Risk Management and Insurance or Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects

Risk Management and Insurance

Author: James S Trieschmann

This proven, market-leading text provides a thorough, current introduction to risk management and insurance. It assists the learner in identifying, analyzing, and managing risk through insurance and alternative tools/techniques such as loss control, risk retention, and risk transfer. This edition presents an even stronger focus on managing risk and covers insurance within this context. Concepts of risk management are presented as they apply to business and personal situations as well as international situations.

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction to risk	2
2	Risk identification and evaluation	15
3	Property and liability loss exposures	32
4	Life, health, and loss of income exposures	54
5	Risk management techniques : noninsurance methods	75
6	Insurance as a risk management technique : principles	89
7	Insurance as a risk management technique : policy provisions	112
8	Selecting and implementing risk management techniques	133
9	Risk management and commercial property - part I	154
10	Risk management and commercial property - part II	173
11	Risk management and commercial liability risk	197
12	Workers' compensation and alternative risk financing	216
13	Risk management for auto owners - part I	240
14	Risk management for auto owners - part II	264
15	Risk management for homeowners	278
16	Loss of life	320
17	Loss of health	345
18	Retirement planning and annuities	369
19	Employee benefits : life and health benefits	382
20	Employee benefits : retirement plans	404
21	Financial and estate planning	427
22	Risk management and the insurance industry	452
23	Functions and organization of insurers	472
24	Government regulation of risk management and insurance	494
App. A	Present value and annuity tables
App. B	Personal automobile policy
App. C	Homeowners 3 - special form
App. D	Sample whole life insurance policy with riders
App. E	Disability income insurance policy

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Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects

Author: Joseph T Bockrath

This sixth edition has been written for students of engineering and architecture and for practicing design professionals. The material has been divided into three parts. Part 1 explains the basic principles of the law of contracts. Part 2 is a discussion of the application of contract principles to construction contracts, together with data on the preparation of specifications and other documents that form an essential part of construction contracts. Part 3 considers fields of law that are of special interest to engineers, architects, and contractors in their professional lives.