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That's Not Fair! Navigating the Duality of Fairness in Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insurance serves as a social good, providing financial protection against disasters whilst operating within a profit‐driven market. This dual role highlights the complex intersection of social and commercial interests, raising a fairness puzzle often portrayed as a trade‐off between solidarity and actuarial fairness.
Konstantinos Chalkias, Paula Jarzabkowski, Mustafa Kavas, Elisabeth Krull   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of health poverty vulnerability of rural households in Jiangxi Province, China: an analysis based on risk theory. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Liu G, Wei Z, Wu C, Guo X, Hao M, Wan X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Frontiers in the Economics of Aging [PDF]

Matthew Eichner
core  

Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility?

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 20 years, the insurance industry has been experimenting with technological innovations that deeply affect its business model and social function. This article explores the use of digital technologies to monitor policyholders' behaviour and personalise their insurance coverage.
Alberto Cevolini, Elena Esposito
wiley   +1 more source

Insurance and the “Irrationalization” of Disaster Policy: A Political Crisis Theory for an Age of Climate Risk

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
wiley   +1 more source

The Risk of Catastrophic Surgical Expenditure Within a Community-Based Primary and Preventive Care Program at a Florida Medical School: A Modeling Study. [PDF]

Cureus
Schneider GW, Fairclough J, Bhoite P, Ojha A, Hey MT, Shaffiey S, Mayhew M, Denton A, LaTray AT, Seetharamaiah R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

Economic burden of typhoid fever by antimicrobial resistance in India: a modelling study 2023. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
Mogasale VV, John J, Ray A, Farooqui HH, Mogasale V, Hutubessy R, Dhoubhadel BG, Edmunds WJ, Clark A, Abbas K.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Experiences of Women and Clinicians During the Introduction of Uterine Transplantation to the UK: A Qualitative Case Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the experiences of women and clinicians during the introduction of uterine transplantation (UTx) to the UK. Design A qualitative study utilising prospective case study methodology (interviews and observations) over 6 years.
Daisy Elliott, Richard J. Smith, Maeve Coyle, Rhiannon Macefield, Saliha Vali, Anni King, Natalie Blencowe, Cynthia Ochieng, Christin Hoffmann, Isabel Quiroga, Ben P. Jones, Ariadne L'Heveder, Kerry N. L. Avery, Jane M. Blazeby   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corrigendum to "The COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Implications in Iran: A National Survey Assessing Catastrophic Health Expenditures". [PDF]

Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis
europepmc   +1 more source