Finite Risk books selling for a premium to lawyers

[DW Simpson]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...9012_mz003.htm

http://www.abarileconsult.com/firm.htm

http://www.abarileconsult.com/publication.htm

Originally Posted by BusinessWeek

As a barometer of the upcoming onslaught of lawsuits against AIG, this is a pretty good one: Insurance consultant Andrew Barile has had calls from litigation departments at big law firms looking for his book A Practical Guide to Finite Risk Insurance and Reinsurance.

Sounds dry -- but lawyers are paying $500 a copy for the out-of-print book to get a handle on transactions like those that landed AIG in hot water with the Securities & Exchange Commission and Eliot Spitzer. The book, published in 1995, originally cost $75.

[Shaft]

I have a copy of this book, it's not very good. But if someone wants to offer me $500 for it, I would tell you it gives an excellent overview of the subject matter in easily digestible chunks. I take PayPal.