
An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications (6th Edition)
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Author: Richard J. Larsen, Morris L. Marx
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An insurance company's cumulative incurred claims for the last 5 accident years are given
in the following table:
Development Year
Accident Year 0
2018
1 2 3 4
245 267 274 289 292
2019
255 276 288 294
2020
265 283 292
2021
263 278
2022
271
It can be assumed that claims are fully run off after 4 years. The premiums received for
each year are:
Accident Year Premium
2018
306
2019
312
2020
318
2021
326
2022
330
You do not need to make any allowance for inflation.
1. (a) Calculate the reserve at the end of 2022 using the basic chain ladder method.
(b) Calculate the reserve at the end of 2022 using the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method.
2. Comment on the differences in the reserves produced by the methods in Part 1.
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An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications (6th Edition)
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Ch. 3.2 - If a family has four children, is it more likely...Ch. 3.2 - Experience has shown that only 13 of all patients...Ch. 3.2 - Transportation to school for a rural countys...Ch. 3.2 - The captain of a Navy gunboat orders a volley of...Ch. 3.2 - A computer has generated seven random numbers over...Ch. 3.2 - Listed in the following table is the length...Ch. 3.2 - Redo Example 3.2.4 assuming n=12 and p=0.3.Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 18QCh. 3.2 - Prob. 19QCh. 3.2 - A corporate board contains twelve members. The...Ch. 3.2 - One of the popular tourist attractions in Alaska...Ch. 3.2 - A city has 4050 children under the age of ten,...Ch. 3.2 - Country A inadvertently launches ten guided...Ch. 3.2 - Anne is studying for a history exam covering the...Ch. 3.2 - Each year a college awards five merit-based...Ch. 3.2 - Keno is a casino game in which the player has a...Ch. 3.2 - A display case contains thirty-five gems, of which...Ch. 3.2 - Consider an urn with r red balls and w white...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 29QCh. 3.2 - Prob. 30QCh. 3.2 - Prob. 31QCh. 3.2 - Prob. 32QCh. 3.2 - Prob. 33QCh. 3.2 - Some nomadic tribes, when faced with a...Ch. 3.2 - Suppose a population contains n1 objects of one...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 36QCh. 3.3 - Prob. 1QCh. 3.3 - Repeat Question 3.3.1 for the case where the two...Ch. 3.3 - Suppose a fair die is tossed three times. Let X be...Ch. 3.3 - Suppose a fair die is tossed three times. Let X be...Ch. 3.3 - A fair coin is tossed three times. Let X be the...Ch. 3.3 - Suppose die one has spots 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4 and die...Ch. 3.3 - Suppose a particle moves along the x-axis...Ch. 3.3 - How would the pdf asked for in Question 3.3.7 be...Ch. 3.3 - Suppose that five people, including you and a...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 10QCh. 3.3 - Prob. 11QCh. 3.3 - Prob. 12QCh. 3.3 - A fair die is rolled four times. Let the random...Ch. 3.3 - At the points x=0,1,...,6, the cdf for the...Ch. 3.3 - Find the pdf for the infinite-valued discrete...Ch. 3.3 - Recall the game of Fantasy Five from Example...Ch. 3.4 - Suppose fY(y)=4y3,0y1. Find P(0Y12).Ch. 3.4 - For the random variable Y with pdf...Ch. 3.4 - Let fY(y)=23y2,1y1. Find P(|Y12|14). Draw a graph...Ch. 3.4 - For persons infected with a certain form of...Ch. 3.4 - For a high-risk driver, the time in days between...Ch. 3.4 - Let n be a positive integer. Show that...Ch. 3.4 - Find the cdf for the random variable Y given in...Ch. 3.4 - If Y is an exponential random variable,...Ch. 3.4 - If the pdf for Y is fY(y)={0,|y|11|y|,|y|1 find...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 10QCh. 3.4 - Prob. 11QCh. 3.4 - Prob. 12QCh. 3.4 - Prob. 13QCh. 3.4 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.4 - The logistic curve F(y)=11+ey,y, can represent a...Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 16QCh. 3.4 - Prob. 17QCh. 3.4 - Let Y be a random variable denoting the age at...Ch. 3.5 - Recall the game of Keno described in Question...Ch. 3.5 - The roulette wheels in Monte Carlo typically have...Ch. 3.5 - The pdf describing the daily profit, X, earned by...Ch. 3.5 - In the game of redball, two drawings are made...Ch. 3.5 - Suppose a life insurance company sells a $50,000,...Ch. 3.5 - A manufacturer has one hundred memory chips in...Ch. 3.5 - Records show that 642 new students have just...