Forecasting and analyzing insurance companies' ratings

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-529

  Van Gestel, Tony ^a   Martens, David ^b   Baesens, Bart ^a,c   Feremans, Daniel ^a   Huysmans, Johan ^b   Vanthienen, Jan ^b  

^a Dexia Group   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit scoring; Insurance companies; Internal rating system

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548157762     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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