The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance (Psi Successful Business Library) Review

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(More customer reviews)Any business can learn from the no nonsense approach to how you should handle your business insurance. The book is easy to read, and answers questions about buying business insurance that you cannot get anywhere else.
Insurance is confusing and this book takes the mystery out of insurance buying. Being afraid to switch insurance brokers could cost you a lot of money and this book tells you how to get more out of your own broker or how to tell if it is time to switch.
I reconmmend this book to any business that has to purchase insurance.

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The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance is full of step-by-step guidance, ideas, and tips on how to improve your business insurance costs, coverage, and service from both insurance agencies and companies. The authors bring more than 38 years of industry experience to this helpful, non-technical reference guide -- showing you how to get the best property and casualty insurance coverage at the lowest prices. One of the simplest ways business owners can save money is by re-examining their policy assumptions - an immediate refund may be yours for the asking. Most business insurance policies and rates are based on payrolls, inventories, or sales volumes. Too often, premiums on current policies are based on high values from pre-recession days. Your premium payments can be reduced simply by furnishing your agent or broker with the current real numbers. The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance will: * Help you save money and time when purchasing business insurance * Simplify insurance purchasing with clear directions in an easy-to-use format * Empower you with inside information about insurance people and industry methods * Demystify the insurance process * Eliminate confusion and complexity * Help you avoid poor serviceYou will learn: * What to look for in a policy; * What questions to ask the broker; and * How to compare alternative quotes. Checklists, comparison charts, prepared letters, and forms make this book especially easy to use. If you want to save time and money through a streamlined process, and gain an unbiased viewpoint of your business insurance situation, read The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance.

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Introductory Statistics with Applications in General Insurance Review

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(More customer reviews)For those who study actuarial/statistics this book provides good overview of characteristics of poisson, variance and standard deviations. Full of worked examples this pocket sized book is recommended by actuarial academics alike.

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This is a new edition of a very successful introduction to statistical methods for general insurance practitioners.No prior statistical knowledge is assumed, and the mathematical level required is approximately equivalent to school mathematics. While the book is primarily introductory, the authors discuss some more advanced topics, including simulation, calculation of risk premiums, credibility theory, estimation of outstanding claim provisions and risk theory. All topics are illustrated by examples drawn from general insurance, and references for further reading are given. Solutions to most of the exercises are included. For the new edition, the opportunity has been taken to make minor improvements and corrections throughout the text, to rewrite some sections to improve clarity, and to update the examples and references. A new section dealing with estimation has also been added.

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Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this item a couple weeks into my Finance course, as I was not satisfied by the answers the book Corporate Finance: Core Applications and Principles w/SAndP bind-in card (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) had in the back (a very small % to the number of problems, just listing the final answer, and on top of that many answers were wrong). Also, my professor refused to make available the solutions to the problems outside of those assigned, and for the assigned problems we only received those after the homework was due. This manual was a lifesaver, as it provides answers to all of the end of chapter problems. In addition, it provides step by step instructions on how to arrive at the final answer and includes detailed explanations of the more complicated problems. Being that Finance is a discipline that requires doing many problems in order to completely understand the subject matter, this manual helped me do the extra work necessary to obtain an exceptional grade. I would tell anyone who is assigned the Corporate Finance textbook for a class that the Solutions Manual is a Necessity!

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Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications, 3rd edition, by Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe and Jordan was written to convey the most important corporate finance concepts and applications at a level that is approachable to the widest possible audience.The concise format, managerial context and design, and student-friendly writing style are key attributes to this text.RWJJ Core Principles strikes a balance by introducing and covering the essentials, while leaving more specialized topics to follow-up courses.This text distills the subject of corporate finance down to its core, while also maintaining a decidedly modern approach. The well-respected author team is known for the clear, accessible presentation of material that makes this text an excellent teaching tool.

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Dictionary of Insurance (Financial Times Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)this book is sohelpful for me. it's so professional, it's help me in good understanding of insurance definitions

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This book provides broad coverage of the terminology employed in insurance, including legal and financial terms likely to be used in everyday insurance activities. It is an indispensable guide to practitioners in insurance seeking a quick introduction to, or revision of a topic. Business advisers and other non-specialists will also find it helpful as a starting point on insurance problems. It contains in-excess of 3500 fully cross-referenced insurance and insurance related terms, abbreviations, special terms and useful addresses, there will also be a detailed section on regulatory issues, containing several specimen policy forms illustrating terms in context of the respective policy. The new edition contains new risk management terms, and up to date regulatory and compliance matters, legal cases, and polices. A one-stop, first point of reference to help insurance practitioners and commercial insurance buyers through the modern maze of financial and risk management terms and to provide the ordinary consumer with a better understanding of the insurance products they may buy. Contents include: Dictionary Appendix 1 Common abbreviations and short forms Appendix 2 Common abbreviations and short forms - marine insurance Appendix 3 Abbreviations and short forms - Pensions Appendix 4 Glossary of special terms Appendix 5 Useful addresses Appendix 6 Specimen policies

