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Commodity bundling in Japanese non-life insurance: Savings-type products as self-selection mechanism [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This paper develops a self-selection rationale for the use of commodity bundling in the case of savings-type casualty insurance in Japan. The savings-cum-insurance bundle is described in detail. Two alternative models to explain its success are presented.
Wallner, Klaus
core   +2 more sources

AutoReserve: A Web-Based Tool for Personal Auto Insurance Loss Reserving with Classical and Machine Learning Methods

open access: yesRisks, 2023
In this paper, we developed a Shiny-based application called AutoReserve. This application serves as a tool used for a variety of types of loss reserving.
Lu Xiong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Reasons for Orthopaedic Walkouts from the Emergency Department in a Private Tertiary Care Centre [PDF]

open access: yesMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: A small proportion of patients presenting to the Emergency department (ED) of any hospital tend to take discharge against medical advice (DAMA) due to several patient related or hospital/service related reasons.
Roy KD, Sharma GM, Qureshi F, Wadia F
doaj   +1 more source

A standards-based ontology and support for Big Data Analytics in the insurance industry

open access: yesICT Express, 2017
Standardization efforts have led to the emergence of conceptual models in the insurance industry. Simultaneously, the proliferation of digital information poses new challenges for the efficient management and analysis of available data.
Dimitrios A. Koutsomitropoulos   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Individual Loss Reserving Using a Gradient Boosting-Based Approach

open access: yesRisks, 2019
In this paper, we propose models for non-life loss reserving combining traditional approaches such as Mack’s or generalized linear models and gradient boosting algorithm in an individual framework.
Francis Duval, Mathieu Pigeon
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning in P&C Insurance: A Review for Pricing and Reserving

open access: yesRisks, 2020
In the past 25 years, computer scientists and statisticians developed machine learning algorithms capable of modeling highly nonlinear transformations and interactions of input features.
Christopher Blier-Wong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Insurance Premium Taxes on Employment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This report provides estimates of the effect of the insurance premium taxes on state-level employment in the insurance industry.
David L. Sjoquist   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

German insurance industry: market overview and trends [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This article presents an overview of the contemporary German insurance market, its structure, players, and development trends. First, brief information about the history of the insurance industry in Germany is provided. Second, the contemporary market is
Maurer, Raimond, Somova, Barbara
core  

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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