Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance (6th Edition) - Hardcover

Dorfman, Mark S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0137521065 ISBN 13: 9780137521067

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Publisher

Focusing on problem solving -- from the managerial, consumer and societal standpoints -- this insurance primer emphasizes both the business managerial aspects of risk management and insurance and the numerous consumer applications of the risk management concept and insurance transaction.

From the Back Cover

Focusing on problem-solving, this book emphasizes the business aspects of risk management as well as consumer applications of risk management and insurance. With an analysis of many current problems facing the insurance industry this book is both relevant and immediate. The sixth edition of Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance has been revised to include coverage of International Risk Management (and a new case study); Employment Practices Liability (with case studies on sexual harassment and the Americans with Disabilities Act); the Emergence of Private Insurance in former Communist countries; and the problems facing Social Security. A reorganization moves consumer insurance coverage forward with commercial insurance toward the rear. The book also includes an appendix on Ethics and Insurance Sales. An essential resource for any insurance professional as well as professionals responsible for risk management in any business.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0137521065
• ISBN 13: 9780137521067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 640