TY - BOOK AU - Gerst,Eric D. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Vulture culture: dirty deals, unpaid claims, and the coming collapse of the insurance industry SN - 9780814409589 AV - HG8531 .G47 2008 U1 - 368/.973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - American Management Association KW - Insurance KW - Corrupt practices KW - United States KW - Insurance law KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=408806 ER -