparing for the certified financial planner board. |
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Hide! Here Comes the Insurance Guy: A Practical Guide to Understanding Business Insurance and Risk Management $93.48 If you are ready for simple explanations, practical solutions, and time-tested strategies that will reap huge savings in insurance costs, then "Hide Here Comes The Insurance Guy" is here to help Author Rick Vassar, certified as an expert in the commercial insurance arena, writes from a risk manager’s perspective as he tackles the often confusing field of commercial insurance with his real-numbers-real-solutions strategy.Developed not just as an initial learning tool, but also as an ongoing resource for experienced managers as well as the uninitiated, this simple guide will help busy executives and business owners reduce expenses in their current programs. Vassar will teach you four distinct steps to controlling your insurance costs: * Understand the language, understand the process * Know the players, know how to better manage the process * Develop a strategy, develop a plan to maximize coverage for minimal cost * Invest the time, invest in real financial benefits With a fresh perspective, "Hide Here Comes The Insurance Guy" provides insight into an industry that is constantly evolving and changing, and shows how you can potentially save your company millions of dollars in insurance costs www.vassargroup.com |
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Plunkett’s Insurance Industry Almanac 2011 $299.99 Everything you need to know about the business of insurance and risk managementa powerful tool for market research, strategic planning, competitive intelligence or employment searches. Includes trends analysis, statistical tables and profiles of more than 300 of the world’s leading insurance companies, containing addresses, phone numbers and executive names. |
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The Insurance Laws of the State of New York $29.98 Subtitle: Including the General Corporation Law, the Stock Corporation Law, and the Insurance Law … Enacted by the Legislatures of 1890 and 1892 … General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: J. B. Lyon, state printer Subjects: Insurance law Corporation law Business |
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Insurance Statistics Yearbook 2010 $189 This annual publication provides major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries, including data on number of companies, number of employees, premiums by type of insurance, market share by foreign companies in each country, business written abroad, premiums in terms of risk destination (foreign or domestic risks), foreign and domestic investments, gross claims payments, gross operating expenses and commissions, OECD market share, penetration, density, and premiums per employee . Data are available for all OECD countries and Singapore. Data are presented in national currency values. |
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Insurance Products Provided by Insurance Companies to the Disadvantaged Groups in India $5 Documents characteristics of products, offered by private or public companies to address the social protection needs of the poor and excluded groups. Covers accident, health and life insurance as well as provisions regarding loss of income and educational support of children. Explains major notions of the insurance business as well as the roles of insurance agents and brokers. Includes the questionnaire used in the survey. |
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Structured Finance and Insurance $105 Praise for Structured Finance & Insurance “More and more each year, the modern corporation must decide what risks to keep and what risks to shed to remain competitive and to maximize its value for the capital employed. Culp explains the theory and practice of risk transfer through either balance sheet mechanism such as structured finance, derivative transactions, or insurance. Equity is expensive and risk transfer is expensive. As understanding grows, and, as a result, costs continue to fall, ART will continue to replace equity as the means to cushion knowable risks. This book enhances our understanding of ART.” –Myron S. Scholes, Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University “A must-read for everyone offering structured finance as a business, and arguably even more valuable to any one expected to pay for such service.” –Norbert Johanning, Managing Director, DaimlerChrysler Financial Services “Culp’s latest book provides a comprehensive account of the most important financing and risk management innovations in both insurance and capital markets. And it does so by fitting these innovative solutions and products into a single, unified theory of financial markets that integrates the once largely separate disciplines of insurance and risk management with the current theory and practice of corporate finance.” –Don Chew, Editor, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (a Morgan Stanley publication) “This exciting book is a comprehensive read on alternative insurance solutions available to corporations. It focuses on the real benefits, economical and practical, of alternatives such as captives, rent-a-captive, and mutuals. An excellent introduction to the very complex field of alternative risk transfer (ART).” –Paul Wohrmann, PhD, Head of the Center of Excellence ART and member of theExecutive Management of Global Corporate in Europe, Zurich Financial Services “Structured Finance and Insurance transcends Silos to reach the Enterprise Mountaintop. Culp superbly details integrated, captive, multiple triggers and capital market products, and provides the architectural blueprints for enterprise risk innovation.” –Paul Wagner, Director, Risk Management, AGL Resources Inc. |
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History and Operation of Fraternal Insurance $25.48 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATING PLANS Although the purposes of the fraternal benefit system remained essentially the same throughout its growth, the plans upon which the societies operated underwent a remarkable development. The founders of the first society visualized the results they desired to attain. They were unacquainted with the principles of the life insurance business and, had they possessed a working knowledge of that science, we may hold the belief that they would have rejected such principles. They were too complicated for their plans. Anyway, the life insurance business was in bad repute in the years immediately following the Civil War because of numerous frauds and failures. The fraternalists desired to establish a worthy institution in a simple way. They organized their insurance plan as a mutual co-operative society, the members each paying an equal amount as contribution to a fund for the family of a member who died. It was indeed simple and easy to explain?when a member died, each of the others were to contribute a dollar. This is known as post-mortem assessment insurance. It is workable as long as the members hold together. The history of the Ancient Order of United Workmen shows that the early members were not troubled by actuarial calculations, the accumulation of a reserve, nor the increased cost of insurance as a result of rising mortality with advancing age. Actuaries and their calculations were unknown, a reserve was believed for a greatmany years to be necessary only for commercial insurance, and they had a wholesome respect for and faith in brotherly co-operation to satisfy the demands of the future. The ties which bind men together in an unselfish enterprise were deemed to be sufficient to guarantee prompt responses to assessment calls, t… |
