Life and Health Insurance

Author: (USA) Croushore / Zhou Fu et al.
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: "Life and Health Insurance" (8th Edition) is a foundational teaching text on life and health insurance. Its content is highly detailed and comprehensive, while the language is concise and easy to understand, making it an excellent book for both insurance professionals and beginners. The book approaches the subject from a legal perspective, aiming to integrate legal concepts with insurance knowledge when explaining insurance contracts. It also helps readers understand and master the material through the analysis of numerous insurance cases. All of these elements provide a thorough foundation for understanding the development and evolution of American life and health insurance and the U.S. legal system, while also broadening our perspective on the study of insurance, insurance contracts, and their legal relationships. Of course, the U.S. legal system differs fundamentally from ours, but the book's core content still offers many valuable insights. The publication of this book is highly beneficial for advancing theoretical research on life and health insurance and the development of insurance textbooks in China. It also greatly contributes to improving the management and operational standards of life and health insurance in our country. China's life insurance market has enormous potential and abundant resources, making it a vast and underdeveloped market. However, the effective supply of life insurance in China is currently somewhat insufficient. We should focus on introducing foreign insurance product designs that align with China's national conditions, increasing the availability of marketable insurance products, and reforming and adjusting the structure of insurance products in China. Economic Science Press has made valuable efforts in introducing outstanding foreign insurance teaching materials. I hope the press will continue to bring us more excellent insurance theories and teaching resources in the future. At the same time, I also hope that all sectors of society, which care about and support the development of China's insurance industry, will continue to provide deep attention and strong support for the advancement of insurance theory and practice in China.