Old-Age Security in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780195068597 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work makes extensive use of seven well-developed historical case studies describing the evolution of public old-age security in industrial nations (Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States) and developing nations (Brazil, Nigeria, and India). The authors focus on specifying contexts in which general theoretical perspectives can be used to account for these developments. One of the few studies which integrates historical and quantitative data, this accessible work will prove helpful to students and researchers of the welfare state, aging policy, and comparative...
This work makes extensive use of seven well-developed historical case studies describing the evolution of public old-age security in industrial nation...
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158,43 zł |
Insurance in the Soviet Union
ISBN: 9780275922559 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although much has been written about the economy of the Soviet Union, little attention has been given to its insurance system. Providing a unique introduction to the topic, Insurance in the Soviet Union examines whether socialist ideology changes the legal foundations and implementation of insurance. The book describes the administrative structure, market, extent of protection, types of policies, and the place of insurance in the general structure of Soviet finance.
Although much has been written about the economy of the Soviet Union, little attention has been given to its insurance system. Providing a unique i... |
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388,08 zł |
Avoiding the Cracks: A Guide to the Workers' Compensation System
ISBN: 9780275936501 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book primarily directed toward assisting injured employees in gaining an understanding of the workers' compensation system, and in helping themselves and their families through the process of recovering from a work-related injury. By means of actual cases, readers are guided in both identification and avoidance of the risks and hazards of the system in order to help them achieve successful resolutions. The book also provides assistance to other involved parties in the workers' compensation system, such as medical professionals, employers, and insurance personnel, so that... This is the first book primarily directed toward assisting injured employees in gaining an understanding of the workers' compensation system, and i... |
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388,08 zł |
The Work Connection: The Role of Social Security in British Economic Regulation
ISBN: 9780333754436 / Angielski / Twarda / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. From discussion of the 'Speenhamland System', the struggle for Family Allowance and a National Minimum Wage, they show how first a Conservative government in the 1970s, and more recently 'New Labour', have used in-work benefits so that today they have become the preferred instrument of intervention in the labour market for setting wages. The authors discuss the ways in which these measures - the new deals for lone parents and young people and the working family tax credit - address issues of...
The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. From discussion of the 'Speenhamland System', the st...
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392,66 zł |
Winning the Insurance Game: The Complete Consumer's Guide to Saving Money
ISBN: 9780385468381 / Angielski / Miękka / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Millions of consumers play the insurance game but don t know how to win. Now Ralph Nader, internationally renowned consumer advocate, and attorney Wesley J. Smith have joined forces to show you how to beat the insurance companies at their own game. In Winning the Insurance Game, Nader and Smith walk you through complex laws and fine print, alerting you to the loopholes and clarifying the world of insurance.
In this groundbreaking book, newly revised and updated to include the latest information, they help put an end to unnecessary spending by offering hundreds of practical tips.... Millions of consumers play the insurance game but don t know how to win. Now Ralph Nader, internationally renowned consumer advocate, and attorney Wes...
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107,63 zł |
Income Redistribution and Social Security: An Application of Microsimulation
ISBN: 9780412570902 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book studies the redistribution impact of social security schemes on income distribution. A detailed model is derived from the particular example of the Netherlands, but the findings have significant implications for all those concerned with social security systems and their political and economic role.
This book studies the redistribution impact of social security schemes on income distribution. A detailed model is derived from the particular example...
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785,36 zł |
Risk Management and Innovation in Japan, Britain and the USA
ISBN: 9780415368063 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assessing and managing risk is vitally important, and is increasingly studied in a range of areas including politics and international relations, finance and insurance, and innovation and the valuing of intangible assets such as patents and intellectual property. The degree to which innovation is encouraged or otherwise - a key factor for many businesses - depends in part on the attitude towards risk in the context in which it takes place. Taplin considers the different attitudes towards risk and innovation, and the different ways in which risk and innovation are handled, in Japan,... Assessing and managing risk is vitally important, and is increasingly studied in a range of areas including politics and international relations, f... |
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200,09 zł |
Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts: Risk Classification, Credibility and Bonus-Malus Systems
ISBN: 9780470026779 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are a wide range of variables for actuaries to consider when calculating a motorist's insurance premium, such as age, gender and type of vehicle. Further to these factors, motorists' rates are subject to experience rating systems, including credibility mechanisms and Bonus Malus systems (BMSs).
Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts presents a comprehensive treatment of the various experience rating systems and their relationships with risk classification. The authors summarize the most recent developments in the field, presenting ratemaking systems, whilst taking into account... There are a wide range of variables for actuaries to consider when calculating a motorist's insurance premium, such as age, gender and type of vehicle...
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587,39 zł |
Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science
ISBN: 9780470846766 / Angielski / Twarda / 1944 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science presents a timely and comprehensive body of knowledge designed to serve as an essential reference for the actuarial profession and all related business and financial activities, as well as researchers and students in actuarial science and related areas. Drawing on the experience of leading international editors and authors from industry and academic research the encyclopedia provides an authoritative exposition of both quantitative methods and practical aspects of actuarial science and insurance. The cross-disciplinary nature of... The Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science presents a timely and comprehensive body of knowledge designed to serve as an essential reference for ... |
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Insurance: From Underwriting to Derivatives: Asset Liability Management in Insurance Companies
ISBN: 9780471492276 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An in-depth look at the increasingly significant convergence between the insurance industry and the capital markets.
This important publication, by two premier financial experts, explores the unique convergence of finance and insurance. The book covers the basics of property-casualty insurance, securitizing insurance risks, looks at life insurance in the United States and ALM in insurance. It addresses the questions and concerns of investment banks, brokerage firms and the insurance/reinsurance sector itself, examines ongoing trends and issues, and how current market pressures on... An in-depth look at the increasingly significant convergence between the insurance industry and the capital markets.
This important publication,... |
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582,12 zł |
Genes and Insurance: Ethical, Legal and Economic Issues
ISBN: 9780521830904 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors of this study emphasize the effectiveness of collectively funded public insurances as opposed to genetic information regulation within the private insurance sector. Genetics has provided tools to determine individuals' risk of future disease, which is of key interest for insurance companies in determining insurance premiums; but persons with high enough risk may remain uninsured. For this reason, genetic information has been regulated. But, regulation may not be the solution, according to the authors, and they call for the resumption of social insurance, a key element of the...
The authors of this study emphasize the effectiveness of collectively funded public insurances as opposed to genetic information regulation within the...
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505,26 zł |
Risks at Sea: Amsterdam Insurance and Maritime Europe, 1766-1780
ISBN: 9780521893879 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book places the marine insurance business of Amsterdam in the wider context of the political economy of Europe during the second half of the eighteenth century. The analysis is based on the simultaneous quotations of premiums for the twenty-two groups of destinations which formed a major part of the commerical matrix of the Netherlands. It considers the operation of the market at two levels. On the one hand, the provision of insurance responded to risk uncertainties in the market: in the 1760s and 1770s, Amsterdam experienced three serious unheavals, in the form of the financial crises...
This book places the marine insurance business of Amsterdam in the wider context of the political economy of Europe during the second half of the eigh...
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215,11 zł |
The Annual Client Review System: A Client Handbook
ISBN: 9780595222544 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,45 zł |
'Gotcha': International Marine Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy
ISBN: 9780595327409 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. STEAL, CHEAT, AND LIE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP--a growing practice on both sides of the Atlantic that's costing consumers millions each year. Marine insurance is based on "Uberrimae Fidei" or utmost good faith but it hasn't worked out that way. Author Ed Geary closely examines the schemes of marine insurance fraud and conspiracy that involves not only boat owners and policy holders, but insurance brokers, and marine underwriters.
