ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B620

    Title

 Fire Underwriting In Theory And Practice

    Author

 Hurren, George

    Publisher

 Buckley Press Ltd

    ISBN

 

     Summary

Contents - 1. The underlying aim and the basic principles 2. The making of an underwriter 3. Probabilities - possibilities - reasonable risks - and the progressive outlook 4. The theory of limits 5. the basic line and the special account 6. Stabilizing instability 7. The progressive outlook and gross and net lines 8. Disaster limits 9. Gross and net lines - reinsurance 10. Selection of risks - accommodation business - classes of risk 11. rate making 12. Claims and expenses 13. Special perils - earthquake 14. Special perils - windstorm 15. Special perils - riot and civil commotion 16. Special perils - miscellaneous 17. Loss of profits and other consequential losses 18. The risks of yesterday and today 19. The residential and office block 20. Retail premises 21. The storage risk 22. Miscellaneous risks 23. The industrial risk 24. The sprinklered risk 25. The underwriter's approach