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Consumer Bookstore Find Local Agents searched the Web for the widest selection of insurance books before we partnered with Powells Books, Inc. to bring you the latest and best books about every insurance topic you can imagine -- from property and casualty to health and life as well as commercial, business, annuities and other financial packages.  You will find all of these books written for you, the insurance consumer. Trade Paper   Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L Bernstein Publisher Comments Scientific and mathematical pioneers employed bold thinking to embark on a remarkable adventure of intellectual discovery. Bernstein, an economic consultant, describes in "Against the Gods" how the rational process of risk taking propelled the process of... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper   True Odds: How Risk Affects Your Everyday Life by James Walsh Publisher Comments "With the media hyping so much misleading information about risks, it's a relief to discover True Odds." --John Stossel, ABC News 20... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper   J.K. Lasser's Choosing the Right Long-Term Care Insurance by Ben Lipson Publisher Comments A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE COMPLICATED ISSUE OF LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE " Next to buying the right long-term care insurance, buying and reading J.K. Lasser’ s Choosing the Right Long-Term Care Insurance is the best investment seniors and their... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Insurance for Dummies by Jack Hungelmann Synopsis Packed with real-life examples, expert author Jack Hungelmann guides the reader through the traps and loopholes of the insurance system. Discover what policy combination is best for your needs and where you may have gaps. Find out how to reduce your risk... read more about this title check for other copies   Get Your Claim Paid: A Pro-Active Guide for Handling the Most Difficult Part of Insurance by Silver Lake Synopsis Get Your Claim Paid is both a primer and resource for consumers facing an evermore "do-it-yourself" insurance industry. Specifically, it tells how to make an insurance claim effectively and takes the reader through the process of making sure the most... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Smarter Insurance Solution by Janet Bamford Synopsis The average household spends 16 of its budget on insurance, yet consumers know very little about their coverage. In "Smarter Insurance Solution" Bamford discusses insurance simply and intelligently, stripping away the mysteries surrounding this often... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover   Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum by Joseph P Newhouse Publisher Comments The health care industry differs from most other industries in that medical pricing is primarily administered by the government and private insurers and in that it uses several types of contracts. Providers may receive a fixed sum for all necessary... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Hassle-Free Health Coverage: How to Buy the Right Medical Insurance Cheaply and Effectively by Silver Lake Publisher Comments Sixth in Merritt's "How to Insure" series takes the reader through the changes that have shaken the way medical insurance is provided in the U.S., including HMOs and PPOs, and health care reforms. Draws on Merritt sources widely used by agents and... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover   The New Life Insurance Investment Advisor by Ben G. Baldwin Synopsis ""For anyone who needs to understand different types of life insurance, as well as considerations for purchasing and managing policies, this book should be on your nearby reference shelf. If you've frequently found yourself fumbling around with terminology,... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Pooling Health Insurance Risks by Mark Pauly Synopsis Pauly (health care systems, Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania) and Herring (Ph.D. candidate at the Wharton School) investigate the extent of risk pooling in private health insurance markets in the United States. The primary focus of the study is the... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Pension Planning: Pension, Profit-Sharing, and Other Deferred Compensation Plans by Everett T Allen Synopsis This book can be used in continuing education courses and schools with strong insurance programs and/or human resource management programs which offer an upper-level elective on pension planning. Due to its strengths, this text has been used by the... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Making Them Pay: How to Get the Most from Health Insurance and Managed Care by Rhonda Orin Synopsis Based on the author's extensive experience as a litigator, as well as her own battles with health insurance companies, Orin offers an eight-step plan for dealing with health insurance companies that deny benefits and are late making payments.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper How to Insure Your Income: A Step by Step Guide to Buying the Coverage You Need at Prices You... by Merritt Publisher Comments Provides important facts about disability insurance, the least known yet most often needed coverage.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Universal Life Insurance by Dearborn Synopsis Provides a comprehensive introduction to universal life products, including variable universal life and equity-indexed universal life.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper How to Insure Your Home: A Step by Step Guide to Buying the Coverage You Need at Prices You Can Afford by Merritt Publisher Comments "This excellent book...is filled with valuable information...fascinating reading."-- Robert Bruss, Tribune Media... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Rate Regulation of Workers' Compensation Insurance by Patricia Munch Danzon Synopsis In the 1980s and early 1990s, America's system of workers' compensation insurance was in trouble. Costs grew rapidly because of escalating medical costs, the increased involvement of attorneys in claims disputes, growing residual markets, and the... read more about this title check for other copies Mass Market   Inside the HMO: America's Healthcare in Crisis (Large Print) by Pancheta Wilson Synopsis An in depth analysis of current practices in Managed Care Medicine geared towards educating and raising consumer awareness of the manipulative tactics used by HMOs to undermine traditional doctor-patient relationships and pit doctors against each other... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper How to Insure Your Life: A Step by Step Guide to Buying the Coverage You Need at Prices You Can Afford by Reg Wilson Publisher Comments Provides valuable tips and tactics to help people get the best life insurance coverage for their money. It includes easy-to-use forms and helps consumers with everything from evaluating the financial strength of an insurance company to sifting through... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover False Security: Greed and Deception in America's Multibillion-Dollar Insurance Industry by Kenneth D Myers Publisher Comments To most of us, insurance represents a secure investment that provides affordable, dependable protection. Author Kenneth D. Myers believes that this lucrative industry is a business going bad. In False Security, Myers chronicles the abuses of the... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Senior Health Care by Dearborn Synopsis Provides a quick but thorough introduction to health care options available to seniors: Medicare, Medicare supplement insurance, Medicaid, and long-term care insurance.