"Brackenridge's Medical Selection of Life Risks" has long been recognized as the leading reference book on insurance medicine. The fifth edition 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. There is expanded coverage of disability issues and full account is taken of new developments in genetics and gene therapy and also recent technology and regulatory and compliance issues. Part I deals with the principles of life and disability insurance and the logistics of life underwriting. Part II is devoted to a systematic clinical appraisal of underwriting problems, mainly relating to life insurance but also, where appropriate, to disability, critical illness and long term care insurance.
"Brackenridge's Medical Selection of Life Risks" has long been recognized as the leading reference book on insurance medicine. The fifth edition 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. There is expanded coverage of disability issues and full account is taken of new developments in genetics and gene therapy and also recent technology and regulatory and compliance issues. Part I deals with the principles of life and disability insurance and the logistics of life underwriting. Part II is devoted to a systematic clinical appraisal of underwriting problems, mainly relating to life insurance but also, where appropriate, to disability, critical illness and long term care insurance.
PART ONE A Historical Survey of the Development of Life Assurance; R.D.C.Brackenridge Forms of Life and Health Insurance Contracts; P.C.Maynard Principles of Risk Selection and Classification; H.A.Woodman The Application of Life Table Methodology to Risk Appraisal; R.B.Singer The Rating of Substandard Lives; M.W.Kita Underwriting Genetic Diseases; J.A.Lowden Underwriting Older Ages; L.Goodwin Underwriting Younger Ages; P.D.Snow Disability Insurance; J.LoCascio Long Term Care Underwriting; D.C.Elliott & E.Rubi Impaired Lives Annuities; G.H.Robb & R.Willets Structured Settlements; J.A.Ryan Jr. & R.Harbin Application Processing; G.Bundock Life Underwriting and Information Technology; D.E.Hodkinson PART TWO The Concept of Health and Disease; R.D.C.Brackenridge The Medical Examination; R.D.C.Brackenridge Drawing Conclusions From Test Results; R.E.Braun Build; K.Somerville Blood Pressure; R.D.C.Brackenridge Diabetes Mellitus; G.H.Robb & R.Lawrenson Cardiovascular Disorders: Part A: CoronaryHeart Disease; B.R.MacKenzie Part B: Arrhythmias, Valvular and other Disorders; R.S.Croxson Part C: Congenital; G.R.Cumming Electrocardiography; M.Clark Respiratory Disorders; R.C.Richie & M.L.Engman Disease of the Kidney and Urinary Tract; H.L.Minuk Disease of the Liver and Alimentary Tract; M.E.C.Thorpe Oncology; S.B.Cannon Blood Disorders; U.Wandl Endocrine Disorders; A.D.Toft Diseases of the Nervous System; F.C.Rose Psychiatric Disorders; U.Wandl Substance Abuse: Part A: Drugs and Alcohol; R.W.Watson Part B: Tobacco; R.W.Watson Rheumatic Disorders; R.D.C.Brackenridge Musculoskeletal Disorders; R.D.C.Brackenridge Infectious Diseases; J.von Overbeck HIV and AIDS; J.von Overbeck Tropical Diseases; J.von Overbeck & A.S.Zinkernagel Female Reproductive Disorders; P.Galbraith Miscellaneous Impairments; R.D.C.Brackenridge
R.D.C. BRACKENRIDGE MD FRCP (Glasgow) has had a long and distinguished career as Consulting Medical Officer to Swiss Re Life & Health (formerly Mercantile & General), London, UK. He is a past president of the Assurance Medical Society and was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Insurance Medicine and the International Committee for Life Assurance Medicine & Disability in 1995. RICHARD S. CROXSON MB FRACP is Chief Medical Officer for Swiss Re Life and Health (formerly Mercantile and General), London, Uk and also a Consultant Cardiologist with his own practice. B. RO
'... this book can be recommended as being emminently fit for its purpose.' - Reference Reviews Reviews of Previous Editions 'All contributors are to be congratulated for producing a book which is readable, up-to-date and thought provoking, as well as being an invaluable guide to underwriting practice. Every life office should have at least one copy - and every underwriter and every actuary should know where it is.' - Journal of the Institute of Actuaries (Review of 3rd edition) 'This underwriter cannot imagine anyone choosing to go on underwriting medical risks without handy access to a copy of Medical Selection of Life Risks. On second thought better buy two. The first one is apt to get dog-eared fairly quickly.' - On the Risk (Review of 4th edition)
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