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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment
Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism
(AML/CFT) have never been more important. Criminals and terrorists
are desperate to move their money around the world and protect it
from seizure, and you and your insurance company form a vital part
of the UK's defences against the contamination of the world's
financial system by this dirty money. By reading this concise
guide, anyone working in the insurance sector in the UK will learn
about their personal and institutional AML/CFT obligations. The key
elements of the UK's AML/CFT regime are explained, and you are
encouraged to read this guide alongside your own company's AML/CFT
procedures in order to get the very best from both.
Broker Executive is a strategic guidebook for business owners and
executives to help them get the most out of their insurance and
insurance broker. It also describes a new type of insurance broker
- the broker executive - as one who adheres to the highest
standards of customer service and business ethics. This book gives
business executives an understanding of the thought process their
broker should go through to find the right solution for them, with
an emphasis on the usage of life insurance as a business tool. It
identifies some of the hazards of the insurance world, and ways to
avoid them. It also uncovers techniques top brokers can use to
create additional value using insurance, including succession
planning and key personnel retention strategies.
The Handbook on Systemic Risk, written by experts in the field,
provides researchers with an introduction to the multifaceted
aspects of systemic risks facing the global financial markets. The
Handbook explores the multidisciplinary approaches to analyzing
this risk, the data requirements for further research, and the
recommendations being made to avert financial crisis. The Handbook
is designed to encourage new researchers to investigate a topic
with immense societal implications as well as to provide, for those
already actively involved within their own academic discipline, an
introduction to the research being undertaken in other disciplines.
Each chapter in the Handbook will provide researchers with a
superior introduction to the field and with references to more
advanced research articles. It is the hope of the editors that this
Handbook will stimulate greater interdisciplinary academic research
on the critically important topic of systemic risk in the global
financial markets.
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