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Allianz and the German Insurance Business, 1933 1945 $69.98 Gerald Feldman’s history of the internationally prominent insurance corporation Allianz AG in the Nazi era is based largely on new or previously unavailable archival sources, making this a more accurate account of Allianz and the men who directed its business than was ever before possible. Feldman takes the reader through varied cases of collaboration and conflict with the Nazi regime with fairness and a commitment to informed analysis, touching on issues of damages in the Pogrom of 1938, insuring facilities used in forced labor camps, and the problems of denazification and restitution. The broader issues examined in this study–when cooperation with Nazi policies was compulsory and when it was complicit, the way in which profit, ideology, and opportunism played a role in corporate decision making, and the question of how Jewish insurance assets were expropriated–are particularly relevant today given the ongoing international debate about restitution for Holocaust survivors. This book joins a growing body of scholarship based on open access to the records of German corporations in the Nazi era. Gerald D. Feldman is Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley. His book, The Great Disorder (Oxford, 1993) received the DAAD Book Prize of the German Historical Association and the Book Prize for Central European History from the American Historical Association. He was an invited expert at the London Gold Conference in December 1997 and at the U.S. Conference on Holocaust Assets in Washington, D.C. in December 1998 and served as an advisor to the Presidential Commision on Holocaust Assets in the United States. |
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Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide $15.79 This easy-to-read guide takes the intimidation out of running a family child care business through legal and insurance planning. From researching and purchasing homeowner’s, liability, auto and disability insurance to protecting against lawsuits, th |
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Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office $18.59 Keep current with all the latest changes with this complete resource! Trusted by medical insurance instructors and billers for more than 30 years, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office helps you excel at all aspects of insurance billing for a full range of today’s health care plans. In full color, this edition includes all the new regulations, such as the latest information on HIPAA, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, bill collection strategies, and Medicare.Meticulously reviewed by a panel of industry experts. Emphasis on the business of running a medical office highlights the importance of the medical insurance specialist’s role in filing clean claims, solving problems, and collecting overdue payments. Key terms are bolded at first mention, explained within the context of the discussion, and defined in the glossary. Key points summarize important chapter content. Block-by-block explanations and examples demonstrate the correct way to complete the CMS-1500 claim form. Completed sample insurance forms apply concepts to real life. Unique payer icons clarify CMS claim form completion. Form icons and Computer icons ease the transition from paper to electronic filing. Special HIPAA Alerts ensure compliance with governmental privacy regulations. Guidelines for the filing and submission of electronic claims include the do’s and don’ts for the electronic environment. Service to Patient features discuss ways to provide quality service to the patient as well as to your co-workers. A documentation chapter covers the principles of documentation and shows how proper documentation can prevent penalties and refund requests, and help you prove compliance in the case of an audit or review. An Evolve website includes supplemental Medisoft activities, self-assessment quizzes, updates of content, and web links for further research and study. A workbook contains learning tips, review exercises, cases, and critical thinking activities for hands-on experience with real-world cases. (Available separately.) Updated learning objectives correlate directly to the text, making it easier to study and to measure your progress.New CMS-1500 form filler software on Evolve provides additional exercises for hands-on practice. |
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Health and Accident Insurance Policies Under the Standard Provisions Law; Report of an Investigation $25.98 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: Blied printing company Subjects: Insurance, Health Insurance, Accident Insurance law Business |
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10 Steps to Success: A Commonsense Guide to Building a Successful Insurance Business $13.98 Advanced praise for "10 Steps to Success"- ‘.outstanding, insightful and very timely for the newer agent. It also serves as a reminder to the veteran agent as well. Your ideas are easily understood and should be accepted by those who read the book. This should help many " -David Carter, sales director, "Midland East American Family Insurance Group" Learn how to be a successful insurance agent with the simple techniques in "10 Steps to Success," Author Daniel S. Fowler utilizes his thirty years of experience in the insurance business to illustrate how to work smarter rather than harder toward building a successful insurance agency. Fowler’s unique information applies to almost any business and will give you the tips you need to achieve your goals, including: Building relationships Marketing and business plans Listening to yourself and your clients The importance of good employees "With 10 Steps to Success," Fowler shows you how to provide not only the service people expect, but also the service people don’t expect. |
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Introduction to Aviation Insurance and Risk Management $42.54 The third edition of Introduction to Aviation Insurance and Risk Management has provided the opportunity to improve the book and extend its life into the 21st Century. Old material has been deleted and newer, more timely material added. Unlike the previous editions a number of industry professionals have contributed to the new version. Despite these changes the primary purpose of the book remains the same–to introduce the basic principles of insurance and risk with their special application to the aviation industry. It has been designed for several similar, yet distinct audiences: the college student, corporate pilots or fixed base operators, and individuals in the insurance business. |
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Analysis of Policy Conditions of American and Canadian Life Insurance Companies $28.98 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: The Spectator Co. Subjects: Life insurance policies Insurance, Life Business |
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Plunkett’s Insurance Industry Almanac 2010 $299.99 Everything you need to know about the business of insurance and risk management–a powerful tool for market research, strategic planning, competetive intelligence or employment searches. Contains trends, statistical tables and an industry glossary. Also provides profiles of more than 300 of the world's leading insurance companies–includes addresses, phone numbers, and executive names. |
