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  Dealing in Uncertainty: Insurance in the Age of Finance

van der Heide, A. (2023). Dealing in Uncertainty: Insurance in the Age of Finance. Bristol: Bristol University Press. doi:10.51952/9781529221374.

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van der Heide, Arjen1, 2, Author                 
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1Soziologie öffentlicher Finanzen und Schulden, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_3035385              
2Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University, The Netherlands, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: modern finance theory; life insurance; financialization; neoliberalism; oral history
 Abstract: Insurance is an important – if still poorly understood – mechanism for dealing with a broad variety of risks associated with modern life.

This book conducts an in-depth examination of one of the largest and longest-established private insurance industries in Europe: British life insurance. In doing so, it draws on over 40 oral history interviews to trace how the sector is changed since the 1970s, a period characterised by rampant financialisation and neoliberalisation.

Combining insights from science and technology studies and economic sociology, this is an unprecedented study of the evolution of insurance practices and an invaluable contribution to our understanding of financial capitalism.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2023-04-282023
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: vi, 202
 Publishing info: Bristol : Bristol University Press
 Table of Contents: List of Figures
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1 Life Insurance in the Age of Finance
2 Financialization, Quantification and Evaluation
3 Shifting Boundaries between Insurance and Finance
4 Actuaries Going on a Random Walk
5 ‘Authors of Their Own Misfortune’
6 ‘Taking Account of What the Market Has to Say’
7 Managing Risk in Insurance
8 The Long Road to Solvency II (and Back Again?)
9 De-Risking Pensions, Managing Assets
10 Financial Evaluation and the Future of Insurance Society

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 Identifiers: ISBN: 978-1-5292-2135-0
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2136-7
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2137-4
DOI: 10.51952/9781529221374
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