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Vulture culture : dirty deals, unpaid claims, and the coming collapse of the insurance industry / Eric D. Gerst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gerst, Eric D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insurance--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Insurance.
- Insurance law--United States.
- Insurance law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Management Association, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The insurance industry is on the brink of collapse ... why do we need to care? And who should we blame?
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611271138
- 9781281271136
- 1281271136
- 9780814409589
- 081440958X
- OCLC:
- 437087241
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