Life of an internist

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

Managing risks of TNF inhibitors: an update for the internist.

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors have many beneficial effects, but they also pose infrequent but significant risks, including serious infection and malignancy. These risks can be minimized by judicious patient selection, appropriate screening, careful monitoring during treatment, and close communication between primary care physicians and subspecialists.

securitization of mortality risks in life annuities

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...

Should every adult patient in the hospital have an internist?

SPECIALIST’S PERSPECTIVE The General Internist

A1 has a significant impact on the practice of gener­ al internal medicine (Barnes et al. 1987; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA] 1990; Institute of Medicine [IOM] 1990; Fleming and Barry 1992). In the advanced disease, which is most widely recognized by internists, alcoholism’s symptoms include such medical complications as cirrhosis, hepatitis, or hypertension. Per­ h...