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

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 460-471, June 2026.
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

Causes of death after surgery among cancer patients: a population-based cohort study. [PDF]

Int J Surg
Hao Y, Liang C, Zhang Y, Huang X, Zhao Z, Zhang F, Ruan S, Nie RC, Li Y, Zheng Y, Zhao B.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility?

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 439-448, June 2026.
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 risk analysis using tempered stable subordinator. [PDF]

J Appl Stat
Aktaş Aslan T, Bulut Karageyik B.
europepmc   +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, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 482-495, June 2026.
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

Address sustainability risks in health insurance funds: generational actuarial balance and intergenerational equity perspective. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Qin Y, Ji W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 496-506, June 2026.
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

Faculty Position in Actuarial Science [PDF]

ASTIN Bulletin, 2000
openaire   +1 more source

Bayesian Decision Thresholds for Bushfire Warnings: Calibration and Robustness for Rare‐Event Risk

Australian &New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Volume 68, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Current bushfire warning systems communicate the probability of a warning given danger, but residents require the probability of danger given a warning. This misalignment, combined with the extreme rarity of catastrophic fires, often leads to the dangerous ‘wait and see’ behaviour.
Miodrag Lovric, Ojas Davé
wiley   +1 more source

Association between Fatty Liver Index and Incident Diabetes according to Alcohol Consumption Status in Young Adults. [PDF]

Diabetes Metab J
Lee J, Han K.
europepmc   +1 more source