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
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