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The Analysis of Insurance Earnings $37.98 Analysis of earnings in most industries consists of a relatively simple breakdown of revenue and expenses. Insurance business is more complex; the emergence of profit is determined by pricing assumptions, reserves and divergences between the assumptions and actual experience over the lifetime of the business. These extra complexities have given rise to a process commonly known as earnings-by-source. This process is designed to explain earnings relative to the underlying sources. Unfortunately in many companies, even if this process is carried out, the usefulness of it as a management tool is frequently overlooked. The reasons for this are varied, ranging from difficulty in explaining results to questions over the validity of the results themselves. The formula and methodology described in this book was developed from first principles in order to address these issues and make it beneficial as a management tool. |
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Training for a Life Insurance Agent $19.48 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III Salesmanship A Good substitute should be found for the word " salesmanship " because the word, or that for which it stands, is actually in disrepute on account of being considered, in the minds of altogether too many individuals, as representing a sort of cunning, the possession of which is rather against, than for, the individual. Unless this condition can be corrected so that the meaning is interpreted as being a high order of approach, which results in the meeting of minds, some other word which better comports with advanced ideas on selling should be substituted. Small consideration should be given the idea that only a favored few are born salesmen, because only the unfavored minority cannot become efficient members of a sales organization. Every individual is selling something every day of his life. A good salesman is a born gentleman who is not lazy. All human accomplishment hinges around salesmanship. Even advertising is a form of salesmanship. Salesmanship is driving power?militancy?not the noisy, flamboyant kind, but that born of industry, enterprise, determination and inherent gentlemanly qualities. A Life Insurance salesman is a composite individual, exercising the qualities of the ordinary salesman, plus functions of the leading professions, combined with the knowledge of the economist and sociologist. Life Insurance salesmanship has been shunned because of the percentage of failures registered by those who engaged in the work, and because of the common misconception of the importance and dignity of the business as a profession. Failures in salesmanship?not alone in Life Insurance, but in every field?have been multiplied owing to the lack of constructive sales methods in the decorum employed in daily work, and the unscientific methods o… |
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Performance of the Chinese Insurance Industry under Economic Reforms $40 The Chinese insurance industry has experienced rapid development during the past decade. This original book is the first study in English literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency. The authors suggest alternative ways to improve performance of insurance companies in China and make useful policy recommendations on regulation, competition and development of the insurance industry. They expand the applications of data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis in the literature on technical efficiency and discuss managerial implications for both insurance companies and policymakers. "Performance of the Chinese Insurance Industry under Economic Reforms" will be momentous for academic researchers and students of economics, finance and business. Managers of financial institutions in China and the rest of the world will find this important book intriguing, as will policymakers and regulators working in the financial and insurance industry. |
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A Treatise on the Principles of Indemnity in Marine Insurance, Bottomry and Respondentia $43.48 Subtitle: And on Their Practical Application in Effecting Those Contracts, and in the Adjustment of All Claims Arising Out of Them … General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1824 Original Publisher: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy Subjects: Insurance, Marine Bottomry and respondentia Marine insurance Business |
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Construction Insurance, Bonding, & Risk Management $97.48 Don’t let a construction lawsuit wipe you out. More and more construction contractors are getting sued these days. Make sure you protect yourself against costly litigation with Construction Insurance, Bonding and Risk Management edited by William J. Palmer, James Maloney, and John L. Heffron. Written in jargon-free language, this quick-and-easy resource will help you identify and manage risk in every phase of construction–from bidding on the job to driving home the final nail. You get the know-how you need to make sense of today’s confusing array of insurance and bonds and to select the best coverage for your general business operations, individual contracts, job bidding and more. |
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Adkisson’s Captive Insurance Companies: An Introduction to Captives, Closely-Held Insurance Companies, and Risk Retention Groups $29.48 A captive insurance company is, in a nutshell, an insurance company formed by a business owner to insure the risks of the operating business. The operating business pays premiums to the captive, and the captive insures the risks of the operating business. A captive is much more than an exotic form of self-insurance: It is the creation of a new insurance company that has the potential to grow from being a mere captive into a full-blown insurance company seeking to profit from underwriting the risks of others. "Adkisson’s Captive Insurance Companies" provides a basic introduction to captives and their benefits, including: utilize your own experience ratings; recapture underwriting profits; underwrite exposed risks and deductibles; access the reinsurance markets; and transfer wealth between generations. This book also provides a unique look at the wealth transfer, accumulation and preservation advantages of captives, as well as an overview of the types of captives, taxation of captives, and captive domiciles. |
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Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide: How to Reduce the Risks of Running Your Business $6.98 This easy-to-read guide takes the intimidation out of running a family child care business through legal and insurance planning. From researching and purchasing homeowner’s, liability, auto and disability insurance to protecting against lawsuits, the "Family Child Care Legal and Insurance Guide" details the many practical ways business owners can maximize their knowledge about the safeguards needed to ensure the health and prosperity of their businesses. |
