Business & economics / Insurance

Trading Options For Dummies

by George A. Fontanills

Thinking of trading options, but not sure where to start? Trading Options For Dummies starts you from the beginning with clear, step-by-step advice on how to use top option strategies to reduce your risk while...

The Case Approach to Financial Planning: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

by John , PhD, CFP©, RFC Grable & Derek , MBA Klock

The Case Approach to Financial Planning: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice, Second Edition, fosters sound planning logic and decision-making using the systematic financial planning process approach....

Risk Management: 10 Principles

by Jacqueline Jeynes

In the same way as the 4Ps of marketing are a fundamental principle of business theory, this book puts forward the 10Ps of Risk Management as a consistent and comprehensive approach to the subject.

The 10Ps...

Essentials of Risk Management in Finance

by Anthony Tarantino & Deborah Cernauskas

A concise and and easy to follow introduction to financial risk management

This basic survey text offers an accessible introduction to financial risk management, covered in its major components: credit, market,...

Trading Futures For Dummies

by Joe , MD Duarte

Explore single-stock futures, ETFs, and alternative energy futures

Protect your assets and maximize your profits in this risky yet lucrative market

Want to take advantage of the futures market? This plain-English...

How Medicaid Fails the Poor

by Avik Roy

Medicaid, America’s government-run health insurance program for the poor, should be a lifeline that provides needed health care to Americans with no other options. Surprisingly, however, it doesn’t. The...

Managing Financial Risk and Its Interaction with Enterprise Risk Management

by John Fraser & Betty Simkins

Essential insights on the various aspects of enterprise risk management

If you want to understand enterprise risk management from some of the leading academics and practitioners of this exciting new methodology,...

2014 Tax Facts on Insurance & Employee Benefits

by Robert Bloink & William Byrnes

Authoritative and easy-to-use, 2014 Tax Facts on Insurance & Employee Benefits shows you how the tax law and regulations are relevant to your insurance, employee benefits, and financial planning practices. ...

Heads or Tails: Financial Disaster, Risk Management and Survival Strategy in the World of Extreme Risk

by Evgueni Ivantsov

Heads or Tails answers the central question which has arisen post-global financial crisis: what changes should financial institutions undergo in order to be able to provide reliable protection against systemic...

Handbook of Market Risk

by Christian Szylar

A ONE-STOP GUIDE FOR THE THEORIES, APPLICATIONS, AND STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES OF MARKET RISK

Understanding and investigating the impacts of market risk on the financial landscape is crucial in preventing crises....

Operational Risk Management: A Complete Guide to a Successful Operational Risk Framework

by Philippa X. Girling

A best practices guide to all of the elements of an effective operational risk framework

While many organizations know how important operational risks are, they still continue to struggle with the best ways to...

Personal Auto Coverage Guide

by Eric, CPCU, ARM, AU, AAI Wiening & David, J.D., ARM, CPCU Thamann

Clear, straightforward interpretation and insightful analysis reflecting the 2005 edition of the ISO Personal Auto Policy.

In this edition, you will find:

• Broadened medical payments coverage
• New trip interruption...

Safety Can't Be Measured: An Evidence-based Approach to Improving Risk Reduction

by Andrew S. Townsend

Safety improvement has actually slowed to a standstill. In Safety Can't Be Measured, Andrew Townsend suggests the main reason is the failure to recognise the evolution in accident causation and to evolve with...

Loss Models: Further Topics

by Stuart A. Klugman, Harry H. Panjer & Gordon E. Willmot

An essential resource for constructing and analyzing advanced actuarial models 

Loss Models: Further Topics presents extended coverage of modeling through the use of tools related to risk theory, loss distributions,...

Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claim and What You Can DoAbout It

by Jay M. Feinman

An expose of insurance injustice and a plan for consumers and lawmakers to fight it

Over the last two decades, insurance has become less of a safety net and more of a spider's web: sticky and complicated,...

The Tolerability of Risk: A New Framework for Risk Management

by Frederic Bouder & David Slavin

There is an increasing dissatisfaction about how risk is regulated, leading to vivid debates about the use of 'risk assessment' and 'precaution'. As a result, academics, government officials and industry leaders...

Opt Out on Obamacare, Opt Into the Private Health Care Revolution

by John Torinus

Heading into 2014, American businesses face an important decision about health care: Opt in or opt out?

With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in effect, companies with more than 50...

Guide to Captives and Alternative Risk Financing

by ARM Donald J. Riggin

Master the What, Why, When and When Not of Captives

Through exclusive, expert analysis and an extensive use of in-depth case studies to illustrate real-world situations and applications, Guide to Captives and...

Target Market Series: Restaurants

by Kim Smith

Target Market Series: Restaurants is a valuable asset to insurance and risk management professionals who are looking for exposure, risk management, and insurance information that is focused solely on the restaurant...

Interpreting the Precautionary Principle

by Timothy O'Riordan & James Cameron

Viewed from the perspective of environmental management, this study describes the implications and applications of the precautionary principle - a theory of avoiding risk even when its likelihood seems remote....