Actuarial considerations on genetic testing

Genetic testing considerations for oral medicine.

The availability and integration of genetic information into our understanding of normal and abnormal growth and development are driving important changes in health care. These changes have fostered the hope that the availability of genetic information will promote a better understanding of disease etiology and permit early, even pre-symptomatic diagnosis and preventative intervention to avoid ...

Actuarial Considerations in Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions: an International Perspective

The 1990s witnessed an explosion of cross-border mergers and acquisitions as companies in mature markets sought to increase their potential for growth through expansion into developing markets. This paper presents a broad overview of the actuarial considerations of insurance company transactions in developing countries, identifying both theoretical and practical issues that need to be addressed...

Ethical considerations of genetic presymptomatic testing for Huntington's disease.

The aim of this literature review was to determine if there is adequate ethical justification for presymptomatic genetic testing on potential Huntington's disease patients. Huntington's disease is a neurological genetic disorder characterized by midlife onset which consists of cognitive, physical, and emotional deterioration. Although genetic testing has traditionally been guided by the princip...

Considerations on the genetic equilibrium law

In the first part of the paper I will present a brief review on the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and it’s formulation in projective algebraic geometry. In the second and last part I will discuss examples and generalizations on the topic.

Lecture notes on: Actuarial Models