
Risks in the Making
Travels in Life Insurance and Genetics
Ine Van Hoyweghen(Author)
Amsterdam University Press
Published on 21. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
197 pages
978-90-5356-927-6 (ISBN)
Description
Since the 1990s, the impact of genetic testing for insurance has been the subject of international debates. However, these have been rather speculative and abstract. In an effort to find new openings, the author explores this concern from an empirical sociological angle - by studying the insurance world from the inside, through an ethnographic study of the life insurance industry, exploring insurance practices and how insurers make risks, and underscoring the diversity of insurance markets, underwriting practices and strategies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5356-927-6 (9789053569276)
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Person
Ine van Hoyweghen is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Maastricht.
Content
Contents - 6 Preface - 8 Ch.1: Risky Business: The Collision of Genetics and Life Insurance - 10 Ch.2: "Genetics Is Not The Issue": Insurers on Genetics and Life Insurance - 28 Ch.3: Risky Bodies Stage I: Constituting the Underwriting Practice - 50 Ch.4: Risky Bodies Stage II: Governing by Numbers - 68 Ch.5: Risky Bodies Stage III: The Art of Underwriting - 98 Ch.6: Risky Bodies Future Stage? Risk Carriers and Risk Takers - 120 Ch.7: Towards Experimental Learning - 142 Glossary - 162 Notes - 166 Bibliography - 178 Index - 194