A Sarmanov Distribution with Beta Marginals: An Application to Motor Insurance Pricing

Catalina Bolancé, Montserrat Guillen and Albert Pitarque
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Catalina Bolancé: Department Econometrics, Riskcenter-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, E08034 Barcelona, Spain
Montserrat Guillen: Department Econometrics, Riskcenter-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, E08034 Barcelona, Spain
Albert Pitarque: Department Econometrics, Riskcenter-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, E08034 Barcelona, Spain

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The Beta distribution is useful for fitting variables that measure a probability or a relative frequency. Methods: We propose a Sarmanov distribution with Beta marginals specified as generalised linear models. We analyse its theoretical properties and its dependence limits. Results: We use a real motor insurance sample of drivers and analyse the percentage of kilometres driven above the posted speed limit and the percentage of kilometres driven at night, together with some additional covariates. We fit a Beta model for the marginals of the bivariate Sarmanov distribution. Conclusions: We find negative dependence in the high quantiles indicating that excess speed and night-time driving are not uniformly correlated.

Keywords: beta regression; dependence; bivariate Sarmanov distribution; estimation; telematics; insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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