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Price Writer: The nine-step method to becoming a highly successful general insurance pricing leader by Jeremy Keating 9781781338421
RRP: $35.68$26.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781338421Author Jeremy KeatingFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein 9780471295631
RRP: $37.80$25.49A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and... -
Effective Statistical Learning Methods for Actuaries II: Tree-based Methods and Extensions by Michel Denuit
$41.98This book summarizes the state of the art in tree-based methods for insurance: regression trees, random forests and boosting methods. It also exhibits the tools which make it possible to assess the predictive performance of tree-based models. Actuaries... -
Pricing in General Insurance by Pietro Parodi 9780367769031
RRP: $161.68$140.81Based on the syllabus of the actuarial profession courses on general insurance pricing - with additional material inspired by the author's own experience as a practitioner and lecturer - Pricing in General Insurance, Second Edition presents pricing as a... -
Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics by S. David Promislow
RRP: $130.10$114.64Provides a comprehensive coverage of both the deterministic and stochastic models of life contingencies, risk theory, credibility theory, multi-state models, and an introduction to modern mathematical finance. New edition restructures the material to fit... -
Reinsurance and the Law of Aggregation: Event, Occurrence, Cause by Oliver D. William 9780367688684
RRP: $79.78$70.10In excess of loss reinsurance, the reinsurer covers the amount of a loss exceeding the policy's deductible but not piercing its cover limit. Accordingly, a policy's quantitative scope of cover is significantly affected by the parties' agreement of a... -
Risk Management and Financial Institutions, Sixth Edition by J Hull
RRP: $220.50$143.30RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THE GOLD STANDARD IN FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT TEXTBOOKS In the newly revised sixth edition of Risk Management and Financial Institutions, celebrated risk and derivatives expert John C. Hull delivers an incisive... -
Insurance Theory and Practice by Rob Thoyts
RRP: $123.88$108.11This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, functioning, management and legal background of the insurance industry. Written in accessible, non-technical style, Insurance Theory and Practice begins with an examination of the insurance... -
The Hidden Pleasures of Life: A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future by Theodore Zeldin
RRP: $27.28$18.06A guide to new ambitions in work, relationships and learning, by our most inspired thinker on society and community."Scintillating . . . prophetic . . . engaging" - Financial Times"A masterpiece" - The TimesWhat is worth knowing? What does it mean to be... -
Introduction to Mathematical Portfolio Theory by Mark S. Joshi
RRP: $115.48$104.50In this concise yet comprehensive guide to the mathematics of modern portfolio theory the authors discuss mean-variance analysis, factor models, utility theory, stochastic dominance, very long term investing, the capital asset pricing model, risk... -
Inflation-Linked Bonds and Derivatives: Investing, hedging and valuation principles for practitioners by Jessica James
RRP: $136.50$102.71Disruptions in supply chains and consumption patterns triggered by the pandemic together with stimulus packages and the energy crisis have catapulted inflation rates to levels last seen in the 1970s. For inflation markets, it's hard to understate this... -
Risk & Reward: An Inside View of the Property/Casualty Insurance Business by Stephen Catlin 9780957559554
RRP: $41.98$36.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957559554Author Stephen CatlinFormat HardbackPage Count 237Imprint Iskaboo Publishing LtdPublisher Iskaboo Publishing Ltd -
The Economics of Health and Health Care: International Student Edition, 8th Edition by Sherman Folland
RRP: $119.68$116.21Folland, Goodman, and Stano's bestselling The Economics of Health and Health Care text offers the market-leading overview of all aspects of Health Economics, teaching through core economic themes, rather than concepts unique to the health care economy. ... -
Executive's Guide to Solvency II by David Buckham 9780470545720
RRP: $157.50$100.49A straightforward guide to the evolution, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II Providing a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II, Executive's Guide to Solvency II deftly covers this major European... -
Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business by Anja Shortland 9780198815471
RRP: $44.08$31.37Kidnap for ransom is a lucrative but tricky business. Millions of people live, travel, and work in areas with significant kidnap risks, yet kidnaps of foreign workers, local VIPs, and tourists are surprisingly rare and the vast majority of abductions are... -
Nonprofit Essentials: Endowment Building by Diana S. Newman 9780471678465
RRP: $105.00$91.37Praise for Endowment Building "This comprehensive work shows how endowments can provide multiple opportunities for donor involvement when the solicitation program is well designed and integrated with other fund development and program goals. Emphasizing... -
Banking in the Age of the Platform Economy: Digital Acceleration Through Strategies of Interdependence by Giorgio Bou-Daher
RRP: $141.75$103.43The 2008 global financial crisis and the concurrent rise of the platform economy have had profound effects on the banking sector. Over the past decade and a half, banking leaders have had to contend with rapidly evolving regulatory, technological, and... -
Actuaries' Survival Guide: How to Succeed in One of the Most Desirable Professions by Fred Szabo 9780123869432
$82.91What would you like to do with your life? What career would allow you to fulfill your dreams of success? If you like mathematics-and the prospect of a highly mobile, international profession-consider becoming an actuary. Szabo's Actuaries' Survival... -
Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide by Roddy Boyd 9780470889800
RRP: $48.30$32.70Long-listed for the FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011 The true story of how risk destroys, as told through the ongoing saga of AIG From the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the subject of the financial crisis has been... -
Professional Security Management: A Strategic Guide by Charles Swanson
RRP: $104.98$91.35Historically, security managers have tended to be sourced from either the armed forces or law enforcement. But the increasing complexity of the organisations employing them, along with the technologies employed by them, is forcing an evolution and... -
Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It by Liran Einav 9780300274042
