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Market-Valuation Methods in Life and Pension Insurance (International Series on Actuarial Science)
Thomas Møller , and Mogens Steffensen Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521868777 |
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In classical life insurance mathematics the obligations of the insurance company towards the policy holders were calculated on artificial conservative assumptions on mortality and interest rates. However, this approach is being superseded by developments in international accounting and solvency standards coupled with other advances enabling a market-based valuation of risk, i.e., its price if traded in a free market. The book describes these new approaches, and is the first to explain them in conjunction with more traditional methods. The various chapters address specific aspects of market-based valuation. The exposition integrates methods and results from financial and insurance mathematics, and is based on the entries in a life insurance company's market accounting scheme. The book will be of great interest and use to students and practitioners who need an introduction to this area, and who seek a practical yet sound guide to life insurance accounting and product development.
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Better Than Gold: An Investor's Guide to Swiss Annuities
William T. McCord , and Donald J. Moine Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0895264153 |
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You don't have to be a multi-millionaire to invest like one!Customer Reviews:
Save your money and skip this one............1998-07-26
The authors spent significant (wasted) print space trying to sell the reader on the general concept of Swiss annuities. You don't have to sell me on the general concept of Swiss annuities. If I wasn't interested, I wouldn't have bought the book. Like any investment, I want to see the details and an objective, well reasoned analysis before I plunk down the cash. I'll use the information that you provide to make an educated decision. In my opinion, the authors failed to provide enough information. They also failed to temper their (perhaps justified) enthusiasm for Swiss annuities. So what I was left with was little more than an enthusiastic sales pitch. One that cost me $25.
Some questions I would have liked to have seen answered: What if the Swiss franc! doesn't continue to be a favored currency relative to the dollar, how would this change the equation? (a relevant question since the Swiss franc HAS dropped to about SF 1.50 to $1.00 USD, and the prevailing opinion of European analysts is that they expect it to drop some more this year) What about variable annuities offered by Swiss insurance companies? What are the products offered by the companies you recommend? What makes them recommended? What makes the companies different? All in all, the only really useful information for me was at the end of the book where they provided names and addresses of recommended Swiss insurance companies. If you go and buy a recent copy of PROFIT magazine (I can't remember but I think it was the July issue) you can get the exact same information. Save your money, buy the magazine.
In all fairness to the a! uthors, I do have to thank them for their efforts to public! ize a relatively obscure investment device that shows some real potential.
Essential information on a cutting-edge investment product.......1998-07-09
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Business life insurance, (The International life underwriters library)
Ralph Sanborn Manufacturer: F. S. Crofts & co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00087A76W |
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Creating and conserving estates: Cooperation between life insurance and trust companies (The International life underwriters library)
Alexander C. Robinson , and Edwards A. Woods Manufacturer: F. S. Crofts ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B0006AJSUM |
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Disclosure in Life Insurance (Special Project Reports Series)
Fang Zhang Manufacturer: Univ Texas at Austin Lyndon B ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0899409091 |
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This report reviews recent developments in the life insurance industry and concerns regarding the disclosure of life insurance information. The purpose of the report is to provide a reference source for the key players in the life insurance field, including consumers, insurers, and regulators; to identify options available to consumers; and finally, to discuss the insurance regulating process in Texas.
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Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the DoD Federal Employees Benefits Program Demonstration (2002)
Donna O Farley Manufacturer: RAND Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 083303121X |
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This report presents the results of that analysis. It describes the supplemental health benefits options available to Medicare beneficiaries in the demonstration sites, reviews the theoretical literature on risk selection, and develops hypotheses regarding risk selection that can be tested in the evaluation of the demonstration. It also suggests analytic methods for measuring selection and estimating the extent to which it may occur for enrollments in the FEHBP demonstration. The methods are designed to estimate (1) the extent to which adverse selection occurs in Medicare supplemental insurance enrollments for the DoD FEHBP demonstration, and (2) how much effect selection has on DoD health care costs for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries.
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Financial Management of Life Insurance Companies (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0792393546 |
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The theme of this book is the management of life insurers using techniques drawn from the field of finance. The importance of financial management has increased greatly in recent years, paralleling the growth in competition within the financial services industry. This competitive environment reflects an increasing financial sophistication among insurance consumers, as well as the blurring of the lines that traditionally separated different types of financial institutions. To succeed in today's business environment, insurers must use financial techniques such as asset--liability management, financial hedging, futures, and options. They must also be increasingly precise in measuring the tradeoffs between risk and return in both their asset and product portfolios.
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Inside the Japanese Company
Fiona Graham Manufacturer: RoutledgeCurzon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0415306701 |
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Based on extensive original research this work explores the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and on related issues. Based on extensive original research inside a Japanese insurance company (C-Life), which subsequently went bankrupt, the book shows that attitudes towards lifetime employment, company loyalty and the other characteristics of Japanese working life, which are often portrayed in stereotype form in the West, are in fact more complicated than is at first apparent.
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Riveting stuff!.......2006-01-13
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International Life Insurance
Manufacturer: Chancellor Pubns Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1899217061 |
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Life and Health Insurance Law
Diane M. McGann Manufacturer: ICA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 187759511X |
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Policy by Policy Makers: The Mais Lectures
Forrest Capie Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0415244013 |
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Monetary policy has become one of the most contested areas of modern economics. Governments have come to see prudent monetary policy as essential to the control of inflation and hence to sustained economic growth, yet the processes by which this can be translated into practice remain controversial. In this volume, a wide range of leading policy makers and practitioners reflect on the aims and objectives of monetary policy and on what it can achieve.
