Brackenridge’s Medical Selection of Life Risks

  • R. D. C. Brackenridge
  • Richard S. Croxson
  • Ross MacKenzie
Book

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
      PDF
    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

About this book

Introduction

The fifth edition of this leading reference book on insurance medicine, provides a comprehensive guide to life expectancy for underwriters and clinicians involved in the life insurance industry. Extensively revised and expanded, the new edition reflects developments in life and healthcare insurance as well as medicine.

Keywords

care contract contracts drugs infectious diseases information technology Information Technology (IT) methodology survey

Editors and affiliations

  • R. D. C. Brackenridge
    • 1
  • Richard S. Croxson
    • 1
  • Ross MacKenzie
    • 2
  1. 1.Swiss Re Life & HealthLondonUK
  2. 2.Toronto General HospitalTorontoCanada

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-72324-9
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-72326-3
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-72324-9
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