Insurance Industry

The big question about this book is...is this a smart investment? It is, if you are an ambitious entrepreneur or intrapreneur looking for a real way to grow your business, develop teams, and scale your personal wealth! Maybe you have been struggling in your business or start-up. You have dedicated years or even decades to your insurance or financial advising practice, with the only growth being your impatience. Now, you are ready to elevate your life's work past the one-on-one client work and into the leadership of huge organizations that can add a few zeros to your net worth fast!

Created for risk professionals and non-risk professionals alike, this easy-to-understand guide helps you meet the increasingly insistent demand to make sophisticated assessments of companies' risk exposure. It provides the latest methods for measuring and transferring credit risk, increasing risk-management transparency, and implementing an organization-wide Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) approach.

Building a Resilient Tomorrow does not dwell on overhyped descriptions of apocalyptic climate scenarios, nor does it travel down well-trodden paths surrounding the politics of reducing carbon emissions. Instead, it starts with two central facts: Climate impacts will continue to occur, and we can make changes now to mitigate their effects.

TAKEN CAPTIVE is sure to become the industry s leading resource for providing basic education and expert guidance on using captive insurance companies in alternative-risk-financing strategies. TAKEN CAPTIVE answers the following questions: What is a captive? Why form a captive? What are the different types and structures of captives? Which domiciles are best? What are the tax implications? What are the risks associated with forming and operating a captive? What are the steps involved with forming a captive? Is a feasibility study necessary?

How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed country - such that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex "the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness"?

If you listen to the tech crowd, they'll tell you that the insurance world is slow to adapt and needs to be disrupted. If you listen to the insurance crowd, they'll tell you that insurance goes hand in hand with technological advancement. The truth is that the insurance world is slow to react to change, especially in adopting new technologies. Barry Rabkin tells the story about how the insurance industry appears to have an awkwardly intimate relationship with technology.

The insure-tech industry has become an overnight sensation and darling of Wall Street. In the span of a decade, the Insure-tech industry has become a 10 billion dollar behemoth. Leading the way is a fast up-start insure-tech plainly named Flushy. In the blink of an eye, Flushy has become the most powerful insure-tech of them all. Flushy set out to up-end the entire insurance industry and become the world’s first insurance carrier to be valued at one trillion dollars.

An insightful look into the unique situations and circumstances that shape a lengthy professional career as an underwriter, Randi Glazer's 12 Strategies for Surviving a Career in the Insurance Industry draws on the author's many years of experience as an industry insider to provide listeners with valuable advice and practical skills for succeeding in the complicated world of insurance.

Medicare is one of the biggest decisions you'll make as you move towards retirement. There's no question, though, that it can be really, REALLY confusing. That's where author Matt Feret comes in. His goal is to provide Medicare Advantage PPO, HMO, Medicare Supplement plans, Medicare Part D, Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B insurance advice, and an industry insider's expert perspective that will save you time and money.

Consumer protection advocate Ralph Nader praised Solved! Curing Your Medical Insurance Problems: “Who hasn’t been bewildered and outraged by lengthy, inscrutable medical bills and the tricky ways of the health insurers? …. Learn what to watch out for in this volume by authors who know the inside ways of sellers who try to take you to the cleaners.” Some say, “You get what you pay for.” If only this were true! Too often, consumers find themselves paying much more than they expected, getting much less than they bargained for. Medical care is no exception.

This book will guide you to adapt your insurance or financial services agency to reach and serve customers in the ways they want to do business. Troy Korsgaden shares a blueprint for a new business model to set your firm up for success in today’s rapidly changing environment.

The American health insurance system is anything but simple to maneuver. Health plan enrollees become entangled in an intricate and opaque maze of confusion, often resulting in frustration, regret, and deep debt. Health plan and health care technology veteran Marc S. Ryan seeks to demystify the US health care system, helping Americans become wiser consumers and allowing them to navigate the maze with more confidence and certainty. Using his decades of experience, Marc outlines a bipartisan blueprint to transform America’s unique system without upending the employer-based system.

In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior vice president of CIGNA explained how health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they skew political debate with multibillion-dollar public relations campaigns designed to spread disinformation.

Are you feeling lost in the labyrinth of Medicare? You're not alone. But imagine if you had an audiobook to guide you, making the convoluted world of Medicare clear and accessible. David Whitehead's The Ultimate Medicare Guidebook is that lifeline. With unmatched expertise, David simplifies Medicare, turning confusion into clarity.

In Medicare Decoded: Shocking Facts to Help You Save Money and Get the Most from Medicare, elder advocate and Medicare expert Rick Solofsky guides you through the twists and turns of Medicare to get to the heart of what you need to know. Easy to understand and filled with essential information and strategies, Medicare Decoded answers your questions.

All across America, doctors are being forced to close due to the steady decline of insurance reimbursements. Opt-Out is a prescription for struggling private practice owners who want to turn their business around without relying on insurance networks. Dr. TJ Ahn, a Korean-born podiatrist, enrolled in podiatry school, inspired by the “Golden Era” of private practice surgery.