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Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac
Jack W. Plunkett Manufacturer: Plunkett Research, Ltd. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1593920024 |
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This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in consulting in such fields as marketing, information technology, management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care and more. Includes complete details on the prestigious management consulting sector, plus our analysis of the information technology consulting business. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 200 leading companies in all facets of consulting. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
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Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2005: The Only Complete Guide to the Prestigious Consulting Industry And Its Leading Firms (Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac)
Jack W. Plunkett Manufacturer: Plunkett Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1593920261 Release Date: 2005-05-22 |
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This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in consulting in such fields as marketing, information technology, management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care and more. Includes complete details on the prestigious management consulting sector, plus our analysis of the information technology consulting business. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 250 leading companies in all facets of consulting. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
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Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2006
Ltd. Plunkett Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000G6BJ8A Release Date: 2006-04-28 |
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This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in consulting in such fields as marketing, information technology, management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care and more. Includes complete details on the prestigious management consulting sector, plus our analysis of the information technology consulting business. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 275 leading companies in all facets of consulting. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled. *Clients who purchase the online download version of this report should use the form provided in the report to receive the database of leading companies on CD-ROM.
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Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2006: The Only Complete Guide to the Consulting Industry
Jack W. Plunkett Manufacturer: Plunkett Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1593920563 |
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Market research guide to the prestigious consulting industry - a tool for strategic planning, employment searches or financial research. Contains trends, statistical tables, and industry glossary. One page profiles of leading 275 Consulting Industry Firms - includes addresses, phone numbers, executive names.Download Description
PLUNKETT'S CONSULTING INDUSTRY ALMANAC, the first edition of our guide to the consulting field, is designed as a general source for researchers of all types.
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Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2007
Ltd. Plunkett Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000R2Y1EM Release Date: 2007-05-16 |
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This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in consulting in such fields as marketing, information technology, management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care and more. Includes complete details on the prestigious management consulting sector, plus our analysis of the information technology consulting business. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 275 leading companies in all facets of consulting. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled. *Clients who purchase the online download version of this report should use the form provided in the report to receive the database of leading companies on CD-ROM.
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Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac 2007: Consulting Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies (Plunkett's Consulting Industry Almanac)
Jack W. Plunkett Manufacturer: Plunkett Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1593920709 |
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This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in consulting in such fields as marketing, information technology, management, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care and more. Includes complete details on the prestigious management consulting sector, plus our analysis of the information technology consulting business. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well as our highly respected trends analysis. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 275 leading companies in all facets of consulting. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
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Plunkett's Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry Almanac
Manufacturer: Plunkett Research Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1593920202 Release Date: 2005-06-20 |
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Outsourcing of all types, offshoring of business processing, offshore contract manufacturing and globalization in general continue to create massive change in the world of business. This revolution creates both opportunities and challenges for organizations, managers and professionals of all types. Our new Plunketts Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry Almanac covers these sectors in detail. Our coverage includes a detailed business trends analysis and an industry overview. Next, we profile 250 leading outsourcing and offshoring companies. Our company profiles include complete business descriptions and up to 27 executives by name and title. The CD-ROM database that accompanies Plunketts Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry Almanac enables you to search, filter and view selected companies, and then to export selected company contact data, including executive names. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. Our coverage also includes 1)Analysis of outsourcing and offshoring business trends and markets; 2)Outsourcing and offshoring industry statistics and tables; 3) A discussion of globalization, trends in world trade, and the use of offshore services and manufacturing centers, such as India, China, Ireland, the Philippines and Eastern Europe; 4) An analysis of trends in offshore engineering, research and development (R&D), including information technology (IT) centers in Bangalore and elsewhere in India and biotechnology research centers in China, 5) An industry glossary, 6) A detailed industry list of contacts including industry associations and government agencies.
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Success, Happiness, Independence: Own Your Own Business
Donald J. Phelan Manufacturer: Glenbridge Publishing, ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0944435319 |
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Though other books have been written about the small business community and the struggle to succeed, few of the actual players have been consulted, those who have realized their cherished dreams and have succeeded in business. Phelan talked with and observed the owners of successful small businesses and distilled their ideas into an easily understandable book. Not surprisingly, they all agree on some fundamental concepts, none of which is complicated, and few of which are found in textbooks. Phelan has observed the "startup" process for years and answers questions that neophyte entrepreneurs normally confront before going into their own business-what are the risks, and what can be expected? As the world's economic structures change, we hear more about the absence of job satisfaction, inadequate compensation, lack of job security, and a whole basketful of other concerns that are discussed daily. Now is the time to take action, and Phelan's book will show you how to! plan for that first business venture and answer those important questions about what business best suits you, how to obtain financing, and how to manage your inventory and bookkeeping. Phelan believes that the American dream need not be just a dream. You can move from dream to reality by simply making the decision to take control of your life. Phelan's book will assist you in making that fateful decision about going into business. The correct choice could make the difference between independence, wealth, and personal comfort. The choice is simple-you can work for your own benefit or work for the benefit of someone else.Books:
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