Dictionary Of Insurance - Couverture souple

Bennett, C.

 
9780273033271: Dictionary Of Insurance

Quatrième de couverture

Including over 3500 insurance and insurance related terms, this accessible and indispensable companion gives you a wealth of insightful and time-saving information at your fingertips!

 

TheDictionary of Insurance provides a quick and comprehensive reference to help insurance practitioners and commercial insurance buyers through the modern maze of financial and risk management terms. It will also provide consumers with a better understanding of the insurance products they may buy.

 

This dictionary provides clear, accessible coverage of the terminology employed in insurance, including legal and financial terms used in everyday insurance activities.

 

New terms and topics have arisen over the last decade as a result of significant changes in the insurance industry. Cutting through the jargon to provide a clear, time-saving resource. It also contains new definitions that have resulted from all the major changes including:

 

  • The Single European market and the Insurance Directives
  • The creation of the Financial Services Authority as a sole regulator for financial services
  • The convergence of banking and insurance
  • The development of alternative risk transfer
  • The continuing development of risk management and market developments affecting both commercial and personal business.

This wealth of time-saving information will ensure that both insurance professionals and non-specialists alike keep up to date with the latest insurance terms and topics.

 

 

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides broad coverage of the terminology employed in insurance, including legal and financial terms likely to be used in everyday insurance activities. It is an indispensable guide to practitioners in insurance seeking a quick introduction to, or revision of a topic. Business advisers and other non-specialists will also find it helpful as a starting point on insurance problems. It contains in-excess of 3500 fully cross-referenced insurance and insurance related terms, abbreviations, special terms and useful addresses, there will also be a detailed section on regulatory issues, containing several specimen policy forms illustrating terms in context of the respective policy.The new edition contains new risk management terms, and up to date regulatory and compliance matters, legal cases, and polices.

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