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Actuarial mathematics in insurance

Actuarial mathematics is the core discipline of insurance: it turns claims experience, exposure and assumptions into premiums, reserves and capital. On this platform it frames how expected loss and its uncertainty are estimated, and where professional judgement and standards set the boundaries.

02بەکارهێنان

What actuarial mathematics does here.

Actuarial mathematics applies probability, statistics and financial theory to measure and price contingent risks, particularly in insurance and pensions. It determines reserves and premiums for uncertain future obligations. In insurance and catastrophe, climate and hazards and health and biosecurity, actuarial methods determine whether risks can be insured and at what cost. They help assess accumulation of correlated losses across portfolios and regions. The canonical description is on the STEM Commons.

Loss reserving with development triangles

Paid and incurred claims are arranged by origin and development period, and chain ladder, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and stochastic methods project ultimate losses, with the spread between methods reported as part of the uncertainty.

Experience rating and credibility

A portfolio’s own claims experience is blended with a wider benchmark in proportion to its credibility, so small books are not priced on noise and large books are not priced on someone else’s experience.

Mortality improvement assumptions

Graduated mortality rates are combined with improvement scales fitted to population and insured data, and the resulting annuity values are tested against alternative scales to show their sensitivity.

03چاودێری

Tail fit.

The screen a team would use to follow this method: its measures, states and decisions. Names are examples and values are illustrative.

Tail fit

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Return level curve

Method card

ڕێگا
Actuarial mathematics
ڕێباز
peaks over threshold
Threshold
98th percentile
ناونیشان
مۆدێلکراو

Parameters

generalised Pareto fit

Shape ξ0.07−0.060.41heavy tail if above zero
Scale σ2.60.97.3units of the variable
Exceedances57declustered
Tail fit: the screen’s structure, terms and states for Insurance.ناو و بەهای نموونەیی؛ دیزاینێکە، نەک تۆمار یان سیستەمی ڕاستەوخۆ.
04داتا

What the method consumes.

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

داتاڕۆڵناونیشان
Loss development trianglesReservingئامارە بڵاوکراوەکان
Policy and exposure dataPricing and experience ratingREPORTED
Mortality and morbidity tablesLife and health assumptionsمەزەندەکراو
مۆدێلی کارەسات event loss tablesCatastrophe load and accumulationمۆدێلکراو
Price and inflation indicesTrend and discountingئامارە بڵاوکراوەکان
05Loss 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.

کۆنترۆڵەکان

Typical annual hazard intensity (location)
1.00 intensity index
بڵاوبوونەوەی لێکەوتە توندەکان (پێوەر)
0.80 intensity index
توندییەک کە تێیدا نیوەی بەها لەدەست دەچێت
4.00 intensity index
بڵاوبوونەوەی لاوازی
0.55
بەشی بەها لە شوێنپێی مەترسیدەردا
40%
ستانداردی پاراستن (ماوەی گەڕانەوە)
50 ساڵ

خوێندنەوەکان

تێکڕای زیانی ساڵانە
0.51% of value
زیان لە 1 لە 100 ساڵدا
24.5% of value
زیان لە 1 لە 250 ساڵدا
28.4% of value
توندی لە 1 لە 100 ساڵدا
4.68 intensity index
ژمارە، ڕێگا و سەرچاوەکان
ماوەی گەڕانەوە (ساڵ)Intensity (intensity index)زیان (% ی بەها)
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

ڕێگاکان

  1. مەترسیدەری بەهای زۆرداری Gumbel Gumbel (1958)، Statistics of Extremes، Columbia University Press
  2. ناسکیی لۆگنۆرماڵ (لاوازی) FEMA (2003)، HAZUS-MH Technical Manual
  3. چەمکی ئەگەری تێپەڕبوون و تێکڕای زیانی ساڵانە Grossi و Kunreuther (2005)، Catastrophe Modeling، Springer
  4. کاریگەری بەربەست Di Baldassarre و ئەوانی دیکە (2013)، Socio-hydrology، HESS 17
  5. پەنجەی نادڵنیایی (مۆنتی کارلۆی پارامیتەر) Spiegelhalter, Pearson و Short (2011)، Visualising uncertainty about the future، Science 333
  6. هەستیاریی یەک-یەک (تۆرناد) Saltelli و ئەوانی دیکە (2008)، Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer، Wiley

داتا

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:

  • ڕووبارەکان Natural Earth
  • بەرینی شارەکان Natural Earth
  • شارەکان Natural Earth
  • بوومەلەرزەکانی M4.5+، هەفتەی ڕابردوو (USGS) U.S. Geological Survey · register usgs.earthquake.summary-feeds
  • ڕێژەی باران، نیو کاتژمێری ڕابردوو (IMERG) NASA GPM IMERG Early · register nasa.gibs.context-live-layers
  • پێشبینی ڕۆیشتنی ڕووبار، 30 ڕۆژ لەگەڵ مەودا (GloFAS لە ڕێگەی Open-Meteo) Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), Copernicus GloFAS · register open-meteo.public-pages
  • بەرینی دروستکراو و نیشتەجێبوون، 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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06پشتڕاستکردنەوە

How results are checked.

Assumptions are tested through experience studies and actual-versus-expected analysis. Independent actuarial review checks methods and results.

بپشکنەHow it is done
Actual versus expectedEmerging experience is compared with assumed claims each period, and persistent deviations trigger review of the assumption
Reserve back-testingPast reserve estimates are compared with later ultimate losses to measure adequacy and bias
Independent actuarial reviewMethods and assumptions are reviewed by an actuary not involved in the work, against the applicable professional standards
Sensitivity reportingKey assumptions are varied and the effect on premiums, reserves and capital is reported beside the central estimate

Historical experience may not reflect emerging or correlated risks. Long-tail liabilities are sensitive to assumptions about future trends.

07Exposure, loss and capital

What actuarial mathematics in insurance 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 actuarial mathematics in insurance 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
تێکڕای زیانی ساڵانە3.12.22.2
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
09Stewardship

Who maintains the method.

مەترسی ئەکچوەری و بڕی stewards actuarial mathematics for the Consortium and reviews how it is applied across platforms.

10پەیوەست

ئەو شوێنانەی ئەم لاپەڕەیە لە ناو کۆنسۆرتیۆم بۆیان دەبات.

11پرسیارەکان

پرسیار و وەڵام.

What are the limits of actuarial mathematics in this field?
Historical experience may not reflect emerging or correlated risks. Long-tail liabilities are sensitive to assumptions about future trends.
How are results checked?
Assumptions are tested through experience studies and actual-versus-expected analysis. Independent actuarial review checks methods and results.
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?
ئەو canonical method page lists every platform that applies it.
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Reports is the Consortium’s quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.

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