- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall; 2 edition (5 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0273663658
- ISBN-13: 978-0273663652
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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This book provides broad coverage of the terminology employed in insurance, including legal and financial terms likely to be used in everyday insurance activities. It is an indispensable guide to practitioners in insurance seeking a quick introduction to, or revision of a topic. Business advisers and other non-specialists will also find it helpful as a starting point on insurance problems. It contains in-excess of 3500 fully cross-referenced insurance and insurance related terms, abbreviations, special terms and useful addresses, there will also be a detailed section on regulatory issues, containing several specimen policy forms illustrating terms in context of the respective policy.The new edition contains new risk management terms, and up to date regulatory and compliance matters, legal cases, and polices.
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Including over 3500 insurance and insurance related terms, this accessible and indispensable companion gives you a wealth of insightful and time-saving information at your fingertips!
TheDictionary of Insurance provides a quick and comprehensive reference to help insurance practitioners and commercial insurance buyers through the modern maze of financial and risk management terms. It will also provide consumers with a better understanding of the insurance products they may buy.
This dictionary provides clear, accessible coverage of the terminology employed in insurance, including legal and financial terms used in everyday insurance activities.
New terms and topics have arisen over the last decade as a result of significant changes in the insurance industry. Cutting through the jargon to provide a clear, time-saving resource. It also contains new definitions that have resulted from all the major changes including:
- The Single European market and the Insurance Directives
- The creation of the Financial Services Authority as a sole regulator for financial services
- The convergence of banking and insurance
- The development of alternative risk transfer
- The continuing development of risk management and market developments affecting both commercial and personal business.
This wealth of time-saving information will ensure that both insurance professionals and non-specialists alike keep up to date with the latest insurance terms and topics.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book from Amazon (super fast delivery by the way) a few months ago. I've been working in the London Market Insurance industry for about 6 months in Catastrophe risk.
I have 2 dictionaries on my desk, the Oxford English Dictionary and the FT Dictionary of Insurance. Every time I come across a word that I don't understand the proper meaning of, I pick up the Oxford English Dictionary and it provides me with a clear, concise definition which immediately leads to me understanding the word.
Every time I come across an insurance term that i don't know/understand I pick up the FT Dictionary of Insurance. More often than not, the word I am searching for is not in the dictionary (out of about 100 searches, I've so far found about 20 definitions). On the few occasions where the term is in the dictionary, it is often accompanied by a hazy definition that tends to confuse me more than before I picked up the book.
This is the second edition of the book first published in 1992. I can only come to the conclusion that many of the terms/definitions are very old and have not been adequately revised in the 2004 second edition.
I can't stress enough how poor a companion this dictionary is. The only reason it receives 2 stars instead of one is because it's well presented.
I have 2 dictionaries on my desk, the Oxford English Dictionary and the FT Dictionary of Insurance. Every time I come across a word that I don't understand the proper meaning of, I pick up the Oxford English Dictionary and it provides me with a clear, concise definition which immediately leads to me understanding the word.
Every time I come across an insurance term that i don't know/understand I pick up the FT Dictionary of Insurance. More often than not, the word I am searching for is not in the dictionary (out of about 100 searches, I've so far found about 20 definitions). On the few occasions where the term is in the dictionary, it is often accompanied by a hazy definition that tends to confuse me more than before I picked up the book.
This is the second edition of the book first published in 1992. I can only come to the conclusion that many of the terms/definitions are very old and have not been adequately revised in the 2004 second edition.
I can't stress enough how poor a companion this dictionary is. The only reason it receives 2 stars instead of one is because it's well presented.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I purchased this book on the off chance that it may be what I was looking for; and it was.
The book is as it says,a dictionary of insurance terms, very UK applicable and a must have for any person either creating, or responding to repudiation letters or the like. Clear print on good quality paper, don't make a fool of yourself by misusing or misinterpreting latin words or phrases. Worth every penny.
The book is as it says,a dictionary of insurance terms, very UK applicable and a must have for any person either creating, or responding to repudiation letters or the like. Clear print on good quality paper, don't make a fool of yourself by misusing or misinterpreting latin words or phrases. Worth every penny.
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dictoniary of insurance
20 Mar 2004
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this book is sohelpful for me. it's so professional, it's help me in good understanding of insurance definitions
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