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How to Buy and Sell (Just About) Everything: More Than 550 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything From Buying Life Insurance to Selling Your Screenplay to Choosing a Thoroughbred Racehorse Review

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(More customer reviews)I was recently given a copy of this book for my birthday. At first glance I thought oh, great, another book I'll never look at, but then started leafing through it. It's packed with information on things my husband and I have been recently shopping around for, like a digital camcorder and a new lawnmower. There are loads of tips on how to make the most of your money and things to watch out for. But there's also stuff I never thought of: Hire a body guard, buy bonds, sell your body to science, buy a hourse trailer, sell a used bike?-and it's funny! My husband paws through it before he goes to Home Depot to get a good read on just about everything he needs. There'll be a lot of people getting this book for Christmas.

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How to Buy & Sell (Just About) Everything The Ultimate Buyer's Guide for Daily Life Don't make another purchase before you buy this ultimate buyer's guide. With more than 550 how-to solutions, these pages are packed with savvy strategies for choosing and locating (and unloading and liquidating) both everyday items and once-in-a-lifetime splurges, with special emphasis on how to find bargains and broker great deals. The clear and friendly information in How To Buy & Sell (Just About) Everything makes any buying or selling decision easy, from selecting baby gear to saving for college, from hawking lemonade to selling your company. Browse these pages to discover how to: Buy a House • Sell a Car • Buy Happiness • Sell Your Old Computer • Buy Mutual Funds • Hire a Butler • Choose a Diamond Ring • Purchase a Tent • Get Breast Implants • Negotiate a Better Credit Card Rate • Buy a Hot Dog Stand • Sell Your Baseball Collection • Outfit a Nursery • Book a Cheap Safari...and much, much more Written and designed in the same easy-to-use format as its predecesors, How To Do (Just About) Everything and How to Fix (Just About) Everything, this invaluable collection includes concise instructions, helpful tips and comparison charts -- everything you need to understand product features, prevent problems and guarantee smart purchasing decisions. This is the only book you need to make the most of your money.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Life Insurance Review

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(More customer reviews)I loved this text. I think it is one of the most comprehensive texts in life insurance today.

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Provides comprehensive coverage on individual and group life, health and retirement products including their environment, types, uses, evaluation, taxation, pricing and supply aspects. In addition, there is a thorough examination of life insurance company operations and regulation.

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Two Kafka Plays: Kafka's Dick and the Insurance Man Review

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The particular text of the two with which I am concerned is "Kafka's Dick." My reading of the text was in conjunction with a directing class production at the local university. At the time the literary vivisectionist aspects of this play touched rather close to home. Quite frankly, I was sick of picking nits and wanted so desperately to just *enjoy* a story. But he daily rape of dead authors in English classes mad that quite impossible. Why they were teaching Chekoslovakian authors in English lit I'll never know.
"Kafka's Dick" deals with just that subject in a rather surreal way. Franz Kafka and his friend and publisher Max Brod are brought back to life in the living room of a literary critic who just happens to be writing on the subject of Franz Kafka. Franz discovers unexpected fame and utter embarrasment at the thought of having his sexual organs bandied about in public. The author is lost in a great sea of literary criticism. The author's work is forgotten or only half remembered:
KAFKA: . . . A beetle.
BROD: Say again?
KAFKA: Not a cockroach. You said cockroach. It was a beetle.
BROD: Will you listen to this man. I make him world famous and he quibbles over entomology.
Franz is himself oblivious to it all:
SYDNEY: . . . What you're saying is he doesn't know he'sKafka.
BROD: He knows he's Kafka. He doesn't know he's KAFKA.
This makes for some truly fine comedy at the expense of authors, critics, publishers, and readers of fine literature. A bit of the humor, however, is a little Kafka-specific (which is to be expected, really). This might make the show suffer from the same intellectual inaccessability that it complains of in the world of literary criticism. Nevertheless, I found the text to be quite amusing having only read the standard required Kafka short stories. This was mostly due to it's truly bizarre nature. The play ends on an odd twist with Kafka in heaven:
(The music swells as GOD and CARMEN MIRANDA dance.Then it fades as KAFKA comes forward to the audience.)
KAFKA: I'll tell you something. Heaven is going to be hell.

