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Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance
Freeman, Paul K.; Kunreuther, Howard
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Description for Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance
Hardback. Highlights the role that insurance and performance standards can play in managing environmental risk. This book analyzes the ability of insurance to play a role in managing environmental risk. It outlines the role insurance plays in society and analyzes the insurability of the risks. Series: Studies in Risk and Uncertainty. Num Pages: 107 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 354.
Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of academic issues, including current systems available for providing compensation and deterrence, use of contracts (including insurance) as substitutes for tort law, limitations of regulatory policy-making by government agencies, pre-conditions for creation of insurance products, and market mechanisms necessary for insurance to be purchased or sold. The purpose of Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance is to highlight the potential role that insurance and performance standards can play in managing ... Read more
Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of academic issues, including current systems available for providing compensation and deterrence, use of contracts (including insurance) as substitutes for tort law, limitations of regulatory policy-making by government agencies, pre-conditions for creation of insurance products, and market mechanisms necessary for insurance to be purchased or sold. The purpose of Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance is to highlight the potential role that insurance and performance standards can play in managing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
107
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
Number of Pages
107
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792399018
SKU
V9780792399018
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance
`...this is an extremely timely book whose message deserves serious attention by policy makers and politicians.' Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 41:5 (1998)