RRP: $31.48$27.36An engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets-and what to do about it-by three leading economists "The authors . . . do a masterful job of explaining the intractable complexities created by this socially vital activity."-Martin... -
Disaster Insurance Reimagined: Protection in a Time of Increasing Risk by Paula Jarzabkowski 9780192865168
RRP: $73.50$63.21This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book examines the growing... -
ALM Modeling and Balance Sheet Optimization: A Mathematical Approach to Banking by Diogo Gobira
RRP: $141.75$106.55ALM Modeling and Balance Sheet Optimization leads the reader through the vast world of mathematical programming applied to balance sheet optimization. It considers a wide range of business and regulatory constraints and different flavors of financial... -
Effective Statistical Learning Methods for Actuaries I: GLMs and Extensions by Michel Denuit 9783030258191
RRP: $94.48$85.22This book summarizes the state of the art in generalized linear models (GLMs) and their various extensions: GAMs, mixed models and credibility, and some nonlinear variants (GNMs). In order to deal with tail events, analytical tools from Extreme Value... -
British Social Reform and German Precedents: The Case of Social Insurance 1880-1914 by E.P. Hennock 9780198201274
RRP: $117.60$117.01This is a study of one of the central themes of pre-1914 British history - the move towards social reform and the accompanying growth of collectivism and bureaucracy. It focuses on the conditions under which Britain was willing to borrow political... -
Extending Canadian Health Insurance: Options for Pharmacare and Denticare by R. G. Evans 9780802033536
RRP: $58.78$52.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802033536Author R. G. EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press -
Social Security and Retirement around the World by Jonathan Gruber
$207.04In nearly every industrialized country, the population is ageing rapidly and individuals are living longer, demographic trends have strained the financial viability of many countries' social security systems. The financial strain has been compounded by... -
Future of Insurance Regulation in the United States by Robert W. Klein
$66.95Important changes have buffeted the insurance industry over the past decade. The 1999 repeal of key provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act unleashed a wave of conglomeration in financial services, as bank holding companies acquired insurance and securities... -
Deregulating Property-Liability Insurance: Restoring Competition and Increasing Market Efficiency by J. David Cummins
RRP: $41.98$38.07Over the past two decades, the United States has successfully deregulated prices and restrictions on most previously-regulated industries, including airlines, trucking, railroads, telecommunications, and banking. Only a few industries remain regulated,... -
Financial Economics of Insurance by Ralph S.J. Koijen
RRP: $130.20$99.46An authoritative and comprehensive graduate textbook on the modern insurance sectorThe traditional role of insurers is to insure idiosyncratic risk through products such as life annuities, life insurance, and health insurance. With the decline of private... -
Life, Death and Money: Actuaries and the Development of Social and Financial Markets by Derek Renn
RRP: $151.18$96.58Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Physics, Instrumentation, and Radiation Biology Actuaries Make Financial Sense of the Future Actuaries are experts in assessing the financial impact of tomorrow's uncertain events. They enable financial decisions to be made... -
Bank Asset Liability Management Best Practice: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Polina Bardaeva
RRP: $141.75$106.55As bankers incorporate more and more complicated and precise calculations and models, a solely mathematical approach will fail to confirm the viability of their business. This book explains how to combine ALM concepts with the emotional intelligence of... -
Fragmenting Markets: Post-Crisis Bank Regulations and Financial Market Liquidity by Darrell Duffie
RRP: $98.70$75.03Post-crisis capital regulations and new failure-resolution rules increased the funding costs that are borne by bank shareholders, and thus the cost to buy-side firms for access to space on the balance sheets of large banks. A policy implication is the... -
Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Global Edition by George E. Rejda
$141.94For undergraduate courses in Risk Management and Insurance. Principles and Practices: Managing Risk with Consumer Considerations Redja's Principles of Risk Management and Insurance provides an in-depth examination of major risk themes. Using rich and... -
Principles of Green Banking: Managing Environmental Risk and Sustainability by Suborna Barua
RRP: $28.35$21.76Environmental sustainability is perhaps the key societal challenge of our times. Achieving it will require a significant level of financing and investment, and here the role of the banking industry is fundamental. Banks can play a broader and... -
The Application of Emerging Technology and Blockchain in the Insurance Industry by Kiran Sood 9788770040068
RRP: $209.98$191.65This book is a unique guide to the disruptions, innovations, and opportunities that technology provides the insurance sector and acts as an academic/industry-specific guide for creating operational effectiveness, managing risk, improving financials, and... -
The Principles of Green Banking: Managing Environmental Risk and Sustainability by Suborna Barua
RRP: $123.90$93.49Environmental sustainability is perhaps the key societal challenge of our times. Achieving it will require a significant level of financing and investment, and here the role of the banking industry is fundamental. Banks can play a broader and... -
Insurable Interest and the Law by Franziska Arnold-Dwyer 9780367499532
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book assesses the role of the doctrine of insurable interest within modern insurance law by examining its rationales and suggesting how shortcomings could be fixed.Over the centuries, English law on insurable interest - a combination of statutes and... -
The Secret Art of Selling Insurance: Step Up Your Sales Game and Attract the Right Clients by Ana-Maria Figueredo 9781683092780
RRP: $25.10$18.67Attract the right clients who will step-up your sales game!Sometimes people go into sales thinking it will be easy or it’s a surefire way to make extra money on the side. It might work for some pyramid sales operations or selling candles and creams;... -
ERM and QRM in Life Insurance: An Actuarial Primer by Ermanno Pitacco
RRP: $115.48$103.66This book deals with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and, in particular, Quantitative Risk Management (QRM) in life insurance business. Constituting a "bridge" between traditional actuarial mathematics and insurance risk management processes, its...