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The Businessman’s Guide to Term Life Insurance $23.98 "The Businessman’s Guide to Term Life Insurance" is just what it sounds like. It is the penultimate guide for businessmen and business owners to assist them in making long term decisions regarding term life insurance policies. This guide is the first of its kind available to businessmen to assist them in discerning for themselves the ins and outs of life insurance and the best choices for them depending on their circumstances. Honestly, it is a robust guide to life if you ask us, but more importantly, it helps the reader to really determine what is important in their responsibilities to their loved ones and business partners and if it is important in terms of life insurance, this guide discusses it in a very matter-of-fact manner and with little discourse about it. This guide makes it easy to discern for yourself exactly what you need and how much of it. Mr. Weatherford is a very seasoned insurance executive with almost 40 years of experience in the insurance business. He tells it like it is, all without any nonsense and in a clear and upfront manner. Don’t expect to be pampered in this book. This book is written cut and dry without any softening of the information. If you want real advice and not a pat on the back, this is the book for you. If you want consolation, see a therapist, because this book is nothing like that. As a matter of fact, you might need to see a therapist after you read this book because it will read you your last rights as a businessman and leave you with nothing more to guess about it. Prepare to be over-prepared for any emergency or accident in your career, family life and business concerns. This book packs a punch and leaves you feeling secure and prepared to make important decisions where it counts the most. Published by GK Books, Hardcover, First Edition. 236 Pages, 5.5 in. x 8.5 in. Guidebook Format http://www.GeorgeWeatherford.com/ |
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The Risk Management and Insurance Guidebook for Industry $33.98 Written for all business sizes in all sectors and industries, this how to book provides step-by-step instructions for creating and administering a successful risk management program. It shows both new and veteran risk-managers, safety directors, and other financial and operational personnel how to identify risks, set up a risk management program, protect against losses, and maintain adequate insurance coverage for ongoing risk exposures. |
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The Pinsent Masons Guide To Insurance Distribution: Law And Regulation $65.19 In Britain a single authority the Financial Services Authority (FSA) created by an Act of Parliament in 2000 acts as the country’s regulator for insurance investment business and banking. By contrast in the USA each state effects its own financial and insurance regulatory framework. But Federal regulation has been pushed to the forefront by the current economic meltdown. Since the recent near failure of insurance giant AIG in September 2008 there have been calls for the US to embrace federal regulation of the insurance industry as early as 2009. It is in this context that The Pinsent Masons Guide to Insurance Distribution can serve as a useful reference book. Written by specialists at Pinsent Masons a commercial law firm specializing in insurance this guide outlines British regulatory law covering insurance companies creating partnering distribution agreements – those detailed arrangements between insurers and the parties who can sell and distribute insurance policies on the insurers’ behalf. Readable and accessible it deals with all aspects of the distribution of insurance through third party providers the responsibilities and liabilities within the context of current law and good practice. Written by specialists at Pinsent Masons a commercial law firm specializing in insurance this guide outlines British regulatory law covering insurance companies creating partnering distribution agreements – those detailed arrangements between insurers and the parties who can sell and distribute insurance policies on the insurers’ behalf. Readable and accessible it deals with all aspects of the distribution of insurance through third party providers the responsibilities and liabilities within the context of current law and good practice. |
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Insurance Ethics for a More Ethical World $57.99 This series explores the central and unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a flourishing, pluralistic, free enterprise economy. It examines how profit seeking and not-for-profit organizations can be conceived and designed to satisfy legitimate human needs in an ethical and meaningful way. The authors submit rigorous research studies from a wide variety of academic perspectives including: business management, philosophy, sociology, psychology, religion, accounting, finance, and marketing. * Focuses on ethical issues in the insurance industry * Includes a variety of disciplines with authros from over 30 countries * Papers were selected from the best presentations at the Twelfth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, held Oct. 2005 in Manhattan |
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The Insurance Maze: How You Can Save Money on Insurance-And Still Get the Coverage You Need $3.48 Before You Buy Another Insurance Policy Read this Book Without proper insurance–health, auto, homeowners, life, disability, or long-term care–an unexpected event can quickly derail your financial plans and put your life savings at risk. Insurance is an essential part of financial planning, but many people are paying hundreds – sometimes thousands — of dollars more than they need to, and often, they buy the wrong kinds of coverage. With your family’s financial future at stake, you can’t afford to make the wrong decisions when shopping for insurance. In "The Insurance Maze: How You Can Save Money on Insurance–and Still Get the Coverage You Need," industry expert and writer Kimberly Lankford breaks through the clutter and jargon of the industry and helps you make the most of your coverage and avoid expensive mistakes that can jeopardize your financial future. Some of the topics addressed include: -Mistakes people make when choosing employer-provided health plans -and how to find a better deal on your own -Strategies for making the most of health savings accounts -Why it’s dangerous to make small homeowners insurance claims -How to benefit from plummeting life insurance prices -Major pricing changes in auto insurance that could save you hundreds of dollars -Steps you can take to avoid problems at claim time -Why long-term care insurance is essential to protect your retirement savings, and how to minimize rising premiums As a journalist writing about insurance for more than a decade, Kim Lankford has been investigating the business from the inside and out – writing about sales strategies for insurance company executives and agents at the beginning of her career, then revealing those strategies to consumers as the chief insurance writer for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine and author of the "Ask Kim" column. Lankford’s inside knowledge of the business has made her one of the best-known insurance writers in the country. |
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The Insurance Cyclopeadia $34.11 The Insurance Cyclopeadia |
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Insurance Adjuster $25.74 Insurance Adjuster |
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The Insurance Maze $17.14 The Insurance Maze |
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Insurance Dictionary $11.65 Insurance Dictionary |
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Insurance Intermediation $67.5 Insurance Intermediation |
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The Insurance Man $22.8 The Insurance Man |
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Fundamentals of Insurance $70.25 Fundamentals of Insurance |
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The History of Life Insurance in the United States to 1870: With an Introduction to Its Development Abroad (1920) $19.48 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: University of Pennsylvaia Subjects: Insurance, Life Life insurance Business |
