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For upper level undergraduate/graduate courses in Principles of Insurance and Risk Management.

This text focuses on problem-solving from managerial, consumer, and societal perspectives. It emphasizes both the business managerial aspects of risk management and insurance and the numerous consumer applications of the concept of risk management and insurance transaction.

• NEW - Extended and revised chapter on financial planning.

  • Provides students with greater detail and more complete coverage of an important topic.

• NEW - Added section on terrorism insurance—In Chapter 2, and references to aftermath of September 11 throughout.

  • Keeps students up-to-date with the latest development and current practices.

• NEW - Material on financial risk management and hedging techniques—Chapter 17.

  • Discusses insurance as one of several hedging technologies and highlights the added importance of financial risk management especially following the World Trade Center terrorism. Many firms found they couldn���t afford or couldn���t find traditional insurance, so other approaches are being explored and discussed.

• NEW - Revised international risk management case study.

  • Provides a current example to show students relevancy.

• NEW - Updated material on health insurance— Includes new problems such as the double-digit annual increases in health care costs, new research, and thorough refreshing of entire chapter.

  • Current topic that effects us all.

• NEW - Internet hyperlinks woven throughout.

  • Directs students to interesting and relevant web sites in every chapter.

• Coverage of current events facing the insurance industry.

  • Alerts students to relevant topics such as the future of Social Security, financing AIDS, and the feasibility of national health insurance.

• Valuable pedagogical aids.

  • Reinforces students' comprehension of material with Review questions at the end of each chapter.

  • Challenges students' critical thinking skills with Case Studies that require student solutions.

  • Encourages students' use of computers and spreadsheets with Research Assignments.

  • Provides students with many interesting examples and graphical illustrations.

• Extended and revised chapter on financial planning.

  • Provides students with greater detail and more complete coverage of an important topic.

• Added section on terrorism insurance—In Chapter 2, and references to aftermath of September 11 throughout.

  • Keeps students up-to-date with the latest development and current practices.

• Material on financial risk management and hedging techniques—Chapter 17.

  • Discusses insurance as one of several hedging technologies and highlights the added importance of financial risk management especially following the World Trade Center terrorism. Many firms found they couldn���t afford or couldn���t find traditional insurance, so other approaches are being explored and discussed.

• Revised international risk management case study.

  • Provides a current example to show students relevancy.

• Updated material on health insurance— Includes new problems such as the double-digit annual increases in health care costs, new research, and thorough refreshing of entire chapter.

  • Current topic that effects us all.

• Internet hyperlinks woven throughout.

  • Directs students to interesting and relevant web sites in every chapter.

 1. Fundamentals and Terminology.


 2. Defining the Insurable Event.


 3. Risk Management.


 4. Financial Services Companies.


 5. Insurance Occupations.


 6. The Insurance Market: The Economic Problem.


 7. Insurance Regulation.


 8. Insurance Contracts.


 9. Basic Property and Liability Insurance Contracts.


10. Homeowners Insurance.


11. The Personal Auto Policy.


12. Professional Financial Planning.


13. Life Insurance Policies.


14. Annuities.


15. Medical Expense and Disability Insurance.


16. Standard Life Insurance Contract Provisions and Options.


17. Advanced Topics in Risk Management.


18. Commercial Property Insurance.


19. General Liability Insurance.


20. Special Liability Insurance.


21. Bonding, Crime Insurance, and Reinsurance.


22. Employee Benefits.


23. Social Security.


24. Unemployment and Workers' Compensation Insurance.


Glossary.


Appendices.

Risk Management / Insurance  (Insurance)

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  Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, 9/E
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  ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 600 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132242273 | ISBN-13: 9780132242271
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  For upper level undergraduate/graduate courses in Principles of Insurance and Risk Management.

   

  Drawing from the author’s 35-plus years of teaching experience, this book introduces students to basic insurance concepts from the consumer’s point of view and equips them with the tools to make intelligent, informed insurance purchasing decisions.

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