This book shows people how the insurance industry, finance companies and government agencies calculate and respond to the risks posed by disasters.
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It's a Disaster explains how consumers can get the best protection for their homes, cars possessions and lives. Combining case studies with checklists and other tools, the book can help anyone deal with programs that are often overrun with complexity and panic. Russell speaks with complete authority on the topic.
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David T. Russell is a professor of insurance at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He is a recognized expert on disaster planning and insurance issues, consulting with several of the largest catastrophic risk insurers in the world. This is his second book for Silver Lake Publishing, after Insuring the Bottom Line (1996).
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Before Hurricane Andrew hit southern Florida in 1992, insurance experts didn't think insured losses from a hurricane could exceed $8 billion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new wind standards, temporary housing assistance, flood insurance policy, wildfire risk, catastrophe fund, cat bonds, catastrophe risk, earthquake policies, casualty loss deduction, catastrophe exposure, reinsurance coverage, ornamental vegetation, reinsurance protection, subsidized flood insurance, discretionary function exception, catastrophe reinsurance, flood policy, federal flood insurance, flood coverage, flood insurance program, earthquake coverage, insured property, declarations page, surplus notes, catastrophe losses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hurricane Andrew, United States, New Madrid, State Farm, Pool Re, Los Angeles, Pacific Select, Advisory Council, National Flood Insurance Program, California Earthquake Authority, Loma Prieta, Santa Ana, False Claims Act, San Francisco, Standard Flood Insurance Policy, Moratorium Phaseout Statute, National Con-Serv, Puerto Rico, Forest Service, Geological Survey, Manufactured Housing Act, Oklahoma City, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane Georges, Lemon Heights New!
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Before Hurricane Andrew hit southern Florida in 1992, insurance experts didn't think insured losses from a hurricane could exceed $8 billion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new wind standards, temporary housing assistance, flood insurance policy, wildfire risk, catastrophe fund, cat bonds, catastrophe risk, earthquake policies, casualty loss deduction, catastrophe exposure, reinsurance coverage, ornamental vegetation, reinsurance protection, subsidized flood insurance, discretionary function exception, catastrophe reinsurance, flood policy, federal flood insurance, flood coverage, flood insurance program, earthquake coverage, insured property, declarations page, surplus notes, catastrophe losses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hurricane Andrew, United States, New Madrid, State Farm, Pool Re, Los Angeles, Pacific Select, Advisory Council, National Flood Insurance Program, California Earthquake Authority, Loma Prieta, Santa Ana, False Claims Act, San Francisco, Standard Flood Insurance Policy, Moratorium Phaseout Statute, National Con-Serv, Puerto Rico, Forest Service, Geological Survey, Manufactured Housing Act, Oklahoma City, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Hurricane Georges, Lemon Heights New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- San Bernardino Mountains (Explore! Guide Maps) by Automobile Club of Southern California on page 154, and Back Matter
- Puget Sound: 15 Stories by C. C. Long on page 112, and Back Matter
- The Pacific Ocean (New True Books) by Susan Heinrichs Gray on page 64
- Southern California (America by Mountain Bike) by Laurie Leman on page 149
- Kern County by Automobile Club of Southern California on page 112
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