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Insurance, a Practical Exposition for the Student and Business Man $26.98 This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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Practical Remarks on the Present State of Fire Insurance Business $17.98 This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. |
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The Law of Insurance Agency; A Digest of Important Decisions Affecting Fire Insurance Agents and Agency $34.48 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: agent or officer of the company in which such insurance or reinsurance is effected, acts or aids in any manner in negotiating contracts of insurance or reinsurance or placing risks or effecting insurance or reinsurance for a person other than himself, shall be an insurance broker, except as provided in Section 90." ONE WHO NEGOTIATES INSURANCE FOR A DULY LICENSED AGENT IS A BROKER, AND IS AMENABLE TO THE PROVISIONS OP SECTION 93, CHAPTER 214, STATUTE OF 1887. One who negotiates insurance in domestic companies and holds no license under the statute as agent or broker, but who furnishes to a duly licensed agent the names of those desiring insurance for the purpose of aiding such agent to effect insurance and who benefits in the insurance so written by a stipulated commission, is an insurance broker within Statute 1887, Chapter 214, Section 93, and can be punished for acting as a broker without a license. Pratt vs. Burton, Mass. S. J. C., 168 Mass, 596. A BROKER IN A FOREIGN STATE WHO SENDS AN APPLICATION TO THE MANAGER OF A MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY, IS NOT THE AGENT OF THE COMPANY. M was an insurance broker in Illinois, and at the request of B, who was manager for an insurance company in Massachusetts and received a commission on the business he transacted for it, forwarded an application which set forth the conditions on which it accepted or rejected the insurance proposed; and B paid M a commission for such service, delivering the policy issued on such application to M, who, in turn, delivered it to insured. Held, That in procuring the policy, M was not acting as the agent of the company through whose manager it was issued. Commonwealth Mut. Fire Ins. Co. vs. Fairbanks Canning Co., Mass. S. C., 173 Mass Rep., 161., MICHIGAN. Act 1895. BROKER FOR COMPANIES … |
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So You Want to Be an Insurance Agent 2nd Edition $32.48 There is more to selling insurance than writing policies. When done right, you can build a successful business that affords you a lifestyle that most people only dream about. Why try to figure it out on your own when you can learn from someone who has already been there and done that? Jeff Hastings knows insurance, and he knows how to build a profitable business. Since starting as a file clerk with Farmers Insurance Group in 1985, Jeff has built an extraordinary business, consistently receiving top awards, including District Manager of the Year in 2005. He and the agents in his district have achieved phenomenal success, and now he shares the keys to their success with you. |
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The Laws of Insurance; Fire, Life, Accident, and Guarantee. Embodying Cases in the English, Scotch, Irish, American, and Canadian $26.98 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: The Blackstone Publishing Co.; Publication date: 1889; Subjects: Insurance law; Fire insurance; Life insurance; Accident insurance; Surety and fidelity insurance; Insurance, Fire; Insurance, Life; Insurance, Accident; Insurance, Surety and fidelity; Business |
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A History of the Insurance Company of North America of Philadelphia; The Oldest Fire and Marine Insurance Company in America. Bega $25.98 Title: A History of the Insurance Company of North America of Philadelphia: the Oldest Fire and Marine Insurance Company in America. Began Business as an Association in 1792. Incorporated 1794 Publisher: Philadelphia: Press of Review Publishing and Printing Company Publication date: 1885 Subjects: Insurance Company of North America Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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Treatises on Average, and Adjustments of Losses in Marine Insurance $35.98 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden; Publication date: 1833; Subjects: Average (Maritime law); Insurance, Marine; Marine insurance; Business |
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Handbook of the Law of Insurance. $37.48 The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School LibraryCTRG95-B3229Includes index.St. Paul, Minn.: West, 1904. xiv, 683 p.; 24 cm |
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Insult to Injury: Insurance, Fraud, and the Big Business of Bad Faith $3.48 Joan Hangarter bought a disability policy in 1990 to protect her in case of serious illness. When she did become disabled a decade later, she ended up homeless and on welfare when the company refused to pay. With the help of her attorney, Ray Bourhis, she fought back, winning a $7.7 million verdict against the company. In "Insult to Injury, Bourhis walks readers through this case study in bad faith double-dealing by insurance providers. Bourhis, a national champion of policy-holder rights, uses an engaging narrative style to reveal the back-room strategic mind-set that drives these illegal practices, how low-level employees are duped into unethical conduct, and how insurers manipulate data and witnesses in the few cases that do go to trial. He also explains the key regulatory oversights that encourage such corruption, and how the American legal system actually facilitates insurer fraud. "Insult to Injury closes with a roadmap to reform — advice no one who holds a policy can afford to ignore. |
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The Fire Insurance Contract; Its History and Interpretation, Comp. and Ed. By, and Pub. Under the Auspices of the Insurance Societ $86.98 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IV FUNDAMENTALS IN THE LAW OF INSURANCE AND WHY ADOPTED George Richards Richards and Affeld, Lawyers The law of insurance owes its origin and early development to the skill and intelligence of business men. The leading doctrines of insurance law are founded upon trade usage, and trade usage is the. result of the experience, not of lawyers, but of the mercantile community?underwriters, brokers?lay experts like yourselves. John Duer, one of our most learned judges, writing of insurance in his lectures, says: "Merchants were its sole inventors; the custom of merchants supplied the rules by which it was governed, and, for a long period, all its controversies were exclusively decided either by the arbitration of merchants, or by tribunals especially established for their use. It was not a subject of positive law, nor within the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts of justice." And to similar effect, the United States Supreme Court declares "the contract of insurance is an exotic in the common law." While proud of some of our American institutions, we must frankly admit that the fundamentals of our insurance law, like our common law generally, came to us as an inheritance from England, and the amazing fact is that until the beginning of the seventeenth century, although marine insurance had been practiced to a considerable extent in that and other countries of Europe for hundreds of years, we find no English statute relating to the subject, and no case in the common law reports shedding light on the meaning of the insurance contract. In the earliest act of Parliament relating to insurance, adopted in 1601, occur the following recitals: Whereas, it hath been time out of mind an usage amongst merchants when they make any great adventure to give some consideration… |
