Thursday, December 11, 2008

Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance or Supervision

Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance

Author: Mark S Dorfman

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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Includes new or expanded discussions of such current issues as the potential for catastrophic losses to undermine the solvency of the property insurance industry; the legal problems presented to employers by their hiring, terminating, and supervising practices; the moral and ethical problems faced by insurance agents and brokers; international risk management problems; the potential for private insurance in Eastern Europe; and computer literacy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



Table of Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1 — Fundamentals and Terminology

Chapter 2 — Defining the Insurable Event

Chapter 3 — Risk Management

Chapter 4 — Insurance Companies

Chapter 5 — Insurance Occupations

Chapter 6 — The Insurance Market: The Economic Problem

Chapter 7 — Insurance Regulation

Chapter 8 — Insurance Contracts

Chapter 9 — Basic Property and Liability Insurance Contracts

Chapter 10 — Homeowners Insurance (HO)

Chapter 11 — The Personal Auto Policy

Chapter 12 — Professional Financial Planning

Chapter 13 — Life Insurance Policies

Chapter 14 — Standard Life Insurance Contract Provisions and Options

Chapter 15 — Annuities

Chapter 16 — Medical Expense and Disability Income Insurance

Chapter 17 — Advanced Topics in Risk Management

Chapter 18 — Commercial Property Insurance

Chapter 19 — Commercial Liability Insurance

Chapter 20 — Bonding, Crime Insurance, and Reinsurance

Chapter 21 — Employee Benefits

Chapter 22 — Social Security

Chapter 23 — Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation Insurance

   Glossary

   Appendix A: Homeowners Insurance Policies HO-2 and HO-3

   Appendix B: Personal Auto Policy

   Appendix C: Sample Whole Life Insurance Policy and Application

   Appendix D: Answers to Objective Questions

   Index

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Supervision: Managing for Results

Author: John W Newstrom

This book, first published under the title of What Every Supervisor Should Know, provides the very latest information and the most current points of view from authoritative sources.



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