The growing trend in the number and severity of auto insurance claims creates a needfor new methods to efficiently handle these claims. Machine learning (ML) is one of the methodsthat solves this problem. As car insurers aim to improve their customer service, these companieshave started adopting...

We generate measures for search intensity of employers and job seekers and - as a novel feature - for placement intensity of employment agencies. For this purpose, we tap big data on online activity from the job exchange of the German Federal Employment Agency and its internal...