MAP20070043512Skipper, Harold D.Risk management and insurance : perspectives in a global economy / Harold D. Skipper, W. Jean Kwon. — Malden, MA. : Blackwell Publishing, 2007XII; 751 p. ; 25 cm.I. Introduction to risk management and insurance -- II. Risk perceptions and reactions -- III. The economics of international trade -- IV. Societal risk assessment and control: theory and practice -- V. Catastrophe risk assessment: natural hazards -- VI. Catastrophe risk assessment: human factors -- VII. Societal risk management and changing demographics -- VIII. Regulation of private-sector financial services -- IX. Public sector economic security -- X. The legal environment -- XI. Sociocultural effects on risk management -- XII. Enterprise risk management -- XIII. International loss financing arrangements -- XV. Risk management for catastrophes -- XVI. Personnel risk management -- XVII. Political risk management -- XVIII. Intellectual property and technology risk management -- XIX. The economic foundations of insurance -- XX. The nature and importance of insurance -- XXI. Life insurance -- XXII. Nonlife insurance -- XXIII. Reinsurance -- XIV. Regulation and Taxation in insurance markets -- XV. Financial services integration -- XVI. Risk management and insurance in a global economy: a future perspective