Gerst, Eric D.        frey50        <br/><br/>
Vulture culture :  dirty deals, unpaid claims, and the coming collapse of the insurance industry / 
Eric D. Gerst. 
 - New York :  American Management Association,  c2008. 
 - xiii, 241 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814400265 0814400264 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007045805 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Insurance--Corrupt practices--United States.<br/>Insurance law--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>368/.973   9 368.00973