Risks in the making : travels in life insurance and genetics

Ine Van Hoyweghen

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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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Van Hoyweghen, Ine
Publisher:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press
Subject:	Lebensversicherung \| Life insurance \| Risiko \| Risk \| Tourismus \| Tourism \| Genanalyse
Description of contents:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource ( 197 S.)
Series:	Care & welfare
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Hochschulschrift
Language:	English
Thesis:	Teilw. zugl.: Leuven, Katholieke Univ., Diss., 2004
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index Contents; Preface; Ch.1: Risky Business: The Collision of Genetics and Life Insurance; Ch.2: ""Genetics Is Not The Issue"": Insurers on Genetics and Life Insurance; Ch.3: Risky Bodies Stage I: Constituting the Underwriting Practice; Ch.4: Risky Bodies Stage II: Governing by Numbers; Ch.5: Risky Bodies Stage III: The Art of Underwriting; Ch.6: Risky Bodies Future Stage? Risk Carriers and Risk Takers; Ch.7: Towards Experimental Learning; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
ISBN:	9786611979119 ; 1-281-97911-2 ; 978-1-281-97911-7 ; 978-90-485-0342-1 ; 90-5356-927-8 ; 978-90-5356-927-6 ; 978-90-5356-927-6 ; 1-281-97817-5 ; 978-90-5356-927-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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