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A Continuous Theory of Income Insurance [PDF]

In this paper we treat an individual’s health as a continuous variable, in contrast to the traditional literature on income insurance, where it is regularly treated as a binary variable.
Lindbeck, Assar, Persson, Mats
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Merging Automobile Insurance Regulatory Bodies: The Case of Atlantic Canada [PDF]

The recent automobile liability insurance crisis in Atlantic Canada has prompted the four provincial legislations (Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) to setup a task force to redesign, if necessary, the ...
Jörg Schiller, M. Martin Boyer
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Using Benford\u27s Law to Detect Fraud in the Insurance Industry [PDF]

, 2002
Benford\u27s Law is the mathematical phenomena that states that the first digits or left most digits in a list of numbers will occur with an expected logarithmic frequency.
Akers, Michael D., Maher, Meredith
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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

Concept of «insurance swindle»: a comparative-legal analysis

RUDN Journal of Law, 2009
The article is devoted to the study of different interpretations of insurance fraud. The problem of the investigation of insurance fraud is considered in comparison with foreign experience.
N V Bykova
doaj  

Managing Insurance Fraud [PDF]

After tax evasion, insurance fraud is considered the highest ranked among white-collar crimes perpetrated today (Coalition Against Insurance Fraud 2001). The complexity of the problem matches its magnitude which arises from a number of sources.
Miller, Gino
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
wiley   +1 more source

Bagging Vs. Boosting in Ensemble Machine Learning? An Integrated Application to Fraud Risk Analysis in the Insurance Sector

Applied Artificial Intelligence
Addressing the pressing challenge of insurance fraud, which significantly impacts financial losses and trust within the insurance industry, this study introduces an innovative automated detection system utilizing ensemble machine learning (EML ...
Ruixing Ming, Osama Mohamad, Nisreen Innab, Mohamed Hanafy   +3 more
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Versicherungsbetrug als ökonomisches Problem: Eine vertragstheoretische Analyse [PDF]

, 2004
Betrügerische Schadenmeldungen sind ein wohlbekanntes Phänomen und führen auf einzelnen Versicherungsmärkten zu schwerwiegenden Problemen.
Schiller, Jörg
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Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch, Fernando Moreira, Gan Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source