Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Environmental risk and insurance

MAP20070010330

Environmental risk and insurance / Chester A. Zagaski. — Boca Raton [etc.] : Lewis Publishers, cop. 1992

XXII, 656 p. ; 24 cm

Sumario: I. How environmental pollution can impact your financial security -- II. A profile hazardous waste and the hazardous waste industry -- III. A summary of financial responsibility provisions and laws based on federal requirements -- IV. The special issues concerning the law of toxic torts and hazardous waste litigation including the impacts of mass disasters -- V. Victim's compensation -- VI. Liability and insurance for marine vessels and oil spills -- VII. Nuclear liability risk and insurance -- VIII. Environmental catastrophes and insurance systems -- IX. The special issues for international environmental risk and insurance -- X. The special insurance problems arising from pollution liability -- XI. The measurement and assessment of environmental damage -- XII. The applicationas of life insurance concepts to environmental risk and insurance -- XIII. Alternative risk financing mechanisms: risk retention groups, risk purchasing groups, and captive insurance companies -- XIV. The ultimate environmental solution -- XV. A legislative proposal to resolve the pollution liability crisis: the environmental risk and insurance corporation -- XVI. Personalizing environmental risk and insurance -- XVII. The new realities for hazardous waste firms and insurance regulations.

ISBN 0-87371-332-X

1. Seguro de responsabilidad civil por daños al medio ambiente . 2. Contaminación . 3. Productos tóxicos y peligrosos . 4. Derecho ambiental . 5. Vertidos . 6. Riesgos extraordinarios . 7. Impacto ambiental . 8. Residuos . 9. Casos prácticos . 10. Riesgo atómico . I. Title.

FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE. Centro de Documentación

FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE. Centro de Documentación — Signature: 334-ZAG-ENV — Record number: 011807

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