# Exam C Practice Problem 12 – Buhlmann Credibility Estimates

Both Problems 12-A and 12-B use the following information.

A portfolio consists of independent risks divided into two classes. Sixty percent of the risks are in Class 1 and forty percent are in Class 2.

• For each risk in Class 1, the number of claims in a year follows a binomial distribution with mean 0.4 and variance 0.32.
• For each risk in Class 1, the size of a claim is 5 with probability 0.6 and 10 with probability 0.4.
• For each risk in Class 1, the number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.

• For each risk in Class 2, the number of claims in a year follows a binomial distribution with mean 1.6 and variance 0.32.
• For each risk in Class 2, the size of a claim is 5 with probability 0.4 and 10 with probability 0.6.
• For each risk in Class 2, the number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.

A randomly selected risk from this portfolio is observed for 3 years. Four claims are incurred in this period (the individual amounts are 5, 5, 5 and 10).

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Problem 12-A

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate of the next claim amount of this risk.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6.25$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6.80$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7.24$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8.75$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 11.33$

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Problem 12-B

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate of the aggregate claims in the next year from this risk.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6.80$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7.57$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7.96$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8.04$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8.33$

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