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  • Predictive Analysis: The Effects of Technology and Weather on Crop Yield

    Predictive Analysis: The Effects of Technology and Weather on Crop Yield This report proposes a methodology to isolate crop yield improvement due to technological change and favorable and ...

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    • Authors: Lysa Porth, Ken Seng Tan, Wenjun Zhu
    • Date: Dec 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: General Insurance (Property & Casualty); Predictive Analytics
  • An Actuarial Framework for Modeling Loss Cost Ratio’s in Crop Insurance: Trend Testing, Data Detrending, and Pricing, Using an Erlang Mixture Distribution

    An Actuarial Framework for Modeling Loss Cost Ratio’s in Crop Insurance: Trend Testing, Data Detrending, and Pricing, Using an Erlang Mixture Distribution This abstract describes a study that ...

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    • Authors: Ken Seng Tan, Lysa Porth, Wenjun Zhu
    • Date: Dec 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
  • An Interview with Wenjun Zhu

    An Interview with Wenjun Zhu Expanding Horizons recently had the opportunity to interview Wenjun Zhu, the winner of the Society of Actuaries’ (SOA’s) third Actuarial Science Early Career Award.

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    • Authors: Wenjun Zhu
    • Date: Jun 2024
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Farm-Level Crop Yield Forecasting in the Absence of Farm-Level Data

    Farm-Level Crop Yield Forecasting in the Absence of Farm-Level Data This report predicts farm-level crop yield distributions in the absence of farm-level yield data. farm-level yields;data ...

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    • Authors: Lysa Porth, Ken Seng Tan, Wenjun Zhu
    • Date: Oct 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: General Insurance (Property & Casualty)