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Workmen’s Compensation and Industrial Insurance Under Modern Conditions (2) $85.48 Subtitle: … Including a Full Text of the Statutes in Force January 1, 1913, in Germany, England and the Several States of America Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1913 Original Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill company Subjects: Employers’ liability Industrial life insurance Workers’ compensation Social security Insurance, Industrial Insurance, Employers’ liability Business |
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Vulture Culture: Dirty Deals, Unpaid Claims, and the Coming Collapse of the Insurance Industry $3.98 The insurance industry is on the brink of collapse… Why do we need to care? And who should we blame? What we don’t know about the insurance business could-and likely will-hurt us. From the Hurricane Katrina fiasco of unpaid claims, to a revolving door in which former insurance executives regulate their own busniess before returning to it themselves, this is a shocking account of an industry on the brink of collapse, and what must be done to fix it before it’s too late. |
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How to Conduct the Real Estate, Insurance and General Brokerage Business; A Brief Treatise on Those Methods and Virtues Entering I $24.48 Subtitle: A Brief Treatise on Those Methods and Virtues Entering Into Real Estate Transactions, Which Experienced Brokers Have Found Conducive to the Greatest Success; With Chapters on Real Estate and Personal Property; Estates; Landlord and Tenant; Real Estate Titles and Rights of Property Holders General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1921 Original Publisher: Realty Book Co. Subjects: Real estate business Insurance Business |
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The Insurance Company $6 The Insurance Company – Isaac Hayes |
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Liability and Compensation Insurance; A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the Insurance Institute of Hartford, 1913 $24.48 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LIABILITY CONTRACT J. E. RHODES, 2d The Travelers Insurance Company January 21, 1913 Liability insurance, in common with all other forms of legitimate underwriting, depends for its validity on the doctrine of "insurable interest." It is not necessary for our purpose to attempt any definition of this term, for that task has already involved the courts in all kinds of perplexities and we may leave the difficulty to them, but by way of introduction I want to state that the matter of the validity of the liability contract has been before the courts a number of times, and the principle of the contract has in each instance been sustained. In brief I would say that a person’s legal liability to respond in damages to others who may be injured by his negligence has been recognized as a lawful subject for insurance protection, and the validity of the liability contract has thus been established. The validity of the liability contract has been sustained at common law, and in several states it has been sanctioned by statutory enactment. The principle on which the common law sustains the contract bears a close analogy to the rule allowing a bailee to protect himself by insurance from loss because of damage done to goods in his possession for the purpose of the bailment. This principle has been established by sustaining the validity of insurance contracts made by common carriers to protect themselves from loss by reason of the liability imposed by law on carriers for the care of goods while in transit. Phoenix Insurance Co. vs. Erie and Western Transportation Co., 112 U. S. 312. The right to transact the business of liability insurance was questioned in Massachusetts soon after the introduction of the business into the United States, but in Employers Liability Assurance Corpora… |
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Social Insurance, a Program of Social Reform $18.98 Publisher: The Macmillan Company Publication date: 1910 Subjects: Social security Old age pensions Business |
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Broke: The Broken Contractor’s Insurance System and How to Fix It $16.98 The system is broken: Construction CEOs are buying contractor’s insurance based on the lowest premium, and the "savings" are costing them a fortune: up to $20 lost for every claim dollar spent. The status quo can break a growing company, because brokers get paid their commission, whether or not they help prevent claims, manage risks or improves safety — and in most cases, they don’t. Contractors can go broke: driven into bankruptcy by hidden exposures and insurance loopholes that leave them blind-sided to their biggest risks. Construction Risk Advisor Robert Phelan deconstructs the broken system with common-sense ideas to fix it: ways to help prevent the high cost of low-priced coverage and keep contractors from the dangers that can bring down their business. |
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‘Gotcha’: International Marine Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy $18.48 STEAL, CHEAT, AND LIE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP–a growing practice on both sides of the Atlantic that’s costing consumers millions each year. Marine insurance is based on "Uberrimae Fidei" or utmost good faith but it hasn’t worked out that way. Author Ed Geary closely examines the schemes of marine insurance fraud and conspiracy that involves not only boat owners and policy holders, but insurance brokers, and marine underwriters. During his five year USCG training mission of the Venezuelan Coastguard Geary’s disclosure of the Central Intelligence Agency’s clandestine Operation Deep Six to destabilize the elected government of Venezuela and install Hugo Chavez as president put him in the cross-hairs of the Agency. Silencing him became an even greater priority when Geary exposed the CIA’s theft of high value yachts used in idiotic schemes to smuggle of narcotics from Colombia to the United States. "Gotcha" delves into the flawed business practices of The London Salvage Association that ultimately destroyed an organization that’s been around before the reign of Queen Victoria and exposes the fraud and "trickle-down-corruption" that has tainted the Lloyd’s Agency System. After the melt-down of ENRON and WorldCom the cover-up of Arthur Andersen’s fraudulent ship valuation conspiracy by the once reliable "Lloyd’s List "in London challenges the imagination. |
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Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off $24.48 Whether you currently have health insurance, are looking to purchase it, or believe it is simply something you cannot afford to buy, Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off offers every consumer a complete and concise guide to getting the most from individual, small business, Medicare, Medigap, and employer health insurance. This book and the accompanying website www.BestHealthInsuranceBook.com features: * Advice from health insurance agents and financial advisors. *A step-by-step process that guides you through buying health insurance * Plenty of sidebars and illustrations to keep a dry topic interesting * A method to compare your health insurance options, dollar-to-dollar, to get the best deal * Ways to avoid pitfalls, scams, and rip-offs using real world tips and examples * Tips to avoid losing health insurance when you leave a job, retire, retire early, or get laid off *Listings in the book and online that direct you to the right government, association, and business resources *A way to get your best deal whether you are young, old, healthy, or have a medical condition. Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off is concise, saving you time by not including any fluff or filler that you have to wade through, just useful information that is easy to understand and apply. Truly a hands-on cookbook for buying health insurance. Get a Good Deal on Your Health Insurance Without Getting Ripped-Off contains everything you need to know to make an educated decision about your health insurance and to be in control of this complex purchase. |
