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Self-Insurance and Alternative Risk Financing

A comprehensive discussion of alternative risk financing, including its advantages and disadvantages supported by court cases.

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Summary: Insurance is made up of two components: the transfer of risk and the pooling of premium dollars. Self-insurance alternatives may or may not contain these requisite insurance characteristics. This treatment looks at how a self-insurance program works, what courts have said about the arrangement, and the advantages and disadvantages of instituting such a program.

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No single definition

Court interpretations of the meaning of self-insurance

Are self-insurers subject to state insurance laws?

General items to consider

Advantages of alternative risk financing techniques

Disadvantages of alternative risk financing techniques

Growth of alternative risk financing techniques

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