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Exam C Practice Problem 26 – A Limited Fluctuation Credibility Example

8. Credibility May 10, 2013 Leave a comment

Problem 26-A

You are given the following about a large portfolio of insurance policies:

For each insurance policy, the annual number of claims follows a binomial distribution with $m$ = 3 and $q$ = 0.3.
The claim size follows an inverse Gamma distribution with $\alpha$ = 2.1 and $\theta$ = 3.
The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.
The full credibility standard has been selected so that actual claim costs will be
within 10% of expected claim costs 90% of the time.

Using limited fluctuation credibility, determine the expected number of claims required for full credibility.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 460$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 790$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2895$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3715$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4600$

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Problem 26-B

You are given the following about a large portfolio of insurance policies:

For each insurance policy, the annual number of claims follows a binomial distribution with $m$ = 6 and $q$ = 0.1.
The claim size follows a Gamma distribution with $\alpha$ = 0.8 and $\theta$ = 1.
The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.
The full credibility standard has been selected so that actual claim costs will be
within 10% of expected claim costs 90% of the time.

Using limited fluctuation credibility, determine the expected number of exposures required for full credibility.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 514$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 582$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 970$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5141$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5818$

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Exam C Practice Problem 25 – Estimation Based on Claim Experience

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Problem 25-A

You are given the following information about an insured population:

For each risk in the population, the annual number of claims follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$ .
The parameter $\theta$ follows a Gamma distribution with mean 2 and variance 0.8.

A risk is randomly selected from the insured population. After observing the selected risk for 10 years, the following is known.

Based on the number of claims observed in the first 9 years, the Bayesian estimate for the expected number of claims per year for this risk is 4.
Based on all the claims observed in the entire 10-year period, the Bayesian estimate for the expected number of claims per year for this risk is 3.92.

What is the number of claims observed in the last year of the observation period for the selected risk?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7$

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Problem 25-B

You are given the following information about an insured population:

For each risk in the population, the annual number of claims follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$ .
The parameter $\theta$ follows a Gamma distribution with mean 1.6 and variance 0.32.

A risk is randomly selected from the insured population. After observing the selected risk for 10 years, the following is known.

Based on the number of claims observed in the first 5 years, the Bayesian estimate for the expected number of claims per year for this risk is 1.7.
Based on all the claims observed in the entire 10-year period, the Bayesian estimate for the expected number of claims per year for this risk is 1.8.

What is the number of claims observed in the last 5 years of the observation period for the selected risk?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 10$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 12$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 16$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 19$

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Exam C Practice Problem 24 – Bayesian Credibility Example

8. Credibility May 7, 2013 Leave a comment

Both Problems 24-A and 24-B use the following information.

You are given the following information:

The claim size of an insured has an exponential distribution with mean $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\theta}$ .
The parameter $\theta$ has a Gamma distribution with mean 6 and variance 12.

A randomly selected insured has one claim of size 10.

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Problem 24-A

What is the Bayesian estimate of the expected amount of the next claim for this insured?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.25$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.5$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.2$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3.1$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3.5$

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Problem 24-B

What is the posterior probability that the size of the next claim for this insured will be greater than 5?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.12$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.15$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.19$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.21$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.25$

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Exam C Practice Problem 23 – Working with Credibility Estimates

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Both Problems 23-A and 23-B use the following information.

You are given the following:

A portfolio of independent risks is divided into two classes.
Each class contains the same number of risks.
For each risk in Class 1, the claim size follows a zero-truncated geometric distribution with mean 1.5.
For each risk in Class 2, the claim size follows a zero-truncated geometric distribution with mean 2.5.
See definition of zero-truncated distribution here.

A risk is selected at random from the portfolio. The first claim observed for this risk is 3.

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Problem 23-A

Calculate the Bayesian credibility estimate of the expected value of the next claim that will be observed for this risk.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.00$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.10$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.16$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.20$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.30$

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Problem 23-B

Calculate the Buhlmann credibility estimate of the expected value of the next claim that will be observed for this risk.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.00$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.10$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.16$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.20$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.30$

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Exam C Practice Problem 22 – Estimating Aggregate Claims

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Both Problems 22-A and 22-B use the following information.

You are given the following:

The annual number of claims for a policyholder follows a binomial distribution with mean 0.5 and variance 0.375.
The following is the probability function of the claim size $X$ .

$\displaystyle \begin{bmatrix} X=x&\text{ }&P(X=x) \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 10&\text{ }&0.35 \\ 20&\text{ }&0.35 \\ 30&\text{ }&0.25 \\ 40&\text{ }&0.05 \end{bmatrix}$

The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.

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Problem 22-A

Calculate the variance of the annual aggregate claim amount for the policyholder.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 30$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 71.5$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 180$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 190$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 230$

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Problem 22-B

In a certain year, the policyholder has incurred at least one claim and the aggregate claim amount is below 45. Given this information, what is the mean aggregate claim amount for the policyholder?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9.0$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 10.0$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 12.5$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 20.0$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 21.3$

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Exam C Practice Problem 21 – Working with Aggregate Claims

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Problem 21-A

You are given the following:

The annual number of claims follows a Poisson distribution with mean 800.
The claim size follows a Gamma distribution with $\alpha$ = 5 and $\theta$ = 2.
The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.