STEAL, CHEAT, AND LIE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP--a growing practice on both sides of the Atlantic that's costing consumers millions each year. Marine insura...
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81,59 zł |
A Corporate History of Authur J. Gallagher & Co.
ISBN: 9780595371143 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has grown from one man in 1927 to one of the largest insurance brokers in the world with over 8,000 employees. 'This is a book about a business and a family that, by its example, defines integrity. It is a testament to the fact that business success comes from hardworking, honorable people who care about their clients." Jack Greenberg Former CEO & Chairman, McDonalds Corporation 'Many more decades of the century lie ahead. What makes Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is its culture and its leadership pipeline. These are ingredients of longevity for a successful corporation."...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has grown from one man in 1927 to one of the largest insurance brokers in the world with over 8,000 employees. 'This is a bo...
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85,89 zł |
Adkisson's Captive Insurance Companies: An Introduction to Captives, Closely-Held Insurance Companies, and Risk Retention Groups
ISBN: 9780595422371 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A captive insurance company is, in a nutshell, an insurance company formed by a business owner to insure the risks of the operating business. The operating business pays premiums to the captive, and the captive insures the risks of the operating business. A captive is much more than an exotic form of self-insurance: It is the creation of a new insurance company that has the potential to grow from being a mere captive into a full-blown insurance company seeking to profit from underwriting the risks of others."Adkisson's Captive Insurance Companies" provides a basic introduction to captives and...
A captive insurance company is, in a nutshell, an insurance company formed by a business owner to insure the risks of the operating business. The oper...
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111,72 zł |
Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors: A Strategic Approach
ISBN: 9780763733421 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his foreword to this collection of 20 chapters, a California surgeon notes that he has over ten separate insurance policies for his practice. This situation is typical, as is his lack of understanding about the coverage and need for each of these policies. The contributors clearly explain many aspects relating to such insurance including: e.g.,
In his foreword to this collection of 20 chapters, a California surgeon notes that he has over ten separate insurance policies for his practice. This ...
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656,91 zł |
Social Security, Household, and Family Dynamics in Ageing Societies
ISBN: 9780792333951 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many industrialized countries are facing large problems with their public pension systems in the 21st century. An unfavourable age distribution, with lower population shares in working ages and increasing shares and numbers of elderly persons in the future will lead, under current pension systems, to a drop in contributions and at the same time to sharply rising amounts of benefits paid.
This book analyzes the impact of dynamics in age structure and marital status composition on future public pension expenditures in twelve industrialized countries. It shows that there is no demographic... Many industrialized countries are facing large problems with their public pension systems in the 21st century. An unfavourable age distribution, with ...
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392,66 zł |
Handbook of Insurance
ISBN: 9780792379119 / Angielski / Miękka / 974 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1970's, the research agenda in insurance was dominated by optimal insurance coverage, security design, and equilibrium under conditions of imperfect information. The 1980's saw a growth of theoretical developments including non-expected utility, price volatility, retention capacity, the pricing and design of insurance contracts in the presence of multiple risks, and the liability insurance crisis. The empirical study of information problems, financial derivatives, and large losses due to catastrophic events dominated the research agenda in the 1990's.
The Handbook of... In the 1970's, the research agenda in insurance was dominated by optimal insurance coverage, security design, and equilibrium under conditions of impe...
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667,55 zł |
Automobile Insurance: Road Safety, New Drivers, Risks, Insurance Fraud and Regulation
ISBN: 9780792383949 / Angielski / Twarda / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. Indeed, motor vehicle accidents are a significant cause of death in comparison with air and space transport accidents, homicides and even HIV infections, causes which are more often highlighted in the media. As shown in this book, motor vehicle accidents are particularly damaging to very young drivers.
The assessment of driving risks is a common concern for road transportation safety and the automobile insurance industry. In both cases, there is an awareness of the... Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. Indeed, motor vehicle acci...
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785,36 zł |