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Abstract

This article describes contributions of analytics and statistical methods to our understanding of insurance operations and markets. Specifically, it introduces insurance analytics, the foundations of the discipline, and the supporting literature. It also describes current trends in analytics. Insurance as a discipline has long embraced analytics, and market trends signal an even stronger relationship going forward.

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