Uncertain business :: risk, insurance and the limits of knowledge /
We live in an age of increasing doubt about whether our institutions and technologies can provide security against risks, many of which they themselves have created. Uncertain Business is an unprecedented inquiry into insurance industry practices and what they tell us about risks and uncertainties i...
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| Zusammenfassung: | We live in an age of increasing doubt about whether our institutions and technologies can provide security against risks, many of which they themselves have created. Uncertain Business is an unprecedented inquiry into insurance industry practices and what they tell us about risks and uncertainties in contemporary society. The core of the book is ethnographic studies in distinct fields of insurance: premature death, disability, earthquake, and terrorism. These studies reveal that uncertainty pervades different fields of insurance, the very industry that is charged with transforming uncertainty into manageable risk. Scientific data on risk are variously absent, inadequate, controversial, contradictory, and ignored. Insurers impose meaning on uncertainty through non-scientific forms of knowledge that are intuitive, emotional, aesthetic, moral, and speculative. Nevertheless, the nature of uncertainty and the response to it varies substantially across the fields studied, showing how contemporary society is characterized by competing risk logics. Insurers' perceptions and decisions about uncertainty with potential for windfall profits as well as catastrophic losses create crises in insurance availability and provoke new forms of inequality and exclusion. Hence, while the insurance industry is a central bulwark against uncertainty, insurers also play a key role in fostering it. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (viii, 332 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442682849 1442682841 1281994332 9781281994332 9780802085627 0802085628 9786611994334 6611994335 |
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| contents | Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Risk, Insurance, and the Limits of Knowledge -- 2 Uncertainties of Life: Embracing Risk, Prudence, and Investment -- 3 Uncertainties of Disability: Spreading Risk, Solidarity, and Welfare -- 4 Uncertainties of Earthquakes: Absorbing Risk, Mitigation, and Infrastructure -- 5 Uncertainties of Terrorism: Pre-empting Risk, Precaution, and Vigilance -- 6 Uncertain Business -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U Vw -- y -- z |
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| spelling | Ericson, Richard V., 1948-2007. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyTDkj6Mj9rvqXH4cTpdP Uncertain business : risk, insurance and the limits of knowledge / Richard V. Ericson and Aaron Doyle. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2004. 1 online resource (viii, 332 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. We live in an age of increasing doubt about whether our institutions and technologies can provide security against risks, many of which they themselves have created. Uncertain Business is an unprecedented inquiry into insurance industry practices and what they tell us about risks and uncertainties in contemporary society. The core of the book is ethnographic studies in distinct fields of insurance: premature death, disability, earthquake, and terrorism. These studies reveal that uncertainty pervades different fields of insurance, the very industry that is charged with transforming uncertainty into manageable risk. Scientific data on risk are variously absent, inadequate, controversial, contradictory, and ignored. Insurers impose meaning on uncertainty through non-scientific forms of knowledge that are intuitive, emotional, aesthetic, moral, and speculative. Nevertheless, the nature of uncertainty and the response to it varies substantially across the fields studied, showing how contemporary society is characterized by competing risk logics. Insurers' perceptions and decisions about uncertainty with potential for windfall profits as well as catastrophic losses create crises in insurance availability and provoke new forms of inequality and exclusion. Hence, while the insurance industry is a central bulwark against uncertainty, insurers also play a key role in fostering it. Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Risk, Insurance, and the Limits of Knowledge -- 2 Uncertainties of Life: Embracing Risk, Prudence, and Investment -- 3 Uncertainties of Disability: Spreading Risk, Solidarity, and Welfare -- 4 Uncertainties of Earthquakes: Absorbing Risk, Mitigation, and Infrastructure -- 5 Uncertainties of Terrorism: Pre-empting Risk, Precaution, and Vigilance -- 6 Uncertain Business -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U Vw -- y -- z English. Risk (Insurance) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114196 Uncertainty. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139563 Technology Sociological aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004351 Risque (Assurance) Incertitude. Technologie Aspect sociologique. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Insurance Risk Assessment & Management. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology General. bisacsh Risk (Insurance) fast Technology Sociological aspects fast Uncertainty fast Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4070864-0 Risiko gnd Versicherungswirtschaft gnd Risico's. gtt Verzekeringswezen. gtt Doyle, Aaron. has work: Uncertain business (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGPbyxDCjh3Y9XT7fd7Bmq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Ericson, Richard Victor. Uncertain business. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2004 9780802087591 (OCoLC)53794029 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=468670 Volltext |
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| title_full | Uncertain business : risk, insurance and the limits of knowledge / Richard V. Ericson and Aaron Doyle. |
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| topic | Risk (Insurance) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114196 Uncertainty. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139563 Technology Sociological aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004351 Risque (Assurance) Incertitude. Technologie Aspect sociologique. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Insurance Risk Assessment & Management. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology General. bisacsh Risk (Insurance) fast Technology Sociological aspects fast Uncertainty fast Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4070864-0 Risiko gnd Versicherungswirtschaft gnd Risico's. gtt Verzekeringswezen. gtt |
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