Life and Health Insurance (13th Edition)
by Kenneth Black, Harold D., Jr. Skipper
"This current, accurate and detailed industry guide for financial service professionals examines life and health insurance simultaneously from the viewpoints of the buyer, the advisor, and the insurer—providing a comprehensive and unbiased treatise on individual and group life;
a forthright appraisal of life and health insurance industry products with careful consideration of the environment; and a complete examination of life insurance company operations and regulation. Bases financial treatment of life insured operations on modern financial theory, and devotes entire chapters to the economics of life and health insurance;
individual life and health insurance policies; life and health insurance evaluation; the uses of life and health insurance in personal and business planning; government and employee benefit plans; and the management, operation, and regulation of life insurance companies.
Offers a strong global orientation, supporting fundamental concepts with an extensive integration of economic and financial theory and international comparisons, and examines how today's health insurance products fit into a broad framework from a contractual, cost, and performance viewpoints. New chapters on the tax treatment of life and health insurance address such areas as estate planning, retirement planning, and the business uses of life and health insurance. For financial planners, salesmen, actuaries, investment managers, attorneys, CPAs, and other financial service professionals."
Life Insurance Mathematics, 3rd Edition With Exercises Contributed by Samuel H. Cox
by Hans U. Gerber, Walther Neuhaus (Translator), S. H. Cox (Contributor)
From the reviews: "The highly esteemed 1990 first edition of this book now appears in a much expanded second edition. The difference between the first two English editions is entirely due to the addition of numerous exercises. The result is a truly excellent book, balancing ideally between theory and practice. ....As already hinted at above, this book provides the ideal bridge between the classical (deterministic)
life insurance theory and the emerging dynamic models based on stochastic processes and the modern theory of finance. The structure of the bridge is very solid, though at the same time pleasant to walk along. I have no doubt that Gerber's book will become the standard text for many years to come.
Long-Term Care Insurance Made Simple
by Les Abromovitz
"Have an extra $40,000 each year that you don’t know what to do with? You or your parents may end up paying this amount or more each year for long-term care, and the costs are escalating rapidly.
Don’t let medical expenses ruin your retirement plans. In Long Term Care Insurance Made Simple author Les Abromovitz offers practical advice on whether you need a policy and tells you how to buy the best one for your money.
"With anecdotes, humor, and real-life horror stories, Abromovitz makes long-term care insurance easy-to-understand. Each chapter ends with a short summary highlighting key information for you to remember to ask your insurance agent, health care provider or a legal professional.
He’ll tell you if a medical expense can be applied as a tax deduction or not. And tells you why hiding your parent’s life savings when faced with the decision to place them in a nursing home does not work.
You’ll find out the latest changes in the law affecting long-term care policies. Develop the right financial strategy to protect your family and make sure their money is not at risk."
