Papers / Resources
DI Apps of Predictive Modeling
Presented by: Jonathan Polon
Predictive Modeling for Workers Compensation 2009 Conference in Chicago IL - 2009
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2009 Group LTD Claims Benchmarking
Presented by: Barry Senensky & Jonathan Polon
Dynamics of Disability Conference - Bonita Springs FL - March 2009
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Improving Disability Claims Mgmt
Presented by: Barry Senensky & Jonathan Polon
Midwest Claim Conference Lake Geneva WI - May 2008
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Claim Scoring - Predicting Return to Work with Data Mining
Co-authored by: Barry Senensky & Jonathan Polon & Phil Porter of Principal Financial Group
Presented by: Barry Senensky & Phil Porter
International Claims Association Annual Meeting - Palm Desert, California – Sept. 2008
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From Life Insurance Actuary to Disability Claims Scoring Geek (page 3)
Barry Senensky
JHA Disability Bulletin (page 3), September 2007
Dental Insurance Claims: Identification of Atypical Claims Activity
Barry Senensky & Jonathan Polon
Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Member's Paper, April 2007
One-Minute Claims Manager
Barry Senensky & Jonathan Polon
Re Group magazine, Munich Re
Sample Scoring Report
Jonathan Polon
Example of a monthly disability scoring report
Data Mining Goes Mainstream
Steve Lohr, New York Times
"It's really starting to become mainstream," says Mr. Davenport,
co-author with Jeanne G. Harris of "Competing on Analytics: The New Science
of Winning" (Harvard Business School Press, 2007). The entry barrier, he
says, "is no longer technology, but whether you have executives who
understand this."
A Hard Look at Soft Fraud
Bingham et al, Contingencies Magazine, American Academy of Actuaries,
March/April '06
"How is all of this accomplished? It starts with data, lots and lots
of data. Valuable data buried in an organization's claims, case management,
and policy and loss control systems..."
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis (ISBN 0-393-05765-8)
"...The collected wisdom of baseball insiders ... is subjective and
often flawed. By re-evaluating the strategies that produce wins on the
field, Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics, with approximately $55
million in salary, are competitive with the New York Yankees who
spent over $205 million annually." [Wikipedia,
"Moneyball"]