# Exam C Practice Problem 16 – Another Poisson-Gamma Problem

Both Problems 16-A and 16-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.

• The annual number of claims for a single risk in Class 1 follows a Poisson distribution with mean 1.
• The claim size follows a Gamma distribution with mean 1.6 and variance 1.28.
• The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent

• The annual number of claims for a single risk in Class 2 follows a Poisson distribution with mean 2.6.
• The claim size follows a Gamma distribution with mean 2.5 and variance 3.125.
• The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent

A risk is randomly selected from this portfolio. According to the records of the insurer, there are 4 claims for this risk in the amounts 2, 3, 5 and 5 within the last 3 years.

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Problem 16-A

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate for total claim costs for this risk in the next year.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3.7$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3.7$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4.4$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4.5$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5.0$

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Problem 16-B

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate for the number of claims for this risk in the next year.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.33$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.35$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.46$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.48$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.64$

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