Pub Date : 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2024.2387116
Ian Duncan, Juan Diego Mejia Becerra, Tamim Ahmed
This article explores the development of a condition-based risk adjustment system for healthcare financing in Colombia, where the current age-, sex-, and geographic-based system faces significant c...
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Pub Date : 2024-07-19DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2024.2375993
Yang Li, Charles C. Yang, Aaron Young, Boyi Zhuang
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Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2023.2299497
Yaodi Yong, Pingping Zeng, Yiying Zhang
The method of credibility theory plays a critical role in various research areas of actuarial science. Among others, the hypothetical mean and process variance are two quantities that convey crucia...
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Pub Date : 2024-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2024.2307888
Liang Hong
Published in North American Actuarial Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)
发表于《北美精算杂志》(2024 年,提前出版)
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Pub Date : 2024-06-26DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2024.2305370
Nariankadu Shyamalkumar, Siyang Tao, Tianrun Wang
Published in North American Actuarial Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)
发表于《北美精算杂志》(2024 年,提前出版)
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Pub Date : 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2024.2327410
Cassandra R. Cole, Stephen G. Fier
In this study, we investigate how the desire to leave a bequest influences both ownership of life insurance and changes in the demand for life insurance. We find that the desire to leave bequests i...
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Pub Date : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2023.2294140
Yijia Lin, Sheen Liu, Ken Seng Tan, Xun Zhang
This study investigates the asset–liability management (ALM) of life insurers in markets with negative interest rates. Using a sample of Japanese life insurers between 2000 and 2020, we provide ini...
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Pub Date : 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2023.2293210
Pierre-Alexandre Simon, J. Trufin, Michel Denuit
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Pub Date : 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2023.2291042
Marjorie A. Rosenberg, Seulkee Yun, Kyeonghee Kim
We assess children’s oral and overall health using an innovative clustering methodology. Prior studies have documented the link between oral health and overall health, such as dental caries, which ...
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