Leonard R. Freifelder earned his Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued on to earn both his Master's degree and his Doctorate in Operations Research and Statistics. Dr. Freifelder is also an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and has held public, private and academic positions in the insurance industry and related fields.
Monographs
'A Decision Theoretic Approach to Insurance Ratemaking'
S. S. Huebner Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, distribution by Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1976.
Received C. A. Kulp Award, American Risk and Insurance Association, as best property liability insurance book or monograph.
Articles
"Estimating Classification Factor Relativities - A Modeling Approach" Journal of Risk and Insurance, vol. 52, no. 1, March 1986, pp. 135-143.
"Measuring the Impact of Merit Rating on Ratemaking Efficiency"
Journal of Risk and Insurance, vol. 52, no. 4, December 1985, pp. 607-626.
"A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Maximum Probable Yearly Aggregate Loss Estimators"
with J. David Cummins.
Journal of Risk and Insurance, vol. 45, no. 1, March 1978, pp. 27-52. Winner of Best Paper Award, American Risk and Insurance Association.
"Underwriting Individual Drivers: An Adaptive Approach" with John M. Cozzolino. Casualty Actuarial Society Journal, 1974, pp. 63-84.