Gerst, Eric D. <br/><br/>
Vulture culture  dirty deals, unpaid claims, and the coming collapse of the insurance industry /  [electronic resource] : 
Eric D. Gerst. 
 - New York :  American Management Association,  c2008. 
 - xiii, 241 p. :  ill., map. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The crisis : a long time coming -- How the industry got where it is : a rogues' gallery -- How the industry got where it is today : unpaid claims and the storm after Hurricane Katrina -- How the industry got where it is today : foreign takeovers, unregulated reinsurers, insurer and claimant fraud -- The view from outside : a report card on state regulation -- Trends : the next decade -- The public uproar and a crescendo of distrust -- Fifty nonuniform state fiefdoms -- Winds of change: how to improve the industry -- The solution : UFOIL : a two-step process of consumerization and federalization. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814409589 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Insurance--Corrupt practices--United States.<br/>Insurance law--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG8531  / .G47 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>368/.973 368.00973