Vulture Culture : Dirty Deals, Unpaid Claims, and the Coming Collapse of the Insurance Industry.

By: GERST, Eric DMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Saranac Lake : AMACOM, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814409589Subject(s): Insurance -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Insurance law -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vulture Culture : Dirty Deals, Unpaid Claims, and the Coming Collapse of the Insurance IndustryDDC classification: 368.00973 | 368/.973 LOC classification: HG8531 -- .G47 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE: THE CRISIS -- 1 The Crisis: A Long Time Coming -- 2 How the Industry Got Where It Is Today: A Rogues' Gallery -- 3 How the Industry Got Where It Is Today: Unpaid Claims and the Storm After Hurricane Katrina -- 4 How the Industry Got Where It Is Today: Foreign Takeovers, Unregulated Reinsurers, Insurer and Claimant Fraud -- 5 The View from Outside: A Report Card on State Regulation -- 6 Trends: The Next Decade -- 7 The Public Uproar and a Crescendo of Distrust -- PART TWO: THE SOLUTION -- 8 Fifty Nonuniform State Fiefdoms -- 9 Winds of Change: How to Improve the Industry -- 10 The Solution: UFOIL-A Two-Step Process of Consumerization and Federalization -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
Summary: The insurance industry is on the brink of collapse ... why do we need to care? And who should we blame?.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE: THE CRISIS -- 1 The Crisis: A Long Time Coming -- 2 How the Industry Got Where It Is Today: A Rogues' Gallery -- 3 How the Industry Got Where It Is Today: Unpaid Claims and the Storm After Hurricane Katrina -- 4 How the Industry Got Where It Is Today: Foreign Takeovers, Unregulated Reinsurers, Insurer and Claimant Fraud -- 5 The View from Outside: A Report Card on State Regulation -- 6 Trends: The Next Decade -- 7 The Public Uproar and a Crescendo of Distrust -- PART TWO: THE SOLUTION -- 8 Fifty Nonuniform State Fiefdoms -- 9 Winds of Change: How to Improve the Industry -- 10 The Solution: UFOIL-A Two-Step Process of Consumerization and Federalization -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

The insurance industry is on the brink of collapse ... why do we need to care? And who should we blame?.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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