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

The insurance industry is among the most highly regulated industries today, and literature on the field is a complex thicket of sources. 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. Included are company directories, almanacs, databases, websites, legal resources, and industry-specific guides that coverAll major lines of insurance, including property/casualty, life, health, and reinsuranceSocial Insurance, including Social Security, unemployment insurance, and pensionsThe insurance policy from the standpoint of practitioners, regulators, and consumersInsurance law and regulationsAll areas of risk management including financial, technical and intellectual propertyActuarial science and its current applications to financial engineeringArchival and historical materialIncluding an introduction defining risk management and describing its use in the insurance industry and the field of actuarial science, this resource is a must for every reference collection.

ISBN:	9780838912751
Publisher:	American Library Association
Imprint:	ALA Editions
Published date:	30 Sep 2015
DEWEY:	016.36800973
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	viii, 213
Weight:	315g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	12mm

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