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Life Insurance: A Consumer's Handbook by Joseph M Belth Publisher Comments The major message of the volume, like that of the first edition, is that the consumer can save thousands of dollars by shopping carefully for life insurance. This book contains a list of suggested companies for buyers of term life insurance; a simplified... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Health Insurance Made E-Z by Made E-z Publisher Comments Discover how to buy the right health insurance inexpensively and effectively and effectively. Includes inside tips for smart shoppers on the selection process, evaluating health insurance needs, and much more.... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Fundamentals of Risk & Insurance by Emmett J. Vaughan Publisher Comments Retaining the purpose, organization and approach of its successful predecessors, this consumer-oriented update summarizes the pervasive nature of pure risk on the individual and society, illustrating the way in which insurance can be used to deal with... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper The Over 50 Insurance Survival Guide: How to Know What You Need, Get What You Want and Avoid Rip-Offs by Cynthia Davidson Publisher Comments People over the age of 50 face constant, high-pressure sales pitches from insurance carriers, brokers, and agents. This book takes older consumers through the maze of insurance products and helps them determine--without sales hype--what's available and... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Risk Management & Insurance by James Trieschmann Synopsis This proven market-leader provides a thorough, current introduction to risk management and insurance, stream-lined in this edition without loss of coverage. It assists the reader in identifying, analyzing, and managing risk through insurance and... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Renter's Insurance: How to Get the Best Coverage for the Cheapest Price When Some One Else Owns the Place Where You Live by Silver Lake Editors Synopsis This ninth book in Silver Lake's Insurance Series includes an analysis of standard insurance policy forms, case studies of problems and solutions and interviews with industry insiders about how this special coverage works.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Business Insurance 7TH Edition by R & R Newkirk Synopsis This course teaches the basic techniques used by private donors to implement charitable giving plans that maximize both the value of the gifts to charity and the value of the income and estate retained by the donor. Charitable Giving covers critical tax... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Insurance Solutions: Plan Well, Live Better: A Workbook for People with a Chronic Disease or Disability by Laura D Cooper Publisher Comments When faced with long-term disability or chronic illness, many people find the financial consequences as harrowing as the disease itself. Cooper shows that, with adequate planning, insurance should cover any and all disability-related costs. In fact, by... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Life Insurance Made E-Z by Silver Lake Publishing Publisher Comments Correctly evaluate life insurance needs, and learn how to choose the right kind of insurance. Make life insurance work for you, and gain peace of mind!... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Alternatives to Social Security: An International Inquiry by James Midgley Synopsis An essential collection of alternative approaches to social security.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper How to Insure Your Car: A Step by Step Guide to Buying the Coverage You Need at Prices You... by Merritt Publisher Comments Merritt's bestselling consumer title, HOW TO INSURE YOUR CAR is an insider's guide to finding the best coverage at the lowest prices. It includes case studies and worksheets to prepare for meetings with agents, brokers, and adjusters.... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Health Insurance Answer Book by John C. Garner Synopsis This easy-to-use guide will help you manage a cost-effective health insurance plan and ensure that your decisions are in compliance with constantly changing health care legislation. The Health Insurance Answer Book offers instant access to information on... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Life Insurance in Action by Dearborn Publisher Comments Surveys the features of life insurance products and how they give this coverage the flexibility to cover a wide range of clients' needs.... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Health Insurance Sourcebook by Wendy Wilcox Synopsis Basic Information about Managed Care Organizations, Traditional Fee-for-Service, Insurance, Insurance Portability and Pre-Existing Conditions Clauses, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Military Health Care, along with Information about Insurance... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Insurance and Annuities by Brian Breuel Publisher Comments You're no idiot, of course. You have a responsible job, manage the family finances and help the kids with their science projects. But when it comes to buying insurance, you're so overwhelmed that you're ready to say yes to almost any policy. Don't sign... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Sharing the Burden: Strategies for Public and Private Long-Term Care Insurance by Joshua M. Weiner Synopsis The United States is engaged in a critically important and contentious debate on how to overhaul the way it delivers and pays for long-term care. The authors of this book examine a wide range of financing approaches to reforming long-term care and the... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Your Life Insurance Options: Choosing Safe Companies and Reliable Agents, Variable, Universal... by Alan Lavine Publisher Comments A clear, practical guide to life insurance options for individuals planning financial futures for themselves and their families--and ideal for the financial profession as well. Shows individuals how to evaluate their insurance needs, how much to buy, how... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Paying the Price: The Status and Role of Insurance Against Natural Disasters in the United States by Howard Kunreuther Publisher Comments This book considers the effectiveness of insurance coverage for low-probability, high-consequence events such as natural disasters -- and how insurance programs can successfully be used with other policy tools, such as building codes and standards, to... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Maximizing Your Health Insurance Benefits: A Consumer's Guide to New and Traditional Plans by Richard A. Epstein Synopsis A comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide designed to help consumers understand the American health insurance system so that they can obtain the benefits to which they are entitled.... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance with Worksheet by Don Bury Synopsis Tried-and-proven techniques for saving time and money when dealing with business insurance issues. With more than four decades of combined experience helping business owners minimize their insurance costs and liabilities, the authors demystify the... read more about this title check for other copies Trade Paper Life Insurance Today by Dearborn Synopsis Describes the design and application of each of the major types of life insurance policies currently on the market today: term life, whole life, universal life, variable life, and variable universal life.... read more about this title check for other copies Hardcover Life Insurance: A Financial Planning Approach by Mark Dorfman Publisher Comments This edition includes enhanced computer exhibits and improved practice cases for Chapter 15 on life insurance planning for the early adult years, Chapter 16 on pre-retirement financial planning and Chapter 17 on estate planning. The heart of the text... read more about this title check for other copies

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