Introduction to Risk Management & Insurance

The tenth edition has been reorganized and fully updated to highlight the increased importance of risk management and insurance in business and society. It refocuses attention on corporate risk management, reflecting its growing importance in today's economy. A new five-chapter section on risk management process, with each chapter focused on a key step in the risk management process is included in the book.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance
• Chapter 2 -Risk Identification
• Chapter 3 - Risk Assessment and Pooling
• Chapter 4 - Risk-Handling Techniques: Loss Control, Risk Transfer and Loss Financing
• Chapter 5 - Risk-Handling Techniques: Diversification and Hedging
• Chapter 6 - Fundamentals of Insurance
• Chapter 7 - Insurable Perils and Insuring Organizations
• Chapter 8 - Insurance Functions
• Chapter 9 - Insurance Markets: Economics and Issues
• Chapter 10 - Insurance Regulation
• Chapter 11 - Insurance Contracts
• Chapter 12 - The Personal Auto Policy
• Chapter 13 - Homeowners Insurance (HO)
• Chapter 14 - Professional Financial Planning
• Chapter 15 - Life Insurance Policies
• Chapter 16 - Standard Life Insurance Contract Provisions and Options
• Chapter 17 - Annuities
• Chapter 18 - Health Insurance and Disability Income
• Chapter 19 - Employee Benefits
• Chapter 20 - Social Security
• Chapter 21 - Unemployment and Worker's Compensation Insurance
• Chapter 22 - Commercial Property Insurance
• Chapter 23 - Commercial Liability Insurance

Appendix A - Personal Auto Policy
Appendix B - Homeowners Insurance Policy
Appendix C - Commercial General Liability Policy
Appendix D - Answers to the Objective Questions (Printed at the End of Each Chapter)
Glossary
Index