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Uncertainty quantification and model validation for actuarial and quantitative risk

Uncertainty quantification identifies and propagates uncertainty in data, parameters, model structure and assumptions. On this platform it shows how wide plausible outcomes are for premiums, reserves and capital, and which assumptions matter most.

01Qeyd

Uncertainty quantification and model validation for actuarial and quantitative risk on the record.

Method recordSTEM method
  1. RêbazPîvandina nediyariyê û rastandina modelê
  2. Applied inXetera aktuarî û hejmarî
  3. Canonical pageSTEM Commons
02Serlêdan

What uncertainty quantification and model validation does here.

Uncertainty quantification and model validation characterise how uncertainty in inputs, parameters and model structure affects predictions. They establish how much confidence a model’s outputs deserve. In insurance and catastrophe, methods and modelling and capital markets and investment, uncertainty quantification shows where risk estimates are robust and where they are fragile. It guides where better data or models would change decisions. The canonical description is on the STEM Commons.

Reserve ranges

Bootstrap and Bayesian methods produce distributions of reserve outcomes around the central estimate, showing the range that could emerge.

Parameter and model uncertainty

Parameter uncertainty is separated from the uncertainty of choosing one model over another, and both are carried into capital estimates.

Sensitivity ranking

Inputs are varied to rank which assumptions drive results most, guiding where better data or review would add most value.

03Loss model

Loss exceedance, average annual loss and probable maximum loss.

The loss a portfolio in the footprint can expect per year and at the 1 in 100 and 1 in 250 levels that insurers and lenders price, from the same three blocks every catastrophe model uses. Teaching model with stated illustrative values, not a prediction.

Kontrol

Typical annual hazard intensity (location)
1.00 intensity index
Belavbûna nirxên tund (pîvan)
0.80 intensity index
Tundiya ku nîvê nirxê tê de winda dibe
4.00 intensity index
Belavbûna lawazî
0.55
Para nirxê di nav şopa metirsî de
40%
Standarda parastinê (heyama vegerê)
50 sal

Xwendin

Windahiya salane ya navînî
0.51% of value
Windahî di 1 ji 100 salan de
24.5% of value
Windahî di 1 ji 250 salan de
28.4% of value
Tundî di 1 ji 100 salan de
4.68 intensity index
Jimar, rêbaz û çavkanî
Heyama vegerê (sal)Intensity (intensity index)Windahî (% ya nirxê)
10.090.00
21.270.00
41.910.00
72.470.00
133.000.00
243.510.00
444.020.00
824.5323.55
1545.0326.44
2875.5328.87
5366.0330.88
1,0006.5332.53

Rêbaz

  1. Metirsî: nirxên dawîn ên Gumbel Gumbel (1958), Statistics of Extremes, Columbia University Press
  2. Nazikiya lognormal (lawazî) FEMA (2003), HAZUS-MH Technical Manual
  3. Qada îhtîmala derbasbûnê û windahiya salane ya navînî Grossi and Kunreuther (2005), Catastrophe Modeling, Springer
  4. Bandora bendavê Di Baldassarre and others (2013), Socio-hydrology, HESS 17
  5. Pankeya nediyarîyê (Monte Carlo ya parametreyan) Spiegelhalter, Pearson and Short (2011), Visualising uncertainty about the future, Science 333
  6. Hesasiyeta yek-yek (tornado) Saltelli and others (2008), Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer, Wiley

Dane

The model runs on the teaching values set by the controls. To calibrate it for a place, read it against these admitted layers and series, which this page’s map can draw:

  • Çem Natural Earth
  • Dirêjahiyên bajarî Natural Earth
  • Bajar Natural Earth
  • Erdhejên M4.5+, hefteya borî (USGS) U.S. Geological Survey · register usgs.earthquake.summary-feeds
  • Rêjeya baranê, nîv saeta dawîn (IMERG) NASA GPM IMERG Early · register nasa.gibs.context-live-layers
  • Pêşbînî: herikîna çemê, 30 roj bi navber (GloFAS bi riya Open-Meteo) Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), Copernicus GloFAS · register open-meteo.public-pages
  • Berfirehiya avakirî û niştecihbûnê, 2010 (HBASE, Landsat) CIESIN/Columbia, NASA SEDAC HBASE · register sedac.context-urban-layers
Loss exceedance, average annual loss and probable maximum loss. Illustrative teaching model: it runs on the values set by the controls, not on measured data. Methods: Gumbel extreme-value hazard (Gumbel (1958), Statistics of Extremes, Columbia University Press); Lognormal fragility (vulnerability) (FEMA (2003), HAZUS-MH Technical Manual); Exceedance-probability curve and average annual loss (Grossi and Kunreuther (2005), Catastrophe Modeling, Springer).

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04Dane

What the method consumes.

Datasets and records used by uncertainty quantification and model validation on this platform, with the role each plays and the label its values carry. Sources are listed in the source register.

DaneRolNîşan
Model inputs and parametersInput uncertaintyTEXMÎNKIRÎ
Alternative modelsStructural uncertaintyMODELKIRÎ
Historical outcomesCalibration of rangesÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ
05Exposure, loss and capital

What it means for exposure, loss and capital.

The exposure, loss, scenario and capital views a risk officer, supervisor or ministry of finance would ask for, with the frameworks they report against. Structures follow supervisory and actuarial practice. Values are illustrative: never prices, ratings or advice.

Exposure and loss at return periods

How losses from uncertainty quantification and model validation for actuarial and quantitative risk grow with severity, gross and net of reinsurance, against capital.

1 in 101 in 501 in 1001 in 250grossnet of reinsurance800
Return periodAnnual probabilityGross lossNet lossNet, capital = 100
1 in 100.10141010
1 in 500.02332121
1 in 1000.01462727
1 in 2500.004683939
Windahiya salane ya navînî3.12.22.2
Illustrative loss index for a example portfolio (capital = 100): the exceedance-probability form insurers and supervisors read. Not data on any institution, not a price or a rating.
NGFS climate scenarios · Network for Greening the Financial SystemIFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures · ISSBTCFD recommendations · Financial Stability Board TCFDPrinciples for the effective management of climate-related financial risks · Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
06Erêkirin

How results are checked.

Predictive distributions are tested for calibration and sharpness against held-out observations. Verification confirms that code solves the intended equations.

Kontrol bikinHow it is done
Range calibrationStated ranges are compared with outcomes where possible
Dependence of inputsCorrelations between uncertain inputs are documented
Clear communicationUncertainty is presented with each result

Structural uncertainty and unknown unknowns are difficult to represent. Computational cost limits exploration of high-dimensional models.

08Stewardship

Who maintains the method.

Zanista pergalan û modelkirin stewards uncertainty quantification and model validation for the Consortium and reviews how it is applied across platforms.

09Girêdayî

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10Pirs

Pirs û bersiv.

What are the limits of uncertainty quantification and model validation in this field?
Structural uncertainty and unknown unknowns are difficult to represent. Computational cost limits exploration of high-dimensional models.
How are results checked?
Predictive distributions are tested for calibration and sharpness against held-out observations. Verification confirms that code solves the intended equations.
Are the values on this page real?
The data names, roles and checks are real descriptions of practice. The canvas shows a design of the method’s use, not a run; no result is reported here.
Where else is this method applied?
Çavdêrxaneya canonical method page lists every platform that applies it.
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