Using the normal approximation for the distribution of aggregate claim costs, calculate the probability that the aggregate claim costs will exceed 8350?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.11$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.13$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.15$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.17$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.20$

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Problem 21-B

You are given the following:

The annual number of claims follows a geometric distribution with mean 8.
The claim size follows an exponential distribution with mean 5.
The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.

Using the normal approximation for the distribution of aggregate claim costs, calculate the 75th percentile of aggregate claim costs?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 64$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 66$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 68$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 70$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 75$

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Exam C Practice Problem 20 – Working with Full Credibility Standard

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Problem 20-A

You are given the following:

The annual number of claims generated from a portfolio of insurance policies follows a Poisson distribution.
The claim size is modeled by the random variable $Y=X^2$ where $X$ has an exponential distribution with mean 2.
The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.
The full credibility standard has been selected so that actual claim costs will be
within 5% of expected claim costs 95% of the time.

Using limited fluctuation credibility, determine the expected number of claims required for full credibility?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3073$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4610$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6147$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7684$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9220$

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Problem 20-B

You are given the following:

The annual number of claims generated from a portfolio of insurance policies follows a Poisson distribution.
The claim size is modeled by the random variable $Y=4 X^2+32$ where $X$ has an exponential distribution with mean 2.
The number of claims and the claim sizes are independent.
The full credibility standard has been selected so that actual claim costs will be
within 5% of expected claim costs 95% of the time.

Using limited fluctuation credibility, determine the expected number of claims required for full credibility?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2017$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3073$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3457$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4150$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9220$

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Exam C Practice Problem 19 – Buhlmann Credibility Estimates

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Problem 19-A

The number of claims in a year for an insurance policy in a large pool of insurance policies has a distribution with mean $\theta$ and variance $\lambda$ .

The following provides more information about the large pool of insurance policies.

For half of the insurance policies in the large pool $\theta=1$ , while for the other half $\theta=0.5$ .
For three-quarters of the insurance policies in the large pool $\lambda=0.5$ , while for the other one-quarter $\lambda=0.375$ .

An insurance policy is randomly selected from the large pool. Insurance company records indicate that there are 6 claims in last 5 years.

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate of the number of claims for the selected insurance policy in the next year.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.82$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.85$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.88$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.93$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.02$

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Problem 19-B

The number of claims in a year for an insurance policy in a large pool of insurance policies has a distribution with mean $\theta$ and variance $\lambda$ .

The following provides more information about the large pool of insurance policies.

For three-quarters of the insurance policies in the large pool $\theta=1$ , while for the other one-quarter $\theta=0.5$ .
For one-quarter of the insurance policies in the large pool $\lambda=0.5$ , while for the other three-quarters $\lambda=0.375$ .

An insurance policy is randomly selected from the large pool.

Determine the Buhlmann credibility factor assigned to 5 years of claim data from the selected insurance policy.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{15}{41}$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{49}{133}$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{19}{41}$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{62}{133}$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{130}{133}$

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Exam C Practice Problem 18 – Estimating Claim Frequency

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Problem 18-A

A portfolio of independent risks is divided into five distinct classes that are equal in size.

The annual claim count distribution for any risk in this portfolio is assumed to be a binomial distribution. The following table shows more information about these five classes.

$\displaystyle \begin{bmatrix} \text{Class}&\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Mean} &\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Variance} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Of Claim Count} &\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Of Claim Count} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 1&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{1}{2} &\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{1}{4} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 2&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 1&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{1}{2} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 3&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{3}{2}&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{3}{4} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 4&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 2&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 1 \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 5&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{5}{2}&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle \frac{5}{4} \end{bmatrix}$

A risk is randomly selected from this portfolio and is observed to have one claim in the last year.

What is the probability that the mean number of claims in a year for this risk is greater than 1.5?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.209$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.228$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.600$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.761$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.781$

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Problem 18-B

A portfolio of independent risks is divided into five distinct classes that are equal in size.

The annual claim count distribution for any risk in this portfolio is assumed to be a geometric distribution. The following table shows more information about these five classes.

$\displaystyle \begin{bmatrix} \text{Class}&\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Mean} &\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Variance} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Of Claim Count} &\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Of Claim Count} \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 1&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 1 &\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 2 \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 2&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 2&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 6 \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 3&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 3&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 12 \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 4&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 4&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 20 \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 5&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 5&\text{ }&\text{ }&\displaystyle 30 \end{bmatrix}$

A risk is randomly selected from this portfolio and is observed to have one claim in the last year.

What is the probability that the mean number of claims in a year for this risk is greater than 2.5?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.49$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.51$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.55$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.57$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.60$

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Exam C Practice Problem 17 – Estimating Claim Frequency

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Both Problems 17-A and 17-B use the following information.

An insurance portfolio consists of independent risks.

For each risk in this portfolio, the number of claims in a year has a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$ . The parameter $\theta$ follows a Gamma distribution.

A risk is randomly selected from this portfolio. Prior to obtaining any claim experience, the number of claims in a year for this risk has a distribution with mean 0.6 and variance 0.72.

After observing this risk for one year, insurance company records indicate that there are 2 claims for this risk.

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Problem 17-A

After knowing the insurance company records, what is the expected number of claims per year for this risk?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.60$