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Applications to a theory of bonus systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

S. Vepsäläinen*
Affiliation:
Helsinki
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This paper deals with bonus systems used in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany. These systems are studied by methods given by Mr. Loimaranta). The bonus rules of Denmark and Sweden have been modified because they contradict to one of the assumptions of the theory.

It is assumed that the number of claims in a year follows the Poisson distribution with a mean λ. Further it is assumed that the value of λ is independent of time.

In each case bonus rules are given in form of transformations Tk defined in ref. 1., i.e. Tk(i) = j when a policy moves from class i to class j after k claims. The class where a new policy starts from is called the initial class. Bonus scales, the vectors B, are normed so that the premium of the initial class is 100.

For each bonus system the efficiency η of the system and the discrimination power d of the bonus rules as a function of the mean claim frequency λ have been calculated. The graphs of these functions are presented in the figures 2 to 4 respectively. In the following pages, different bonus rules are described in detail and some simple analysis based on the curves on pp. 211-214 has been made. The calculations were performed quite recently and any deeper analysis of the results has not been possible because of lack of time.

In order to be able to apply the theory of Markov chains to a bonus system we must require among others that the transition to a certain class depends only on the number of claims occurred during last period ignoring possible former claims. The Danish system has originally four bonus classes labeled from 0 to 3.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Actuarial Association 1972

References

1) Loimaranta, K.: Some Asymptotic Properties of Bonus Systems Astin Colloquium 1970, RandersGoogle Scholar.