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A Guide to Insurance Management

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  • © 1990

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  1. Stephen Diacon

    1. University of Nottingham, UK

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This book makes a substantial contribution to the general level of management education in insurance by providing a comprehensive review of the main issues facing the management of insurance enterprises. Nineteen authors with considerable practical as well as academic experience have collaborated to give an international perspective in areas such as strategy, corporate planning, organisation and staffing, costing, underwriting and premium rating, marketing, reserving and investment, profit analysis, and regulation.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Strategic Planning in Insurance

    • Samuel Msheliza
    Pages 1-21

  3. Corporate Planning in a Large Insurance Group

    • John B. Gragnola
    Pages 22-34

  4. Planning for the Single European Market

    • Stephen Diacon
    Pages 35-58

  5. Modelling and Forecasting in Insurance Management

    • Margaret Brown
    Pages 59-75

  6. Modelling the Financial Strength of a Reinsurance Company

    • Stewart Coutts, Russell Devitt
    Pages 76-90

  7. Insurance Company Organisation and Management Structure

    • Hans van Gelder
    Pages 91-104

  8. Staffing Policy in an International Insurance Group

    • Christopher Nutt
    Pages 105-123

  9. Underwriting and the Selection of a Liability Portfolio

    • Bernard Benjamin
    Pages 124-137

  10. Insurance Company Costs and Cost Allocation

    • Rodney Young
    Pages 138-157

  11. Insurance Company Output and Costs

    • Stephen Diacon
    Pages 158-173

  12. Premium Rating: Methods and Problems

    • John Pollard
    Pages 174-193

  13. Competitive Behaviour and Pricing Policy

    • Walter Karten
    Pages 194-207

  14. Marketing Insurance Services

    • Trevor Watkins, Stephen Diacon
    Pages 208-227

  15. Intermediaries and the Agency System

    • Hugh Cockerell
    Pages 228-244

  16. Sources of Funds and Estimation of Reserves

    • G. W. de Wit
    Pages 245-265

  17. The Investment of Insurance Funds

    • Marcus Johnson
    Pages 266-276

  18. Government Regulation of Insurance Companies

    • Henry Ellis
    Pages 277-289

  19. Profit and Solvency in General Insurance

    • Bill Abbott
    Pages 290-303

  20. Profit, Surplus and Reserves in a Life Office

    • Sidney Benjamin
    Pages 304-324
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham, UK

    Stephen Diacon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Guide to Insurance Management

  • Editors: Stephen Diacon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07495-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Stephen Diacon 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-37439-9Published: 31 May 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-07497-6Published: 01 January 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07495-2Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 330

  • Topics: International Business, Insurance

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