Handbook of Insurance

ISBN 10: 1493908618 / ISBN 13: 9781493908615

Published by Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Insurance
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493908618
• ISBN 13: 9781493908615
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1973.1 grams

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Synopsis

This new edition of the Handbook of Insurance reviews the last forty years of research developments in insurance and its related fields. A single reference source for professors, researchers, graduate students, regulators, consultants and practitioners, the book starts with the history and foundations of risk and insurance theory, followed by a review of prevention and precaution, asymmetric information, risk management, insurance pricing, new financial innovations, reinsurance, corporate governance, capital allocation, securitization, systemic risk, insurance regulation, the industrial organization of insurance markets and other insurance market applications. It ends with health insurance, longevity risk, long-term care insurance, life insurance financial products and social insurance.

This second version of the Handbook contains 15 new chapters. Each of the 37 chapters has been written by leading authorities in risk and insurance research, all contributions have been peer reviewed, and each chapter can be read independently of the others.

About the Author

Georges Dionne, Professor, Department of Finance HEC Montr al Montr al (Qu bec) Canada H3T 2A7