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	"...The range of future uses for predictive modeling is broad, and will include not only pricing and product innovation but also new refinements in areas such as underwriting, risk selection, claim applications and target marketing." Brian Stoll, Director, Towers Watson
	Almost all (97%) U.S. personal lines respondents indicate they view sophisticated underwriting and risk selection as essential or very important. As a result, most U.S. personal lines insurers are already committed to predictive modeling; approximately 85% of them say they use or are planning to use it. Standard commercial lines insurers have been slower in recognizing the importance and moving to adopt predictive modeling but are now starting to pick up the pace, and roughly 70% indicate they either currently use or plan to use it in underwriting and risk selection and/or rating and pricing within the next two years. Excerpted from Insights: Predictive Modeling Proving Its Worth Among P&C Insurers, Towers Watson, February 2012
	Healthcare Intelligence Tools Predict Risk and Cost for Health Care Improvement Business Wire, February 16, 2012
	How Predictive Analytics is Changing Healthcare Services Angle, February 16, 2012
	Can Sanofi's Expanding Predictive Modeling Technology Enhance the Productivity of R&D? Pharmexec, February 15, 2012
	Commercial Carriers Look to Jump on Predictive Modeling Bandwagon LifeHealthPro, February 7, 2012
	Consumer-friendly predictive analytics are the key to making CDHPs work SAS Institute Blog, February 3, 2012
	Predictive Modeling Proving Its Worth Among P&C Insurers Towers Watson, February 2012
	Journal Reviews: Reform, Automated Disease Tracking, Care Management Planning Subjects of Recent Research -  Researchers are digging deeper into what predictive modeling can accomplish Carnegie Mellon Taps Advanced Computer Methods to Help Doctors Make Sense of Patients’ DNA Using a Prospective Risk Adjuster to Select Members for Care Management, by Ksenia Draaghtel, Milliman University Degree Program Acknowledges Increasing Use of GIS in Modeling Thought Leader’s Corner: “What obstacles and challenges still remain with incorporating prescription data into your predictive analytics initiatives?” Industry News with briefs regarding Express Scripts, Medco, Elsevier/MEDai, Health Care Dataworks, Trust for America's Health, Tethys Bioscience, ACAP Health Consulting and the Johns Hopkins ACG International Risk Adjustment Conference Catching Up With...James Taylor
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