Claim Watching and Individual Claims Reserving Using Classification and Regression Trees

Massimo De Felice and Franco Moriconi
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Massimo De Felice: Department of Statitistical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Franco Moriconi: Department of Economics, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy

Risks, 2019, vol. 7, issue 4, 1-36

Abstract: We present an approach to individual claims reserving and claim watching in general insurance based on classification and regression trees (CART). We propose a compound model consisting of a frequency section, for the prediction of events concerning reported claims, and a severity section, for the prediction of paid and reserved amounts. The formal structure of the model is based on a set of probabilistic assumptions which allow the provision of sound statistical meaning to the results provided by the CART algorithms. The multiperiod predictions required for claims reserving estimations are obtained by compounding one-period predictions through a simulation procedure. The resulting dynamic model allows the joint modeling of the case reserves, which usually yields useful predictive information. The model also allows predictions under a double-claim regime, i.e., when two different types of compensation can be required by the same claim. Several explicit numerical examples are provided using motor insurance data. For a large claims portfolio we derive an aggregate reserve estimate obtained as the sum of individual reserve estimates and we compare the result with the classical chain-ladder estimate. Backtesting exercises are also proposed concerning event predictions and claim-reserve estimates.

Keywords: individual claims reserving; claim watching; classification and regression trees; machine learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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