insurance industry experts believe that fraud is a destructive disaster in the insurance industry. over the years, many methods have been used in the literature for fraud detection, one of which is expert systems. fraud detection expert systems are based on the knowledge of experts in the field of insurance identify fraud. judgment of experts is mostly based on evidence, documents, qualitative ...

Global insurance markets are vast and diverse, and may offer many opportunities for remote sensing. To date, however, few operational applications of remote sensing for insurance exist. Papers claiming potential application of remote sensing typically stress the technical possibilities, without considering its contribution to customer value for the insured OPEN ACCESS Remote Sens. 2014, 6 10889...

Electronic commerce is causing fundamental changes in the insurance industry. The New Zealand insurance industry is well positioned to benefit from electronic commerce due to the high level of online access technology, high Internet usage, the high number of websites and the fact that New Zealanders are usually quick to embrace new technology. However, despite the emergence of e-commerce in the...

The purpose of this paper is to report on the development of comparable set of metrics, or else – a benchmarking standard – on the Latvian non-life insurance market. In this research we used a case study methodology, deploying a number of research strategies, namely: in-depth interviews with heads of industry associations and a survey of representatives of insurance broker companies. We argue t...

In addition to its primary role of providing financial protection for other industries the insurance industry also serves as a medium for fund mobilization. In spite of the harsh economic environment in Nigeria, the insurance industry has been crucial to the consummation of business plans and wealth creation.  However, the continued downturn experienced by many countries, in the last decade, se...

This article presents the results of an analysis of the accident history data reported under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments. These data provide a fairly complete record of the consequences of reportable accidental releases occurring during the time frame 1995-1999 in the U.S. chemical industry and covering 77 toxic and 63 flammable substances subject to the provisions of section...