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Agricultural insurance : theory and practice and application to developing countries /
This book, which deals comprehensively with agricultural insurance, is the second edition of a book that was published in 1967. The book first deals with the nature of agricultural risks and their insurability. The second part describes the principles and practices of the main types of insurance cur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
�1981.
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| Edición: | 2d ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Agricultural Insurance: Theory and Practice and Application to Developing Countries; Copyright Page; DEDICATION; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Samples of Select Forms (Appendix 3); Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Foreword; BOOK I: GENERALTHEORY; PART I: Agricultural Risks and Their Insurability; Chapter 1. Risks in Agriculture; Risks to Agricultural Property; Natural Risks; Social Risks; Economic Risks; Personal Risks in Agriculture; Graphic Presentation of Agricultural Risks
- Chapter 2. Different Ways of Meeting Agricultural RisksAvoidance; Prevention; Assumption; Chapter 3. Insurability of Agricultural Risks; Nature and Function of Insurance; Factors Determining Insurability of Risks; Insurability of Agricultural Risks; Fortuitousness of Agricultural Risks; Computability of Agricultural Risks; Low Cost of Insurance; Chapter 4. Actuarial Consideration of Agricultural Risks; Specialized Agricultural Risks; Hail; Windstorm; Flood; All-Risks to Growing Crops; Risks to Livestock; Non-Specialized Agricultural Risks; Fire; Life; Sickness; Accidents
- PART II: Insurance Organizations with Reference to AgricultureChapter 5. Private Insurance; Principal Types of Insurance Organization; Joint-Stock Insurance Companies; Mutual and Co-operative Insurance Societies; Characteristics of a Mutual Insurance Society; Characteristics of a Co-operative Insurance Society; Mutual and Co-operative Insurance Associations Compared with Joint-Stock Insurance Companies; Comparative Advantages of Mutual and Co-operative Insurance Associations and Joint-Stock Insurance Companies as Carriers of Agricultural Insurance; Chapter 6. Public Insurance
- Forms of Public InsuranceAdvantages and Disadvantages of Public Insurance; Chapter 7. Reinsurance; Definition and Benefit; Reinsurance Methods; Reinsurance Organizations; BOOK II: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES; PART I: Crop Insurance; Chapter 8. Object and Types of Crop Insurance; Object of Crop Insurance1; Types of Crop Insurance; Chapter 9. Specific Risk Crop Insurance Against Hail; Nature of Contract; Eligibility (of Land) For and Condition of Coverage; Amount of Cover; Methods of Rating; Examples of Premium Rates; Discounts and Rebates of Premium; Assessment and Payment of Premiums
- Term of ContractOther Conditions of Contract; Procedure in Case of Loss; Method of Loss Determination; Minimum Loss Clause and Loss-deductable Clause; Management and Reserve; Reinsurance; Chapter 10. All-Risk Crop Insurance; Nature of All-Risk Crop Insurance; All-Risk Crop Insurance in the United States; Systems of Crop Insurance in Canada and Japan; PART II: Livestock Insurance; Chapter 11. Importance and Forms of Livestock Insurance; Importance of Livestock Insurance; Position of Livestock Insurance; Forms of Livestock Insurance; Chapter 12. Insurance of Livestock- General; Nature of Cover