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Insuring QualityHow to Improve Quality, Compliance, Customer Service, and Ethics in the Insurance Industry Review

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(More customer reviews)At first, I thought this book was for company employees only to find out how to put "quality" into insurance, but I was pleasantly surprised that as an insurance professional myself, I learned a great deal about the importance of quality and ethics in this industry. The authors inject some amusing anecdotes, and make you think in different terms about insurance, and how important customer service is. Read it...you'll learn and laugh at the same time.

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How can insurance providers boost their image and increase business? Hedy and Les Abromovitz's Insuring Quality takes a hard look at the insurance industry and suggests innovative new ways of improving customer satisfaction, turbo-charging sales and polishing the tarnished image of the industry. The insurance industry has an image problem. From Woody Allen movies to greeting cards, insurance agents are ridiculed as boring, overbearing pests out to make a quick buck at someone's expense. Recent criminal investigations into some of the nation's largest insurance providers have only made the situation worse. And that's bad news for insurance professionals - for more than any other business, the insurance industry is built on trust. This book was written by insurance professionals for insurance professionals - so every example in the book is based on a real-life situation. There's no ivory tower philosophizing or impenetrable jargon; just practical advice from two veterans who have examined the true relationship between quality, ethics, and customer service. As the authors say, "Insuring Quality will help your organization solve real-life problems. It's for the people in the trenches..."

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Money and Capital Markets + Powerweb: Ethics in Finance + S&P Bind-In Card (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Est) Review

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(More customer reviews)The book has a lot of detailed historical information about the financial systems. Unfortunatly the author pay too much attention to history and not enough on practical fundementals. There are several errors and steps deleted in the book. Plus not enough examples are provided in comparrison to the problems assigned. Even my professor stated that the 7th edition had plenty of problems that won't be resolved until the 12-13th edition.

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Money and Capital Markets 9/e by Peter Rose and Milton Marquis provides a thorough and comprehensive view of the whole financial system.All the major types of financial institutions and financial instruments present today are discussed, along with how and why the system of money and capital markets is changing.Money and Capital Markets also provides a descriptive explanation of how interest rates and security values are determined.It discusses the current and future trends of the globalization of financial markets, the ongoing consolidation of the financial institutions' sector, and recent efforts to protect consumer privacy in the financial services field.

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Finance: Applications and Theory (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm not quite sure where to even begin with how upset I am about this book. I paid roughly $150 for it through Amazon, and it is the required textbook for a graduate level finance class I am taking. Short answer, this book is not ready for use and should not be implemented in any bachelor's or master's course at this time. The editing is horrible and there was no attention to quality assurance. I'm not sure who validated this book, but they did not do their job.
In the very first week of my graduate class, the professor had to email all the students and let us know that the formulas in the book were incorrect and had typos for chapters 1-2. Since then the trend has continued and we are essentially being told to avoid using the book unless it is absolutely necessary. The instructions in our class webpage area now ask the students to only use the PowerPoint presentations for each chapter from the publisher, and to use the interactive online examples for each chapter, which are also from the publisher, but not to bother reading the hardcopy textbook unless we are absolutely uncertain about the material. Essentially, the online files for the PP slides and the interactive quizes are being updated with the corrected information as all the mistakes in the textbook are sent to the publisher. I would return this book to Amazon and request a refund if I could, but I am required to keep a copy until my course is complete. My undergraduate finance textbook, which was on it's 7th edition I think and I was able to buy used for less than $10 is a far superior reference.

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While developing Finance: Applications & Theory, McGraw-Hill engaged professors in a number of activities to better understand the goals, challenges, and successes involved in teaching the Undergraduate Corporate Finance course. We connected with more than 600 corporate finance instructors through reviews, focus groups, class tests, and course surveys. You spoke; we listened; and the result is a market-driven corporate finance book that will help students succeed in the classroom and in their careers.

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The Empowered Patient: How to Get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Drugs, Beat Your Insurance Company, and Get the Best Medical Care Every Time Review

