Uncertain Business Risk, Insurance, and the Limits of Knowledge Aaron Doyle, Diana Ericson
Insurers' perceptions and decisions about uncertainty? with potential for windfall profits as well as catastrophic losses? create crises in insurance availability and provoke new forms of inequality and exclusion. Hence, while the insurance industry is a central bulwark against uncertainty, ins...
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t 1 Risk, Insurance, and the Limits of Knowledge -- |t 2 Uncertainties of Life: Embracing Risk, Prudence, and Investment -- |t 3 Uncertainties of Disability: Spreading Risk, Solidarity, and Welfare -- |t 4 Uncertainties of Earthquakes: Absorbing Risk, Mitigation, and Infrastructure -- |t 5 Uncertainties of Terrorism: Pre-Empting Risk, Precaution, and Vigilance -- |t 6 Uncertain Business -- |t References -- |t Index |
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