## Exam C Practice Problem 5 – Bayesian Estimate of Claim Frequency

Problem 5-A

You are given the following:

• The number of claims in a calendar year for a given risk follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$.
• The prior distribution of $\theta$ has the following density function.
• $\displaystyle \pi(\theta)=\frac{2}{\theta^3}, \ \ \ \ \ \ 1<\theta<\infty$

After observing for one calendar year, this risk is found to have incurred 4 claims.

Determine the Bayesian expected claim frequency for the given risk in the next year.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{5}{2}$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{7}{2}$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4$

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Problem 5-B

You are given the following:

• The number of claims in a calendar year for a given risk follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$.
• The prior distribution of $\theta$ has the following density function.
• $\displaystyle \pi(\theta)=\frac{2}{\theta^3}, \ \ \ \ \ \ 1<\theta<\infty$

After observing for two calendar years, this risk is found to have incurred 2 claims in each year.

Determine the Bayesian expected claim frequency for the given risk in the next year.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{4}{3}$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{8}{5}$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{5}{3}$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{9}{5}$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2$

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## Exam C Practice Problem 4 – Buhlmann Credibility Examples

Problem 4-A

You are given the following:

• The number of claims in a calendar year for a given risk follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$.
• The prior distribution of $\theta$ has a uniform distribution on $(0.5,2.5)$.

After observing for three calendar years, this risk is found to have incurred 1 claim in year 1, 2 claims in year 2 and 3 claims in year 3.

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate for the expected claim frequency for the given risk in year 4.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.50$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.65$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.70$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.97$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.00$

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Problem 4-B

You are given the following:

• The number of claims in a calendar year for a given risk follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\theta$.
• The prior distribution of $\theta$ has the following density function.
• $\displaystyle \pi(\theta)=\frac{1}{2} \ (2-\theta), \ \ \ \ \ \ 0<\theta<2$

The given risk is observed for 6 calendar years and is found to have incurred a total of 10 claims.

Determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate for the expected claim frequency for the given risk for the next calendar year.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{2}{3}$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{62}{57}$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{4}{3}$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{5}{3}$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2$

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## Exam C Practice Problem 3 – Bayesian vs Buhlmann

Problem 3-A

A portfolio of independent risks is divided into two classes. Class 1 contains 60% of the risks in the portfolio and the remaining risks are in Class 2.

For each risk in the portfolio, the following shows the distributions of the number of claims in a calendar year.

$\displaystyle \begin{bmatrix} \text{ }&\text{ }&\text{Class 1} &\text{ }&\text{Class 2} \\X=x&\text{ }&P(X=x) &\text{ }&P(X=x) \\\text{ }&\text{ }&\text{ } &\text{ }&\text{ } \\ 0&\text{ }&0.50 &\text{ }&0.20 \\ 1&\text{ }&0.25&\text{ }&0.25 \\ 2&\text{ }&0.12&\text{ }&0.30 \\ 3&\text{ }&0.08&\text{ }&0.15 \\ 4&\text{ }&0.05&\text{ }&0.10 \end{bmatrix}$

A risk is randomly selected in the portfolio and is observed for two calendar years. The observed results are: 2 claim in the first calendar year and 3 claims in the second calendar year.

Determine the Bayesian expected number of claims for the selected risk in year 3.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.12$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.24$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.45$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.51$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.70$

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Problem 3-B

Using the same information as in Problem 3-A, determine the Buhlmann credibility estimate for the selected risk in year 3.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.93$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.24$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.45$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 1.51$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.29$

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## Exam C Practice Problem 2 – Variance of Pure Premium

Problem 2-A

You are given:

• For a given risk, the number of claims in a calendar year is 0 (with probability 0.4), 1 (with probability 0.5) and 2 (with probability 0.1).
• In case of only 1 claim, the claim size will be 100 (with probability 0.75) and 200 (with probability 0.25).
• In case of 2 claims, the claim size will be 100 (with probability 0.5) and 200 (with probability 0.5). The two claim sizes are independent.

Calculate the variance of the pure premium for this risk.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 135$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8,650$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9,694$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 10,296$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 18,250$

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Problem 2-B

You are given:

• For a given risk, the number of claims in a calendar year is 0 (with probability 0.4), 1 (with probability 0.5) and 2 (with probability 0.1).
• The claim size will be 100 (with probability 0.75) and 200 (with probability 0.25).
• The number of claims and the claim size are independent.
• In case of 2 claims, the two claim sizes are independent.

Calculate the variance of the pure premium for this risk.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 310$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7,189$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7,236$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 7,719$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 96,100$

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## Exam C Practice Problem 1 – Working with Mixture Distributions

Problem 1-A

You are given:

• The claim size $X$ for a policyholder randomly chosen from a large group of insureds is a mixture of a Burr distribution with $\alpha=1$, $\theta=\sqrt{8000}$ and $\gamma=2$ and a Pareto distribution with $\alpha=1$ and $\theta=8000$.
• The mixture distribution of $X$ has equal mixing weights.

Calculate the median of $X$.

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 400$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 405$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 450$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 475$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4045$

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Problem 1-B

You are given:

• The claim size $X$ in the current year for a policyholder randomly chosen from a large group of insureds is a mixture of a Burr distribution with $\alpha=2$, $\theta=\sqrt{1000}$ and $\gamma=2$ and a Pareto distribution with $\alpha=2$ and $\theta=1000$.
• The mixture distribution of $X$ has mixing weights 90% (for the Burr distribution) and 10% (for the Pareto distribution).
• Suppose that the claim size for the chosen policyholder in the next year will increase 20% due to inflation.

What is the probability that the claim size in the next year will exceed 50?

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$\displaystyle (A) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.16$

$\displaystyle (B) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.18$

$\displaystyle (C) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.21$

$\displaystyle (D) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.23$

$\displaystyle (E) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.29$

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