{"title":"A Proposed Condition-Based Risk Adjustment System for the Colombian Health Insurance Program","authors":"Ian Duncan, Juan Diego Mejia Becerra, Tamim Ahmed","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2024.2387116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2024.2387116","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142226359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yang Li, Charles C. Yang, Aaron Young, Boyi Zhuang
{"title":"Reducing Medical Costs of Health Insurance: The COVID-19 Stress Testing and Portfolio Effects","authors":"Yang Li, Charles C. Yang, Aaron Young, Boyi Zhuang","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2024.2375993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2024.2375993","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141821073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Credibility Theory for Variance Premium Principle","authors":"Yaodi Yong, Pingping Zeng, Yiying Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2023.2299497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2023.2299497","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141585508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Author’s Reply to Discussion on “Sample Size Determination for Credibility Estimation”","authors":"Liang Hong","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2024.2307888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2024.2307888","url":null,"abstract":"Published in North American Actuarial Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141882662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discussion on “Sample Size Determination for Credibility Estimation,” by Liang Hong, Volume 26(4)","authors":"Nariankadu Shyamalkumar, Siyang Tao, Tianrun Wang","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2024.2305370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2024.2305370","url":null,"abstract":"Published in North American Actuarial Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141585509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bequests and the Demand for Life Insurance","authors":"Cassandra R. Cole, Stephen G. Fier","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2024.2327410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2024.2327410","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141529530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asset–Liability Management of Life Insurers in the Negative Interest Rate Environment","authors":"Yijia Lin, Sheen Liu, Ken Seng Tan, Xun Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2023.2294140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2023.2294140","url":null,"abstract":"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...","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141148784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bivariate Poisson Credibility Model and Bonus–Malus Scale for Claim and Near-Claim Events","authors":"Pierre-Alexandre Simon, J. Trufin, Michel Denuit","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2023.2293210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2023.2293210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141114530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Oral Health in U.S. Children and Its Impact on Disparities of Overall Health and Health Expenditures: An Application Using Two-Stage Clustering","authors":"Marjorie A. Rosenberg, Seulkee Yun, Kyeonghee Kim","doi":"10.1080/10920277.2023.2291042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10920277.2023.2291042","url":null,"abstract":"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 ...","PeriodicalId":46812,"journal":{"name":"North American Actuarial Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140168953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}