The Development of Life Insurance in the United States
by
Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Life insurance—the promise of an insurer to pay a sum upon a person's death in exchange for a regular premium—is a bizarre enterprise. How can we monetize human life? Should we? What statistics do we use, what assumptions do we make, and what behavioral factors do we consider? First published...