|  | Klugman, Stuart A. / Panjer, Harry H. / Willmot, Gordon E.
Loss Models
From Data to Decisions
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
 4. Edition October 2012
129.- Euro
2012. 536 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN 978-1-118-31532-3 - John Wiley & Sons
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Thoroughly revised and updated with essential material related to the C/4 actuarial exam, this invaluable new edition maintains an approach to modeling and forecasting utilizing tools related to risk theory, loss distributions, and survival models. It covers everything from random variables, basic distributional quantities, and copula models to parametric estimation methods, risk management and measures, and extreme value distributions. It also provides over 400 exercises from previous examinations, places emphasis on calculations and spreadsheet implementation, and offers a supplemental solutions manual and access to an FTP web site.
From the contents
Preface xiii
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Modeling 3
1.1 The model-based approach 3
1.2 Organization of this book 5
2 Random variables 7
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Key functions and four models 9
3 Basic distributional quantities 19
3.1 Moments 19
3.2 Percentiles 27
3.3 Generating functions and sums of random variables 29
3.4 Tails of distributions 31
3.5 Measures of Risk 38
PART II ACTUARIAL MODELS
4 Characteristics of Actuarial Models 49
4.1 Introduction 49
4.2 The role of parameters 49
5 Continuous models 59
5.1 Introduction 59
5.2 Creating new distributions 59
5.3 Selected distributions and their relationships 72
5.4 The linear exponential family 75
6 Discrete distributions 79
6.1 Introduction 79
6.2 The Poisson distribution 80
6.3 The negative binomial distribution 83
6.4 The binomial distribution 85
6.5 The (a, b, 0) class 86
6.6 Truncation and modification at zero 89
7 Advanced discrete distributions 95
7.1 Compound frequency distributions 95
7.2 Further properties of the compound Poisson class 101
7.3 Mixed frequency distributions 107
7.4 Effect of exposure on frequency 114
7.5 An inventory of discrete distributions 114
8 Frequency and severity with coverage modifications 117
8.1 Introduction 117
8.2 Deductibles 117
8.3 The loss elimination ratio and the effect of inflation for ordinary deductibles 122
8.4 Policy limits 125
8.5 Coinsurance, deductibles, and limits 127
8.6 The impact of deductibles on claim frequency 131
9 Aggregate loss models 137
9.1 Introduction 137
9.2 Model choices 140
9.3 The compound model for aggregate claims 141
9.4 Analytic results 155
9.5 Computing the aggregate claims distribution 159
9.6 The recursive method 161
9.7 The impact of individual policy modifications on aggregate payments 173
9.8 The individual risk model 176
PART III CONSTRUCTION OF EMPIRICAL MODELS
10 Review of mathematical statistics 187
10.1 Introduction 187
10.2 Point estimation 188
10.3 Interval estimation 196
10.4 Tests of hypotheses 198
11 Estimation for complete data 203
11.1 Introduction 203
11.2 The empirical distribution for complete, individual data 207
11.3 Empirical distributions for grouped data 211
12 Estimation for modified data 217
12.1 Point estimation 217
12.2 Means, variances, and interval estimation 225
12.3 Kernel density models 236
12.4 Approximations for large data sets 240
PART IV PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS
13 Frequentist estimation 253
13.1 Method of moments and percentile matching 253
13.2 Maximum likelihood estimation 259
13.3 Variance and interval estimation 272
13.4 Non-normal confidence intervals 280
13.5 Maximum likelihood estimation of decrement probabilities 282
14 Frequentist Estimation for discrete distributions 285
14.1 Poisson 285
14.2 Negative binomial 289
14.3 Binomial 291
14.4 The (a, b, 1) class 293
14.5 Compound models 297
14.6 Effect of exposure on maximum likelihood estimation 299
14.7 Exercises 300
15 Bayesian estimation 305
15.1 Definitions and Bayes' theorem 305
15.2 Inference and prediction 309
15.3 Conjugate prior distributions and the linear exponential family 320
15.4 Computational issues 322
16 Model selection 323
16.1 Introduction 323
16.2 Representations of the data and model 324
16.3 Graphical comparison of the density and distribution functions 325
16.4 Hypothesis tests 330
16.5 Selecting a model 342
PART V CREDIBILITY
17 Introduction and Limited Fluctuation Credibility 357
17.1 Introduction 357
17.2 Limited fluctuation credibility theory 359
17.3 Full credibility 360
17.4 Partial credibility 363
17.5 Problems with the approach 366
17.6 Notes and References 367
17.7 Exercises 367
18 Greatest accuracy credibility 371
18.1 Introduction 371
18.2 Conditional distributions and expectation 373
18.3 The Bayesian methodology 377
18.4 The credibility premium 385
18.5 The Buhlmann model 388
18.6 The Buhlmann-Straub model 392
18.7 Exact credibility 397
18.8 Notes and References 401
18.9 Exercises 402
19 Empirical Bayes parameter estimation 415
19.1 Introduction 415
19.2 Nonparametric estimation 418
19.3 Semiparametric estimation 428
19.4 Notes and References 430
19.5 Exercises 430
PART VI SIMULATION
20 Simulation 437
20.1 Basics of simulation 437
20.2 Simulation for specific distributions 442
20.3 Determining the sample size 448
20.4 Examples of simulation in actuarial modeling 450
Appendix A: An inventory of continuous distributions 459
A.1 Introduction 459
A.2 Transformed beta family 463
A.3 Transformed gamma family 467
A.4 Distributions for large losses 470
A.5 Other distributions 471
A.6 Distributions with finite support 473
Appendix B: An inventory of discrete distributions 475
B.1 Introduction 475
B.2 The (a, b, 0) class 476
B.3 The (a, b, 1) class 477
B.4 The compound class 480
B.5 A hierarchy of discrete distributions 482
Appendix C: Frequency and severity relationships 483
Appendix D: The recursive formula 485
Appendix E: Discretization of the severity distribution 487
E.1 The method of rounding 487
E.2 Mean preserving 488
E.3 Undiscretization of a discretized distribution 488
Appendix F: Numerical optimization and solution of systems of equations 491
F.1 Maximization using Solver 491
F.2 The simplex method 495
F.3 Using Excel(r) to solve equations 496
References 501
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