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246 <strong>Actuarial</strong> <strong>Modelling</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Claim</strong> <strong>Counts</strong><br />

Table 5.11 De Pril efficiency according to the starting level, for the −1/top, −1/ + 2 and −1/ + 3<br />

bonus-malus scales.<br />

Initial level<br />

−1/top scale<br />

Eff DeP l 00928 Eff DeP l 01409 Eff DeP l 02804 Eff DeP l<br />

0 02711379 03018164 0287755 02230948<br />

1 02644811 02952273 02826536 02179881<br />

2 02558848 02863492 02746372 02109572<br />

3 02454854 02755109 02648401 02025042<br />

4 02332928 02628293 02537603 01927769<br />

5 02191762 0248209 02414355 01817001<br />

Initial level<br />

−1/ + 2 scale<br />

Eff DeP l 00928 Eff DeP l 01409 Eff DeP l 02804 Eff DeP l<br />

0 02168178 03422846 05689437 0262244<br />

1 02159419 03399076 05617233 02597218<br />

2 02156974 03369153 05488944 02558833<br />

3 02120306 03274338 05247412 02474823<br />

4 0202593 0311189 04963046 02351387<br />

5 01870807 02878845 04633192 02186229<br />

Initial level<br />

−1/ + 3 scale<br />

Eff DeP l 00928 Eff DeP l 01409 Eff DeP l 02804 Eff DeP l<br />

0 02733728 03689638 04526559 02605588<br />

1 02691461 0362999 04449703 02563432<br />

2 02648276 03556598 04328504 02508412<br />

3 02572639 03446637 0417896 02429854<br />

4 02429893 03261114 03971923 02302266<br />

5 02252077 03038548 03740766 02149911<br />

5.4 Bonus Hunger and Optimal Retention<br />

5.4.1 Correcting the Estimations for Censoring<br />

As explained in the introduction, the policyholders subject to a bonus-malus mechanism tend<br />

to self-defray minor accidents to avoid premium surcharges. This means that the number <strong>of</strong><br />

accidents is a censored variable: the insurer only knows the number <strong>of</strong> claims filed by the<br />

insured drivers, and not the number <strong>of</strong> accidents they caused. We develop here a simple<br />

statistical model allowing for censorship in the observed claim costs (and thus also in the<br />

observed numbers <strong>of</strong> claims reported to the insurer). The claiming threshold is considered<br />

here as a random variable, specific to each policyholder and with a distribution depending<br />

on the level occupied in the bonus-malus scale at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the observation period as<br />

well as on observable characteristics.<br />

Specifically, let us consider the LogNormal model for moderate claim sizes: the claim<br />

costs are then seen as independent and identically distributed realizations <strong>of</strong> LogNormal<br />

random variables in each risk class. Now, each policyholder in this class reports an accident

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