The Best Insurance Business & Money Books 2025

1. Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

Pre-Owned - Praise for the Third Edition This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science. . . . The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read. --Annals of Actuarial Science Newly organized to focus exclusively on material tested in the Society of Actuaries' Exam C and the Casualty Actuarial Society's Exam 4, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Fourth Edition continues to supply actuaries with a practical approach to the key concepts and techniques needed on the job. With updated material and extensive examples, the book successfully provides the essential methods for using available data to construct models for the frequency and severity of future adverse outcomes. The book continues to equip readers with the tools needed for the construction and analysis of mathematical models that describe the process by which funds flow into and out of an insurance system. Focusing on the loss process, the authors explore key quantitative techniques including random variables, basic distributional quantities, and the recursive method, and discuss techniques for classifying and creating distributions. Parametric, non-parametric, and Bayesian estimation methods are thoroughly covered along with advice for choosing an appropriate model. New features of this Fourth Edition include: Expanded discussion of working with large data sets, now including more practical elements of constructing decrement tables Added coverage of methods for simulating several special situations An updated presentation of Bayesian estimation, outlining conjugate prior distributions and the linear exponential family as well as related computational issues Throughout the book, numerous examples showcase the real-world applications of the presented concepts, with an emphasis on calculations and spreadsheet implementation. A wealth of new exercises taken from previous Exam C/4 exams allows readers to test their comprehension of the material, and a related FTP site features the book's data sets. Loss Models, Fourth Edition is an indispensable resource for students and aspiring actuaries who are preparing to take the SOA and CAS examinations. The book is also a valuable reference for professional actuaries, actuarial students, and anyone who works with loss and risk models. To explore our additional offerings in actuarial exam preparation visit www.wiley.com/go/c4actuarial .

Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

2. Fundamental Concepts of Actuarial Science, Used [Paperback]

Fundamental Concepts of Actuarial Science by Charles L. Trowbridge

Fundamental Concepts of Actuarial Science, Used [Paperback]

3. The Practical E/M: Documentation and Coding Solutions for Quality Patient Care [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. The Practical E/M: Documentation and Coding Solutions for Quality Patient Care by Stephen Levinson

The Practical E/M: Documentation and Coding Solutions for Quality Patient Care [Paperback - Used]

4. Pre-Owned Hermann's Mental Health and Disability Law in a Nutshell (Paperback) 0314065466 9780314065469

Expert coverage deals with civil commitment, as well as hearings to determine fitness for trial or execution. Examines criminal defenses and sentencing as they relate to the mental capacity of defendants. Overviews categories of mental health professionals, including the scope of their work, liscensing, and discipline. Discusses the major psychiatric disorders. Clinical psychiatric evidence is examined, including a review of admissibility of evidence, qualifying experts, and establishing a basis for clinical opinion. Medical malpractice and negligence are also examined.

Title: Hermann's Mental Health and Disability Law in a Nutshell ISBN10: 0314065466 EAN: 9780314065469 Author: Hermann, Donald H.; Hermann CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

5. Patient Power : The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, Used [Paperback]

A popular explanation of how tax-free medical savings accounts would work. Strippable.

Patient Power : The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, Used [Paperback]

6. Hospital Billing: Completing UB-04 Claims, Used [Paperback]

Hospital Billing, Second Edition provides current content with a practical approach. The content addresses the real world of the hospital billing department, integrating the computer skills and procedures needed for daily work. The material also addresses the types of critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis skills demanded by today s employers. The text includes instruction that entry-level hospital billers must understand, including the following: the hospital billing flow; basic coding and payment systems; the data elements required to complete the recently mandated new UB-04 form; the way in which form-completion requirements vary depending on the type of facility; the medical insurance plan, and inpatient/outpatient status; job performance in compliance with HIPAA privacy and best practices regulations; and how computerized systems are used for form completion"

Hospital Billing, Used [Paperback]

7. Fundamentals of Health Insurance, Part B [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This book continues the introduction to the basic concepts underlying group and individual health insurance that was begun in Fundamentals of Health Insurance, Part A. It is an excellent resource for those beginning a career in the health insurance industry, as well as those from other fields (such as medicine, healthcare, and business) who need a basic understanding of how health insurance works. Chapter authors all have extensive experience in the health insurance industry, and bring a practical, real-world perspective to their treatment of the subject. Fundamentals of Health Insurance, Part B is followed by seven other HIAA books on topics such as managed health care, long-term care, health insurance fraud, and supplemental health insurance.

Fundamentals of Health Insurance, Part B, Used [Paperback]

8. Access to Medical Care : COMMON SENSE for DOCTORS, PATIENTS, and the PUBLIC, Used [Paperback]

Throughout his fifty-year medical practice, Dr. Keith Dahlberg has practiced family medicine both in the United States and abroad. He has focused especially on those who have difficulty getting access to medical care. This book offers a common sense, many-sided approach to America's present medical delivery problems, and the more than forty-five million American citizens who have no medical insurance. Dr. Dahlberg writes both to the family that is searching for better medical care, and to doctors who seek to improve it. Sample chapters include: What Makes Medical Costs Rise The Costliest Medical Tool The Medicine She Never Took Payment Up Front: The Uninsured Electronic Records Medical Insurance

Access to Medical Care : COMMON SENSE for DOCTORS, PATIENTS, and the PUBLIC, Used [Paperback]

9. Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Second Edition [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Revised, updated, and even more useful to students, teachers, and practicing professionals The First Edition of Loss Models was deemed "worthy of classical status" by the Journal of the International Statistical Institute. While retaining its predecessor's thorough treatment of the concepts and methods of analyzing contingent events, this powerful Second Edition is updated and expanded to offer even more complete and flexible coverage of risk theory, loss distributions, and survival models. Beginning with a framework for model building and a description of frequency and severity loss data typically available, it shows readers how to combine frequency, severity, and loss models to build aggregate loss models and credibility-based pricing models, and how to analyze loss over multiple time periods. Important features of this new edition include: * Thorough preparation for relevant parts of preliminary examinations of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) * Exercises based on past SOA and CAS exams * Examples using actual insurance data * Practical treatment of modern credibility theory * Data files and more from an ftp site Loss Models, Second Edition is an important resource, providing a comprehensive, practically motivated toolkit and an excellent reference, for actuaries preparing for SOA and CAS preliminary examinations, students in actuarial science who need to understand loss and risk models, and practicing professionals involved in loss modeling.

Loss Models : From Data to Decisions, Used [Hardcover]

10. Career Opportunities in Banking, Finance, and Insurance, Used [Hardcover]

The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that jobs in financial services will grow 12 percent over the next several years. The demand will be higher for certain positions in accounting, financial reporting, client services, and risk management due both to recently enacted legislation that imposes more rigorous financial reporting standards and to demographic changes, including a rise in the elderly population. ""Career Opportunities in Banking, Finance, and Insurance, Second Edition"" profiles 86 jobs, including eight new to this edition. All information has been reviewed and updated to reflect current industry trends and salaries. The appendixes have been completely revised and updated as well. The new career profiles include: Account executive, banking; Commercial real estate loan officer; Financial writer; Operations specialist, securities; Performance analyst; Request for proposal writer; Residential mortgage originator; and, Tax preparer.

Career Opportunities in Banking, Finance, and Insurance, Used [Hardcover]