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(More customer reviews)As an MD, I read Elizabeth Cohen's book with tears in my eyes. It just tapped into my own sadness that a book like this even needs to be written. Doctors are supposed to be there to help people. We're meant to be a person's advocate. I went to medical school because I'm committed to helping my patients heal. And yet, the system is sorely broken and no band-aid is going to fix these boo boos any time soon. The truth is, this book is vitally necessary. You DO need to understand the system and know how to work it. You can't just sit back and say, "I trust you, Doc." Until things get better (and if I do my job well, maybe they will), this book will help you known how to advocate for yourself and those you love the way I did.
If you want to learn how to take your health care into your own hands, I highly recommend this book! This book teaches you exactly what you need to know in order to get the most value out of your health care dollar, haggle with your insurance company, find Dr. Right and fire Dr. Wrong, pay less for drugs, avoid a misdiagnosis, make the most out of learning from the internet, get your medical questions answered, stay safe in the hospital, avoid falling prey to medical marketing, and learn to be a "bad" patient.
Buy it. You'll love it. You'll read it more than once. You'll tell everyone you know about it. And if you pay attention, I promise you'll get better health care.
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Cases in Finance (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Est) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is for teacher's only. It just has the case study, no solutions. I ordered the item for a research project but the cases are worthless without the solutions. The solutions are available on-line but you have to have a code given to you by a sales representative. I guess this is to keep students away from the solutions but it makes the book worthless to anyone who is not a teacher.

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This is a book of hypothetical cases written to give students real examples of key finance concepts.Each case contains a strong critical thinking/analytical component.The cases match topics covered by all of our undergraduate books, making it the perfect companion.Each case is 3-4 pages in length, and concludes with questions and problems that walk students through calculations and critical analysis of the case to help them make business decisions.

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International Financial Management (Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book set me up very nicely for a career in forex markets. Possibly the gentlest introduction to international finance, the book does not waste any time with implementation of the ideas, instead provides you with the requisite knowledge, and illustrative examples. I had the fortune of being taught the subject by the author (Dr. Eun), and so the book was fully utilized. However, other teachers would also find the book an ideal companion to course notes. In fact, the book is so well written, it seems like a tutorial. You cannot go wrong if you are using it for international finance courses. The book will also help you with preparation for the CFA charter examinations.

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International Financial Management is written based on two distinct parts: emphasis on the basics and emphasis on a managerial perspective.As capital markets of the world become more integrated, a solid understanding of international finance has become essential for astute corporate decision making. International Financial Management, Sixth Edition, provides students with a foundation for analysis that will serve them well in their careers ahead. The decision-making process is presented through the text with the goal of teaching students how to make informed managerial decisions in an evolving global financial landscape.International Financial Management has been completely updated with the most current data tables and statistics in the field today.

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How to Start a Home-Based Handyman Business: *Turn your skills into cash *Schedule your jobs *Build word-of-mouth referrals *Manage insurance issues ... smart and safe (Home-Based Business Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you want to read just one book about starting a handyman business, this would be the one. I read a diffent book first and had more questions than answers. This book finally answered all of my questions, including many I didn't even know I had.
It's obvious that the author did extensive research. It is extremely detailed, in-depth, and chock full of resources; yet, the writing style flows and is easy to read. He gives a step-by-step process for getting the business started, then guides you on running and growing the business once it's going. He also includes the pitfalls to watch out for each step of the way. This will be a frequent 'go-to' reference book as my business gets up and running.
If you're looking for a comprehensive approach to the "nuts and bolts" of starting a business, you need to get this book.

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This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow a handyman business.

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Introduction to Ratemaking & Loss Reserving for Property & Casualty Insurance Review

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(More customer reviews)Great introduction for anyone new to the P&C industry. Good reference as well for the more well-seasoned readers.

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A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: What Your Insurance Company Doesn't Want You To Know and Won't Tell You Until It's Too Late Review

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(More customer reviews)Pertinent, revealing information. Wish I would have had this book years ago when I had a car accident. My lawyer said we "had to be fair to the insurance company." I should have run for the hills when he said that. A must read for every consumer, whether you have a beef with the insurance companies or not.

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Ever felt like you were powerless against an insurance company? Not even sure what types of coverages you purchased or what do to if your claim was denied? Insurance companies are in every aspect of our lives-from birth to death. The attorneys in this book have helped thousands of consumers each year navigate the world of insurance claims. They know the mistakes consumers make, and the tricks insurance companies use to deny or minimize claims. These fifteen attorneys from across the country have teamed up to write this book. Each one of them truly believes that information is the key to maximizing the benefits to which you are entitled, and to keeping the wolves at bay.

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Insurance Coding and Electronic Claims for the Medical Office Review

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I received the book shortly; the CD that should be attached with the book was not in. I received only the book. All my classmates bought the book and the CD was attached at the end of the book.
The book was unwrapped (the plastic which seals the book) when I opened the package.
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This text is structured to reflect a day in the life of an insurance codding and billing specialist. Using a "layered learning" concept, the student will move through the book in a logical progression, building upon each element learned at each stage of the reimbursement process. Students will learn to carefully glean pertinent data to code accurately from review and analysis of: a.) Superbills, b.) Provider's notes, c.) Referral authorization forms, and d.) New patient information forms.

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