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Preliminary selection of risk factors in P&C ratemaking

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  • Pechon, Florian

    (Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/ISBA, Belgium)

  • Trufin, Julien

    (ULB)

  • Denuit, Michel

    (Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/ISBA, Belgium)

Abstract

This paper proposes efficient statistical tools to detect which risk factors influence insurance losses before fitting a regression model. The statistical procedures are nonparametric and designed according to the format of the variables commonly encountered in P&C ratemaking: continuous, integer-valued (or discrete) or categorical. The proposed approach improves the current practice favoring chi-square independence tests in contingency tables, avoiding the arbitrary preliminary banding of the variables under consideration. An example with motor insurance data illustrates the usefulness of the tools proposed in this paper. One of the conclusions of this numerical illustration is that zero-modified regression models are necessary to capture the impact of risk factors.

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  • Pechon, Florian & Trufin, Julien & Denuit, Michel, 2020. "Preliminary selection of risk factors in P&C ratemaking," LIDAM Reprints ISBA 2020014, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
    • Handle: RePEc:aiz:louvar:2020014
    Note: In: Variance : advancing the science of risk - Vol. 13, no.1, p. 124-14 (2020)
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