Includes index.

Contents: Fundamentals and terminology -- Defining the insurable event -- Risk management -- Insurance companies -- Insurance occupations -- The insurance market: the economic problem -- Insurance regulation -- Insurance contracts -- Basic property and liability insurance contracts -- Homeowners insurance (HO) -- The personal auto policy -- Life insurance policies --
Standard life insurance contracts provisions and options -- Annuities -- Medical expense and disability income insurance -- Advanced topics in risk management -- Commercial property insurance -- Commercial liability insurance -- Bonding, crime insurance, and reinsurance -- Employee benefits -- Social security -- Unemployment and worker's compensation insurance.