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Introduction to Insurance Mathematics: Technical and Financial Features of Risk Transfers $120.98 The book aims at presenting technical and financial features of life insurance, non-life insurance, pension plans. The book has been planned assuming non-actuarial readers as its "natural" target, namely – advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Economics, Business and Finance; – professionals and technicians operating in Insurance and pension areas, whose job may regard investments, risk analysis, financial reporting, etc, and hence implies a communication with actuarial professionals and managers. Given the assumed target, the book focuses on technical and financial aspects of insurance, however avoiding the use of complex mathematical tools. In this sense, the book can be placed at some "midpoint" of the existing literature, part of which adopts more formal approaches to insurance problems implying the use of non-elementary mathematics, whereas another part addresses practical questions totally avoiding even simple mathematical tools (which, in our opinion, can conversely provide effective tools for presenting technical and financial features of the insurance business). |
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Insurance & Technology $64.99 Reaches over 18,000 insurance executives, providing technology strategies for the insurance industry. |
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What Is Insurance? $8.23 Introduces insurance, the different types of insurance and why each type is important. |
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Investigating Long-Term Care Options: What You Need to Know (Quick Prep) $25 “This product provides an authoritative, insider�s perspective from the elder law attorney on some of the key issues to consider when a family or individual is making long-term care decisions. It guides the reader through the decision-making process for purchasing long-term care insurance, planning for at-home care, and visiting and evaluating nursing homes and other facilities. Additionally, it offers advice on where to find the most valuable resources and discusses the importance of planning early in order to avoid hasty decision making if an unexpected health problem does occur.” |
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The Business of Insurance: A Text Book and Reference Work Covering All Lines of Insurance, Written by Eighty Eminent Experts $31.48 This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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Build Your Business Vocabulary $32.48 BUILD YOUR BUSINESS VOCABULARY contains graded vocabulary exercises in a huge range of business areas: banking, social, presentations, insurance, law, management, personnel, product, and sales. This is the ideal complement to most business courses. |
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A Manual of Maritime Law; Being a Digest of the Laws of Shipping and Insurance, for the Use of Merchants, Shipowners, Shipmasters, $39.98 Subtitle: Being a Digest of the Laws of Shipping and Insurance, for the Use of Merchants, Shipowners, Shipmasters, and the Legal Profession. With a Very Copious Appendix Containing the Existing Statutes, Pilots’ and Custom-House Regulations, Etc., and Forms of Deeds and Writs Publisher: Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Co. Publication date: 1842 Subjects: Maritime law Marine insurance Business |
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Report on Insurance Business in the United States at the Eleventh Census, 1890, Volume 2 $28.98 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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The New York Insurance Law; Being the Statutory Revision of the Laws Affecting Insurance Companies Enacted in 1892, with All Amend $18.98 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: amination to be made by himself or by one or more competent and disinterested persons specially appointed by him for that purpose, into the affairs of the corporation or proposed corporation. If such persons, after examination made, shall certify under oath, if it be a stock corporation, that the amount of capital required by law has been paid in and is possessed by it in cash, or is invested in the manner required by law; or if a mutual or co-operative corporation, that it has received and is in actual possession of the capital, premiums or engagements of insurance to the full extent required by law, the superintendent shall file such certificate in his department. Every such insurance corporation shall also deposit with the superintendent of insurance, before receiving authority to transact business in this state, such sums of money or securities as may be required by law. R.S., 1631, L. 1849, ch. 308, 11. Id., 1675, L. 1851, ch. 95, 1. Id., 1687, L. 1877, ch. 4.39, 1. Am’d by chap. 725 of 1893. Am’d by chap. 326 of 1906. In effect April 27, 1906. See section 28. Foreign companies must comply with requirements imposed on domestic companies as to paid-up capital. In re N. C. Ins. Co., A. G. Op., April 1, 1893. When the laws of a foreign government are silent as to the deposits by our companies and U. S. government bonds are in fact accepted, the superintendent is authorized to accept the securities of such government. In re Dutch Nat. Bonds, A. G. Op., June 7, 1893. All preliminary engagements become valid only upon organization of company. William v. Babcock, 25 Barb. 109. Certificate of examiners under statute of 1849. Jones v. Dana, 24 Barb. 395; In re Worlds Ins. Co., 40 Barb. 499; Hart v. Achelles, 28 Barb. 576; Chase v. Lord, 77 N. Y. 1… |
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Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy $85.48 Protect Your System from the Disastrous Loss of Data The success of information backup systems does not rest on IT administrators alone. Rather, a well-designed backup system comes about only when several key factors coalesce-business involvement, IT acceptance, best practice designs, enterprise software, and reliable hardware. Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy provides organizations with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and features involved in effective enterprise backups. Instead of focusing on any individual backup product, this book recommends corporate procedures and policies that need to be established for comprehensive data protection. It provides relevant information to any organization, regardless of which operating systems or applications are deployed, what backup system is in place, or what planning has been done for business continuity. It explains how backup must be included in every phase of system planning, development, operation, and maintenance. It also provides techniques for analyzing and improving current backup system performance. After reviewing the concepts in this book, organizations will be able to answer these questions with respect to their enterprise: What features and functionality should be expected in a backup environment? What terminology and concepts are unique to backup software, and what can be related to other areas? How can a backup system be monitored successfully? How can the performance of a backup system be improved? What features are just window dressing and should be ignored, as opposed to those features that are relevant? Backup and recovery systems touch on just about every system in an organization. Properly implemented, they can provide an enterprise with greater assurance that its information is safe. By utilizing the information in this book, organizations can take a greater step toward improving the security of their data and preventing the devastating loss of data and business revenue that can occur with poorly constructed or inefficient systems. |
