Contingencies

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Medicine by Committee—Will more detectives in the room lead to better health outcomes?

By Andrea Huckaba Rome | Illustration by Bruce Macpherson In August 2019, Netflix introduced a documentary series called Diagnosis. In each episode, the viewer is introduced to a patient with serious medical symptoms-symptoms that are a mystery... Read More

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To the Summit—Mountaineering and actuarial science share several key attributes and skills

By Dan Wiedrich I've always been interested in climbing mountains. The first peak I remember going up was Mount Evans, one of the 14ers in Colorado, when I was 5 years old. It was a short hike to the top from the parking lot near the summit.... Read More

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Underwriting 2.0—In an increasingly automated world, what does risk assessment look like?

By Scott Rushing, Richard Russell, and Yunus Piperdy Underwriting practices today are a world away from those commonplace 20 years ago, but the biggest evolution is yet to come. Big Data will truly transform underwriting over the... Read More

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Russell

Contingencies Fiction By Leo Apilash | Illustration by Val Bochkov PART 1 It was during my clandestine trip to the urologist when I first met Russell. I had spent the longest 24 hours of my life waiting until my appointment the next day.... Read More