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Medical Selection of Life Risks 5th Edition Swiss Re branded

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Editors:
  1. R. D. C. Brackenridge

    1. Swiss Re Life & Health, London, UK

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  2. Richard S. Croxson

    1. Swiss Re Life & Health, London, UK

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  3. Ross MacKenzie

    1. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Historical Survey of the Development of Life Assurance

      • R D C Brackenridge
      Pages 3-19

    3. Types of Life and Health Insurance Policies

      • Peter Maynard
      Pages 21-32

    4. Principles of Risk Selection and Classification

      • Harry A Woodman
      Pages 33-43

    5. The Application of Life Table Methodology to Risk Appraisal

      • Richard B Singer
      Pages 45-69

    6. The Rating of Substandard Lives

      • Michael W Kita
      Pages 71-98

    7. Underwriting Genetic Diseases

      • J Alexander Lowden
      Pages 99-114

    8. Older Age Underwriting

      • Linda Goodwin
      Pages 115-131

    9. Underwriting Younger Ages: Pediatric Mortality Risk Evaluation

      • Patrick D Snow
      Pages 133-144

    10. Principles of Disability: Benefits and Underwriting

      • John Locascio
      Pages 145-162

    11. Long-Term Care Underwriting

      • Daniel C Elliott, Emilio Rubi
      Pages 163-176

    12. Impaired Life Annuities

      • Geoffrey H Robb, Richard Willets
      Pages 177-182

    13. Structured Settlements

      • James A Ryan Jr, Roger F Harbin
      Pages 183-187

    14. Application Processing

      • Gary Bundock
      Pages 189-193

    15. Life Underwriting and Information Technology

      • David Hodkinson
      Pages 195-204

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. The Concept of Health and Disease

      • R D C Brackenridge
      Pages 207-219

    3. The Physical Examination

      • R D C Brackenridge
      Pages 221-240

    4. Laboratory Testing and Risk Classification

      • Richard E Braun
      Pages 241-250
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Swiss Re Life & Health, London, UK

    R. D. C. Brackenridge, Richard S. Croxson

  • Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Ross MacKenzie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medical Selection of Life Risks 5th Edition Swiss Re branded

  • Editors: R. D. C. Brackenridge, Richard S. Croxson, Ross MacKenzie

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-56632-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-56634-1Due: 05 November 2029

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-56632-7Published: 20 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 1094

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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