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Author Gerst, Eric D.

Title Vulture culture [electronic resource] : dirty deals, unpaid claims, and the coming collapse of the insurance industry / Eric D. Gerst.

Imprint New York : American Management Association, c2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 241 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The crisis : a long time coming -- How the industry got where it is : a rogues' gallery -- How the industry got where it is today : unpaid claims and the storm after Hurricane Katrina -- How the industry got where it is today : foreign takeovers, unregulated reinsurers, insurer and claimant fraud -- The view from outside : a report card on state regulation -- Trends : the next decade -- The public uproar and a crescendo of distrust -- Fifty nonuniform state fiefdoms -- Winds of change: how to improve the industry -- The solution : UFOIL : a two-step process of consumerization and federalization.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Insurance -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Insurance law -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780814400265
0814400264

 
    
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