Download or read book Risk Classification in Life Insurance written by J. David Cummins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research project leading to this book was initiated in the fall of 1979 when the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) contacted Dan McGill, chairman of the Wharton School Insurance Department, about conducting a study on risk classification in life insurance. The ACLI was concerned about legislative and judicial activity in this area and its potential effects on the life insurance industry. A meeting was held at the ACLI offices in Washington, D.C., between several members of the ACLI staff and Dan McGill and David Cummins representing the Wharton School insurance department. An agreement was reached that a study would be conducted at Wharton dealing with issues in risk classification. Although the staff of the ACLI suggested directions the study might take, it was agreed that the design and execution of the study would be solely under the control of the researchers. The researchers also retained unrestricted publication rights in the results of the study. This agreement has been honored by the ACLI during the course of the project.

Download or read book Faecal Sludge Management written by Linda Strande and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that literally billions of residents in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America are served by onsite sanitation systems (e.g. various types of latrines and septic tanks). Until recently, the management of faecal sludge from these onsite systems has been grossly neglected, partially as a result of them being considered temporary solutions until sewer-based systems could be implemented. However, the perception of onsite or decentralized sanitation technologies for urban areas is gradually changing, and is increasingly being considered as long-term, sustainable options in urban areas, especially in low- and middle-income countries that lack sewer infrastructures. This is the first book dedicated to faecal sludge management. It compiles the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving field of faecal sludge management, and presents an integrated approach that includes technology, management, and planning based on Sandecs 20 years of experience in the field. Faecal Sludge Management: Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation addresses the organization of the entire faecal sludge management service chain, from the collection and transport of sludge, and the current state of knowledge of treatment options, to the final end use or disposal of treated sludge. The book also presents important factors to consider when evaluating and upscaling new treatment technology options. The book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers and practitioners in the field who have some basic knowledge of environmental and/or wastewater engineering.

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Download or read book How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries written by David M. Robbins and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical handbook providing a step-by-step approach to the techniques used for characterizing wastewater sources and investigating sites where collection, treatment and reuse/disposal technologies will be installed. It is intended to help enable local implementation of on-site and decentralized wastewater management system (DWMS)for wide scale use in development settings. How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries helps local service providers and regulatory officials make informed decisions through the use of tools, checklists and case studies. It includes a link to a web based community of on-site and decentralized wastewater professionals, which contains related tools and case studies. This handbook serves as a reference for training classes, certification programs, and higher education programs in civil and sanitary engineering. There is an increasing interest on the part of local government officials and private sector service providers to implement wastewater treatment systems to solve sanitation problems. The model presented in this handbook promotes activities that first generate data related to source and site conditions that represent critical inputs, and then applies this information to the technology selection process. Matching the most appropriate technologies to the specific needs of the wastewater project is the key that leads to long term sustainability. How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries is an invaluable resource for public sector decision makers and private sector service providers in developing countries. It is also a useful text for students at engineering colleges in developing countries interested in taking a class that teaches the methods of decentralized wastewater management system (DWMS) development.

Download or read book Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies written by Elizabeth Tilley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2015 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2015 presents a comprehensive overview of recent and longer term trends in productivity levels and growth in OECD countries.

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Download or read book Age of Discovery written by Ian Goldin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present is a contest between the bright and dark sides of discovery. To avoid being torn apart by its stresses, we need to recognize the fact—and gain courage and wisdom from the past. Age of Discovery shows how. Now is the best moment in history to be alive, but we have never felt more anxious or divided. Human health, aggregate wealth and education are flourishing. Scientific discovery is racing forward. But the same global flows of trade, capital, people and ideas that make gains possible for some people deliver big losses to others—and make us all more vulnerable to one another. Business and science are working giant revolutions upon our societies, but our politics and institutions evolve at a much slower pace. That’s why, in a moment when everyone ought to be celebrating giant global gains, many of us are righteously angry at being left out and stressed about where we’re headed. To make sense of present shocks, we need to step back and recognize: we’ve been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, likewise redrew all maps of the world, democratized communication and sparked a flourishing of creative achievement. But their world also grappled with the same dark side of rapid change: social division, political extremism, insecurity, pandemics and other unintended consequences of discovery. Now is the second Renaissance. We can still flourish—if we learn from the first.

Download or read book Les assurances dommages aux biens de l entreprise written by Philippe Laroche and published by L'Argus de l'Assurance Editions. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: À jour du Tome I du Traité des Risques d’Entreprises 2023 Établissant un pont entre la théorie et la pratique, cet ouvrage est destiné aux professionnels désireux d’appréhender et d’optimiser la technique d’assurance du risque d’entreprise. La première partie aborde sous l’angle opérationnel du praticien de l’assurance la méthodologie à mettre en oeuvre en matière de gestion des risques et d’analyse des vulnérabilités des entreprises. Ces vulnérabilités étant susceptibles de menacer directement ou indirectement le patrimoine des entreprises conduisent logiquement à détailler l’ensemble des garanties délivrables au sein des contrats d’assurance, tant du point de vue des dommages aux biens (incendie, bris de machine, pertes d’exploitation...) que des responsabilités civiles rattachées aux contrats de Dommages aux Biens. La seconde partie, qui intègre la nouvelle version du Tome I publié en 2023 par France Assureurs, permet de comprendre les modalités tarifaires du Traité d’assurance incendie risques d’entreprises spécifique aux risques industriels, avant d’aborder celles relatives aux pertes d’exploitation et au bris de machine. Pour une approche concrète de la souscription, l’ouvrage analyse les différents modes rédactionnels des contrats d’assurance. Des exemples concrets de tarification et de rédaction de polices sont proposés à partir d’un rapport de visite de risque. D’autres caractéristiques techniques, propres à la profession de l’assurance, sont également développées : pleins et capacités de souscription, réassurance, convention de déontologie de la coassurance 2016, assurance des établissements situés hors de France... tout comme les débats sur les pertes d’exploitation sans dommage engendrés par la crise sanitaire. Enfin, pierre angulaire de la prestation d’assurance, un chapitre spécifique est consacré aux aspects pratiques de la gestion des sinistres.

