The Economics and Politics of Choice No-Fault Insurance (Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security)
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Rating | : | 4.44 (739 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0792374673 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-05-28 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Contributors include University of Virginia Law Professor Jeffrey O'Connell, widely considered the `father of no-fault,' as well as authors of the influential RAND study of the potential effects of choice no-fault on insurance rates. Choice plans offer consumers the option of a lower-cost insurance policy with restrictions on filing lawsuits or a higher-cost policy with full tort rights. In recent years, choice no-fault has emerged as a popular but controversial proposal for addressing the problem of high automobile insurance rates. Choice no-fault has caught the attention of policy makers, the insurance industry, and academics. Until now, however, no single book has pulled together the available research on the topic. Some American states have implemented choice programs, and major federal choice legislation is now pending in the United States Congress. Edited by scholars from different disciplines, each of whom has written extensively on automobile insurance issues, the book includes some of the best work in the area. Former Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate Michael S. Emphasis on the potential advantages of choice no-fault is balanced by consideration of possible ill effects.. Dukakis wrote the foreword. The book chapters, most of which were written especially for this volume, cover topics ranging from the impact of choice no-fault on accidents and driving behavior, to the effects of choice on medical care