For ease of reference, each of the 13 chapters in Fundamentals of Insurance Regulation begins with an introduction or overview that previews the material covered in the chapter. The authors examine and explain these overarching aspects of insurance regulation:The three major components of the insurance business: the property/ casualty industry, the life insurance and annuity industry, and the increasingly important health insurance industryAn overview of the U.S. in...

This 2007 third edition continues to be a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the business, practice, law, and practical use of project finance. It covers the complete project finance structure, from conception to negotiation to debt closing, and from project difficulties to successful restructuring. The book continues to be accessible to those with little experience in project finance, while maintaining the insight and detail of previous editions that has made it a valuable reference...

This book represents a compilation of California and federal statutes and regulations. It contains the materials which the publishers believe will most likely assist community association managers and board members in the performance of their duties. It is not intended to include every statute or regulation that could possibly affect a community association, but rather those that are most frequently encountered.The statutes contained in this book include amendments enacted through ...

It can be difficult for students of comparative company law both to understand the internationally relative nature of a legal system and grasp it in practical detail. This book is designed to address that problem. Each chapter begins with a discursive analysis of the laws in Germany, the UK and the USA, framed by a comparative presentation. Chapters also contain edited judicial decisions from at least two of the jurisdictions, which allow readers to perform their own comparisons in more de...

This book is a primer on the procedure to reduce crime, reduce costs of maintenance, fire and police departments in your city by removing vacant structures in a timely fashion. A by product of reducing vacant structures is the improvement of property tax collection. The Indiana lawmakers passed legislation to expedite the process of condemning and demolishing/de-constructing vacant structures in 2006. Several laws were passed in the succeeding years to enhance the initial law. The city of ...

Strategies that are effective and legal for putting one’s assets safely out of reachIn today’s increasingly litigious world, the shielding of assets has become a prominent issue for financial planners, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals. Asset Protection details methods that are both legally and morally legitimate for protecting one’s assets from creditors, lawsuits, and scams.Bringing economic common sense and legitimacy to an area th...

Corporate bankruptcy is becoming an increasingly important topic in today’s turbulent environment. The bankruptcy decision can be a matter of life and death for the organization dealing with distress, but the impact of the phenomenon is magnified by the variety of business relationships in which companies typically are involved. If you are considering or need to know more about bankruptcy, this book will help you through all the important steps. Since bankruptcy affects customers, supply c...

Global financial integration has brought new market opportunities to even the most modest domestic entrepreneurs. This is an exciting tool for the industrious and motivated, a bridge of knowledge to connect to the global market place. Technology, innovation, and electronic communication have put this once inconceivable endeavor at the finger tips of middle America.These new horizons provide 22nd Century new markets and this text seeks to provide the fundamentals in accessing them. Its design ...

This book represents a compilation of California and federal statutes and regulations. It contains the materials which the publishers believe will most likely assist community association managers and board members in the performance of their duties. It is not intended to include every statute or regulation that could possibly affect a community association, but rather those that are most frequently encountered.The statutes contained in this book include amendments enacted through ...

This volume, edited by Robert C. Effros, focuses on how technology is affecting the world of banking and finance in an era of increasing globalization. The advent of electronic money, stored value cards, and internet transactions are discussed, as well as the impact of technology on cross-border banking and its implications for central banks. Other issues examined are the legal and regulatory frameworks for risk management of banks, sovereign debt, the international laws of bank secrecy, and ...

This booklet contains the 2015 Davis-Stirling Act which adds all the amendments enacted during the 2014 Legislative session. We have again included the cross-reference / conversion tables for both the pre- and post-January 1, 2014 versions of the Act in Appendix A of this booklet to assist those of us who are still learning the location of the statutes under the current numbering system.Developments that are entirely commercial or industrial are not subject to this Act, but rather ...