TY - BOOK AU - Gerst,Eric D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Vulture culture: dirty deals, unpaid claims, and the coming collapse of the insurance industry AV - HG8531 .G47 2008eb 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 KW - local 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10271824 ER -