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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.
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Do you want to show your students how risk management and insurance will he important in their business and personal lives? Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, Seventh Edition covers financial planning, risk management, and insurance in ways that illustrate how expertise in these fields can be used to solve real problems. Written from managerial, consumer, and societal points of view, this insurance primer deals with both business and consumer issues to give students broad coverage of a variety of topics.
Expanded coverage of current topics now includes: - The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- Financial risk management techniques being used as substitutes for commercial insurance.
- The problems facing the US. social security system.
- The continuing difficulties facing the U.S. health care delivery program, including coverage of the Healthcare Bill of Rights and Patient Rights.
- The potential for private insurance in Eastern Europe.
- The impact and implications of the Internet.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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