Risks in the making travels in life insurance and genetics

Opens up an important examination of risk selection procedures in insurance

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoyweghen, Ine van (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2007.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Care & welfare.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427552106719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Preface; Ch.1: Risky Business: The Collision of Genetics and Life Insurance; Ch.2: ""Genetics Is Not The Issue"": Insurers on Genetics and Life Insurance; Ch.3: Risky Bodies Stage I: Constituting the Underwriting Practice; Ch.4: Risky Bodies Stage II: Governing by Numbers; Ch.5: Risky Bodies Stage III: The Art of Underwriting; Ch.6: Risky Bodies Future Stage? Risk Carriers and Risk Takers; Ch.7: Towards Experimental Learning; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index