Risk Management And Insurance: Perspectives In A Global Economy

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The book provides an in-depth understanding of international risk management and insurance, their dynamics, and the economic, social, political, and regulatory environments surrounding global risk and insurance markets. Table of contents : PrefacePart I Introduction1. Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance2. Risk Perceptions and Reactions3. The Economics of International TradePart II Factors Shaping the Risk Environment Internationally4. Societal Risk Assessment and Control: Theory and Practice5. Catastrophe Risk Assessment: Natural Hazards6. Catastrophe Risk Assessment: Human Factors7. Societal Risk Management and Changing Demographics8. Regulation of Private-Sector Financial Services9. Public-Sector Economic Security10. The Legal Environment11. Sociocultural Effects on Risk ManagementPart III Enterprise Risk Management in a Global Economy12. Enterprise Risk Management13. Internal Loss Financing Arrangements14. External Loss Financing Arrangements15. Risk Management for Catastrophes16. Personnel Risk Management17. Political Risk Management18. Intellectual Property and Technology Risk ManagementPart IV Insurance in a Global Economy19. The Economic Foundations of Insurance20. The Nature and Importance of Insurance21. Life Insurance22. Nonlife Insurance23. Reinsurance24. Regulations and Taxation in Insurance Markets25. Financial Services IntegrationPart V Conclusions26. Risk Management and Insurance in a Global Economy: A Future PerspectiveGlossary of Key Terms and AcronymsIndex Market Description : · MBA Students (Risk Management & Insurance) About Author : Harold D. Skipper is former Chairman of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance at Georgia State University where he held the C.V. Starr Chair of International Insurance. He is past President of the American Risk and Insurance Association and Associate Editor of Risk Management & Insurance Review and Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance. He has authored and edited numerous books, including Life & Health Insurance, 13e (with Kenneth Black, 2000) and International Risk & Insurance: An Environmental-Managerial Approach (1998). W. Jean Kwon is Associate Professor of Insurance at the School of Risk Management, St. John’s University. He gained his experience from working in academia, the insurance industry and the government in the U.S. and abroad. He is past President of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association and serves the Organization Committee of the World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress. He has authored several books, including Risk Management and Insurance in a Singapore Context (2000), and is on the editorial and advisory boards of several insurance journals and insurance institutions worldwide.