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The Microeconomics of Insurance $110.48 The Microeconomics of Insurance presents the core elements of the microeconomic analysis of insurance markets. The aim of this analysis is to understand how insurance markets work, their fundamental economic functions, and how efficiently insurance markets perform. Topics include the variables influencing the demand for insurance, the supply of insurance, premium setting, regulation of insurance markets, adverse selection and moral hazard. It is presented in a straightforward manner such that it is accessible to senior undergraduate and graduate economics students, insurance professionals, and researchers. |
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Business Math $4.48 This brief edition of "Business Math "reflects more than 28 years of author involvement with business math education and the business community. The linking of mathematics with real business practices in real businesses gives readers a better appreciation for and understanding of the concepts that are vital in the business world. Updated in a new 8th edition, this book is filled with updated chapter-opening scenarios, chapter-ending case studies, cases, boxed features, and exercise sets. It is organized in workbook format and opens with chapters on basic math. Coverage includes banking, business statistics, trade and cash discounts, markups and markdowns, payroll, consumer credit, mortgages, insurance, taxes, and stocks and bonds. For entrepreneurs and anyone interested in personal finance. |
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The American Title Insurance Industry: How a Cartel Fleeces the American Consumer $50.48 After World War II, banks and other mortgage lenders began requiring insurance to protect them against flawed or defective real estate titles. Over the past sixty years, the title insurance industry has grown steadily in size, power, and secrecy: policies are available for both lenders and property owners and many title insurers offer an array of other real estate services, such as escrow and appraisal. Yet details about the industryas operational procedures remain closely guarded from public exposure. In The American Title Insurance Industry, Joseph and David Eaton present evidence that improvements in recordkeeping over the last sixty years–particularly the advent of computers–have reduced the likelihood of a defective title going unnoticed in a property transaction. But the industryas flaws run deeper than mere obsolescence: in most states, title insurers are allowed to engage in anticompetitive business practices, including price-fixing. Among the findings in this meticulously researched study are instances of insurers charging premiums well above the amount necessary to compensate them for assuming the risk of defect and identical policies with identical risk that vary in price by hundreds of percentage points for different geographic locations.The authors also examine the widely ignored role that the federal and most state governments play in perpetuating the title insurance industryas unfair practices. Whereas most private industries prefer as little government intervention as possible, title insurers welcome it. Federal statue exempts title insurers from anti-trust liability, opening the door for price-fixing and destroying any semblance of free-market competition or market power for consumers.A landmark study for elected officials, and all those involved in the insurance, real estate, and brokerage industries, The American Title Insurance Industry brings to light a long-neglected problem–and offers suggestions for how it might be remedied. |
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Changes in the Life Insurance Industry: Efficiency, Technology and Risk Management $216.98 Major challenges for life insurance companies have been posed by an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry and the emergence of non-traditional competitors such as banks, mutual fund companies and investment advisory firms. This is the first book to analyze the determinants of firm performance in the life insurance industry by identifying the best practices’ employed by leading insurers to succeed in this dynamic business environment. The book draws upon data from insurer financial statements as well as upon an extensive survey of life insurer management practices and strategic choices in distribution systems, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, human resources and financial strategies. Generic strategies such as cost leadership, customer focus, and product differentiation are analyzed as well as strategic practices specific to the insurance industry. Best practices are identified by measuring the economic efficiency of insurers and by comparing firms across the industry. Both cost and revenue efficiency are measured relative to best practice efficient frontiers consisting of the industry’s dominant life insurance firms. Economies of scale and the effects of mergers and acquisitions on efficiency are also analyzed. Financial strategies are examined with specific reference to pricing policy, valuation of assets and liabilities, and the current state of firm-level risk management systems. The benchmarks established are the result of extensive fieldwork that identifies key financial risks and methodologies to both measure and manage them at the firm level. The results discussed in the book indicate that firm performance is significantlycorrelated with management practices and strategic choices. Thus, life insurers can improve profitability by adopting optimal combinations of strategies. The book contains important new material on the effects of strategic choices in product distribution systems, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, and financial risk management policies. In the area of efficiency, the methodology provides a new approach for identifying peer groups of insurers and measuring the performance of individual insurers relative to their peer group. On the topics of risk and pricing, new insights are offered relative to current methodologies and in regard to areas where improvement is clearly warranted. The book concludes with an analysis of the future opportunities and challenges in the life insurance industry facing managers, and the strategic options available to them to cope with these changes. |
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Insurance Directory 2010 $62.36 Insurance Directory 2010 |
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Concise Encyclopedia of Insurance Terms $118.75 Concise Encyclopedia of Insurance Terms |
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