The ALA Guide to Information Sources in Insurance, Risk Management, and Actuarial Science

ISBN-13: 9780838912751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str.

Lucy Heckman; Ismael Rivera-Sierra

Opis

The insurance industry is among the most highly regulated industries today, and literature on the field is a complex thicket of sources. Compiled by a team of specialist business librarians, this valuable, one-of-a-kind resource is a comprehensive guide to locating and using information resources about the insurance industry. Pointing researchers, practitioners, faculty and students of business administration, law firms, and anybody interested in researching the insurance industry to the most relevant information, each chapter contains an annotated list of specific print and digital sources, plus explanations on how to make best use of sometimes-forbidding technical materials.

Spis treści

Preface

• Chapter 1: Introductory Guides to Insurance: Consumer Information Sources, Guides, and Popular Works
• Chapter 2: Textbooks: Insurance, Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Related Topics
• Chapter 3: The Insurance Industry: Almanacs, Fact Books, and Statistics; Databases; Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Directories; Handbooks; and Associations
• Chapter 4: The History of Insurance
• Chapter 5: Insurance Law
• Chapter 6: International Insurance
• Chapter 7: Actuarial Science
• Chapter 8: Risk Management
• Chapter 9: Health Care Reform and Health Insurance
• Chapter 10: Annuities and Life Insurance
• Chapter 11: Property/Casualty Insurance, Catastrophe Insurance, and Liability Insurance
• Chapter 12: Employment and Related Insurance: Disability, Employment Benefits, and Workers’ Compensation; Social Insurance and Social Security; and Employee Benefits and Retirement Plans
• Chapter 13: Bank and Financial Insurance: Bank and Credit Insurance and Risk Management; Economics and Insurance; and Finance and Investment Advisory Sources
• Chapter 14: Careers in Insurance and Insurance Education
• Chapter 15: Miscellaneous Insurance and Related Topics
• Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Appendix B: Insurance, Risk Management, and Actuarial Associations and Agencies
• Appendix C: Selected Insurance, Risk Management, and Actuarial Studies Journals
• Appendix D: Insurance, Actuarial Science, and Risk Management Schools and University Departments
• Appendix E: Selected Major Business and Insurance Libraries

Index.