It was written by the financial journalist Andrew Tobias who became famous for his earlier book The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need.

It covers the financial details of life, auto, health and fire insurance—the types consumers normally buy.

On the other hand, an unscrupulous insurer could, in theory, increase its profits by either inducing their insured to settle for less than the amount to which they are entitled, or from outright denial of valid claims in the hopes that a small yet significant number of the insured would either give up in discouragement, or wrongly believe that their claims were invalid.

This book was the first guide to ordinary consumers into both the math and the business side of insurance.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about a book on business is a stub.