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Equity and Credibility 

Authors: S. David Promislow; Virginia R. Young
DOI: 10.1080/034612300750066827
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
Published in: journal Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, Volume 2000, Issue 2 September 2000 , pages 121 - 146
Subject: Insurance;
Number of References: 18
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Abstract

We build on previous work concerned with measuring equity and consider the problem of using observed claim data or other information to calculate premiums which maximize equity. When these optimal premiums are used, we show that gathering more information or refining the risk classification always increases equity. We study the case for which the premium is constrained to be an affine function of the claim data and obtain results analogous to classical credibility theory, including the inhomogeneous and homogeneous cases of the Buumlhlmann-Straub model. We derive formulas for the credibility weights in certain cases.
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