Insurance and actuarial studies

Why do some managers shine during a high-level crisis while others stumble?

This book offers: The latest information on a field of interestTraining and educational requirements for each careerSalary statistics for different positions within each fieldUp-to-date professional and Internet resources

Everything corporate employees must know to understand--and comply with--the Sarbanes-Oxley ActNo law in recent memory has caused more confusion and apprehension in corporate America than the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA).

Insurance takes a huge bite out of the average monthly budget, and as stated above, many people simply forgo insurance because they consider it out of reach.

The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies is for traders who want to take the next step to consistently profitable trading.

Risk Management introduces and explores the latest financial and hedging techniques in use around the world, and provides the foundation for creating an integrated, consistent, and effective risk management strategy.

Over the years, risk management has developed separately in both the insurance and financial fields.

Why do some managers shine during a high-level crisis while others stumble?

Take charge of your finances with little-known advice from a financial expert.

Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems is the first book to combine coverage of these two integral aspects of running a chemical processing plant.

Rethinking Bhopal: A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters is the go-to source for anyone seeking to learn how to improve process safety management (PSM) through applying fundamental asset reliability and incident investigation concepts.

Young people face unprecedented financial challenges: rising student debt, stiff competition for jobs, barriers to home ownership, dwindling state benefits and prospects of a longer working life.

A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most widely used measure in finance today--Value at Risk, or VaR--reduces these risks to a single number, creating a false sense of security among risk managers, executives, and regulators.

How cutting-edge economics can improve decision-making methods for doctorsAlthough uncertainty is a common element of patient care, it has largely been overlooked in research on evidence-based medicine.

Addressing the challenge of covering heath care expenses-while minimizing economic risks.

This book establishes a framework for assessing health care reform proposals and their implementation.

This book presents the proceedings of an August 1990 forum held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.

Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance.

Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years.

Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care.

Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years.

Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance.

An engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets-and what to do about it-by three leading economists Why is dental insurance so crummy?

A simple, straightforward, and foolproof proposal for universal health insurance from a noted economist.

With The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Understanding the Healthcare Reform Bill, learn the overview of the bill as well as how it impacts the day-to-day structure of Medicare, hospital stays, and more!

Medicare and its various supplemental plans offers comprehansive health coverage for aging and retired Americans.

A Brookings Institution Press and National Academy for Social Insurance publicationThis book presents a cross-cutting assessment of disability income policy in public and private programs in the United States and in European countries.

The perks for American servicemen and women.

Charts the social and cultural life of private insurance in postwar America, showing how insurance institutions and actuarial practices played crucial roles in bringing social, political, and economic neoliberalism into everyday life.

Decades into its existence as a foundational aspect of modern political and economic life, the welfare state has become a political cudgel, used to assign blame for ballooning national debt and tout the need for personal responsibility.

Personalized and precision medicine (PPM)-the targeting of therapies according to an individual's genetic, environmental, or lifestyle characteristics-is becoming an increasingly important approach in health care treatment and prevention.

What accounts for the striking decline in labor force participation at increasingly younger ages?

Is it possible that the insurance and reinsurance industries cannot handle a major catastrophe?

Long before the age of "e;Big Data"e; or the rise of today's "e;self-quantifiers,"e; American capitalism embraced "e;risk"e;--and proceeded to number our days.

Shareholder litigation and class action suits play a key role in protecting investors and regulating big businesses.

The biopharmaceutical industry has been a major driver of technological change in health care, producing unprecedented benefits for patients, cost challenges for payers, and profits for shareholders.

Mandatory pensions are a worldwide phenomenon.

This book is timely since the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for International Settlements is in the process of making major changes in the capital rules for banks.

Marketing Death is the first book to offer an analysis of the emergence of a life insurance market outside of a Western context.

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States.

The subprime crisis has shown that the sophisticated risk management models used by banks and insurance companies had serious flaws.

Mandatory pensions are a worldwide phenomenon.

The subprime crisis has shown that the sophisticated risk management models used by banks and insurance companies had serious flaws.

This book is timely since the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for International Settlements is in the process of making major changes in the capital rules for banks.

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services--every country, that is, except the United States.

Ideally, it would be desirable if we could all adopt a high-minded commitment to a risk-free existence.

The cost of malpractice insurance to physicians has been increasing in recent years, as has the threat to physicians of being sued.

Ein Buch, das auf die IHK-Weiterbildungsprüfung „Fachberater/in für Finanzdienstleistun-gen“ vorbereitet und gleichzeitig „Praxiswissen Finanzdienstleistungen“ heißt – widerspricht sich das nicht?

Long before the age of "e;Big Data"e; or the rise of today's "e;self-quantifiers,"e; American capitalism embraced "e;risk"e;--and proceeded to number our days.

This book explores a century of business development of The South African Life Assurance Company, from a specific local focus to a national conglomerate expanding into global insurance markets.