Download or read book Manuel d assurance written by Gilles Bénéplanc and published by PUF. This book was released on 2022-11-02T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ce manuel comporte cinq parties à la structure similaire?: exposé du sujet, concepts explicatifs, techniques et modélisations, résumé. La première partie traite de la théorie des risques. Elle propose une définition des notions de risque et d’aléa puis une classification des différents types de risques et un exposé des théories et des pratiques de gestion et de transfert des risques. La deuxième partie est consacrée aux principes fondamentaux de l’assurance qui structurent ce secteur d'activité?: aversion au risque, assurabilité, inversion du cycle de production, mutualisation et segmentation. L’assurance est une activité financière et, à ce titre, fortement régulée. La troisième partie porte sur la régulation, dans ses fondements théoriques et sa mise en œuvre pratique sur divers marchés, particulièrement sur le marché européen. La quatrième partie expose les principales techniques utilisées pour assurer et gérer efficacement les portefeuilles de risques. La dernière partie de ce livre traite de l'organisation des marchés d'assurance et de réassurance ainsi que de la stratégie des différents acteurs. L'analyse s’appuiera sur une modélisation de la chaîne de création de valeur ajoutée pour identifier les stratégies gagnantes et les autres.

Download or read book L assurance des flottes automobiles written by Olga Mior and published by L'Argus de l'Assurance Editions. This book was released on 2022-11-23 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L’intérêt pour les flottes automobiles va croissant, y intégrant de nouveaux acteurs. L’assurance est une composante essentielle du budget automobile. Elle revêt une complexité certaine et emprunte autant à la technique qu’au juridique. Cet ouvrage répond de façon didactique aux problématiques d’assurance des flottes automobiles que rencontrent les différents publics de professionnels concernés par cette matière. Pour l’entreprise ou la collectivité disposant d’une flotte automobile, l’ouvrage apporte une connaissance du champ des assurances automobiles obligatoires et facultatives, un inventaire des points à examiner pour apprécier la pertinence d’une offre ou des garanties en cours, des propositions de montages de garanties et de formules « d’auto-assurance » permettant d’optimiser le budget d’assurance, des conseils pour mettre en place un plan de prévention ainsi que les modalités opérationnelles pour lancer une consultation de marché ou construire un programme international. Les opérateurs d’assurance (assureurs et intermédiaires) y trouveront, pour leur part, des outils et modèles afin d’étudier les risques des clients, proposer une offre d’assurance adaptée ou rechercher les informations juridiques et pratiques nécessaires à la gestion du contrat et des sinistres. Les auteurs, spécialistes du secteur, ont souhaité en faire un ouvrage de référence aisé à consulter.

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Download or read book Mod lisation et valuation quantitative des risques en actuariat written by Etienne Marceau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-08 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ce livre est consacré à la modélisation et à l'évaluation quantitative des risques en actuariat sur une période. Après un bref rappel des notions en théorie des probabilités, l’auteur présente les modèles de base en actuariat permettant de décrire le comportement des risques en assurance. La mutualisation et les méthodes d’agrégation de risques indépendants sont passées en revue tout comme les notions de base de simulation stochastique et les applications pour l'évaluation quantitative des risques. Une brève introduction aux ordres stochastiques univariés, utilisés pour comparer et expliquer qualitativement le comportement des coûts d'un risque ou d'un portefeuille de risques complète utilement cette première partie. Deux chapitres sont consacrés à la modélisation de la dépendance, offrant une revue des résultats récents portant sur les lois multivariées, les lois composées multivariées, les copules, les méthodes d’agrégation de risques dépendants et l’analyse de l’impact de la dépendance. Dans le dernier chapitre enfin, les auteurs présentent une introduction aux règles d'allocation de capital qui servent à déterminer la part allouée à chaque risque du portefeuille. En raison de l'évolution récente de la science actuarielle, les outils développés dans ce livre peuvent également être appliqués dans le cadre de la gestion des risques pour les institutions financières (Quantative Risk Management) ou les entreprises en général (Entreprise Risk Management). Un soin particulier a été apporté à la mise en pratique des notions traitées dans cet ouvrage, par le biais d'exemples et d'exercices dont les résultats sont obtenus à l'aide d'un outil informatique. L'ouvrage est destiné à une large audience (étudiants, professionnels et académiques) et seule une connaissance de base en probabilités est requise. Son contenu a été enseigné et testé auprès de plus de mille cinq cents étudiants dans le cadre de cours, allant de la 1re année de License au Master, dispensés à l'École d'actuariat (Université Laval, Québec, Canada), l'Institut des sciences financières et actuarielles (Université Claude-Bernard, Lyon, France), l'Institut des sciences actuarielles (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique) et l'Institut national de statistique et d’économie appliquée (INSEA, Rabat, Maroc).