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 8QCh. 3.5 - Recall Question 3.4.4, where the length of time Y...Ch. 3.5 - Let the random variable Y have the uniform...Ch. 3.5 - Show that the expected value associated with the...Ch. 3.5 - Show that fY(y)=1y2,y1 is a valid pdf but that Y...Ch. 3.5 - Based on recent experience, ten-year-old passenger...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.5 - A city has 74,806 registered automobiles. Each is...Ch. 3.5 - Regulators have found that twenty-three of the...Ch. 3.5 - An urn contains four chips numbered 1 through 4....Ch. 3.5 - A fair coin is tossed three times. Let the random...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 19QCh. 3.5 - For the St. Petersburg problem (Example 3.5.5),...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 21QCh. 3.5 - Prob. 22QCh. 3.5 - Suppose that two evenly matched teams are playing...Ch. 3.5 - An urn contains one white chip and one black chip....Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 25QCh. 3.5 - Prob. 26QCh. 3.5 - Find the median for each of the following pdfs:...Ch. 3.5 - Suppose X is a binomial random variable with n=10...Ch. 3.5 - A typical days production of a certain electronic...Ch. 3.5 - Let Y have probability density function...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 31QCh. 3.5 - A box is to be constructed so that its height is...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 33QCh. 3.5 - If Y has probability density function fY(y)=2y,0y1...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 35QCh. 3.5 - Prob. 36QCh. 3.6 - Find Var(X) for the urn problem of Example 3.6.1...Ch. 3.6 - Find the variance of Y if...Ch. 3.6 - Ten equally qualified applicants, six men and four...Ch. 3.6 - A certain hospitalization policy pays a cash...Ch. 3.6 - Use Theorem 3.6.1 to find the variance of the...Ch. 3.6 - If fY(y)=2yk2,0yk for what value of k does...Ch. 3.6 - Calculate the standard deviation, , for the random...Ch. 3.6 - Consider the pdf defined by fY(y)=2y3,y1 Show that...Ch. 3.6 - Frankie and Johnny play the following game....Ch. 3.6 - Let Y be a random variable whose pdf is given by...Ch. 3.6 - Suppose that Y is an exponential random variable,...Ch. 3.6 - Suppose that Y is an exponential random variable...Ch. 3.6 - Let X be a random variable with finite mean ....Ch. 3.6 - Suppose the charge for repairing an automobile...Ch. 3.6 - If Y denotes a temperature recorded in degrees...Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 16QCh. 3.6 - Suppose U is a uniform random variable over [0,1]....Ch. 3.6 - Recovering small quantities of calcium in the...Ch. 3.6 - Let Y be a uniform random variable defined over...Ch. 3.6 - Find the coefficient of skewness for an...Ch. 3.6 - Calculate the coefficient of kurtosis for a...Ch. 3.6 - Suppose that W is a random variable for which...Ch. 3.6 - If Y=aX+b,a0, show that Y has the same...Ch. 3.6 - Let Y be the random variable of Question 3.4.6,...Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 25QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 1QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 2QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 3QCh. 3.7 - Find c if fX,Y(x,y)=cxy for X and Y defined over...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 5QCh. 3.7 - Four cards are drawn from a standard poker deck....Ch. 3.7 - An advisor looks over the schedules of his fifty...Ch. 3.7 - Consider the experiment of tossing a fair coin...Ch. 3.7 - Suppose that two fair dice are tossed one time....Ch. 3.7 - Let X be the time in days between a car accident...Ch. 3.7 - Let X and Y have the joint pdf...Ch. 3.7 - A point is chosen at random from the interior of a...Ch. 3.7 - Find P(X2Y) if fX,Y(x,y)=x+y for X and Y each...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.7 - A point is chosen at random from the interior of a...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 16QCh. 3.7 - Find the marginal pdfs of X and Y for the joint...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 18QCh. 3.7 - For each of the following joint pdfs, find fX(x)...Ch. 3.7 - For each of the following joint pdfs, find fX(x)...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 21QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 22QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 23QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 24QCh. 3.7 - Consider the experiment of simultaneously tossing...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 26QCh. 3.7 - For each of the following joint pdfs, find...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 28QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 29QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 30QCh. 3.7 - Given that FX,Y(x,y)=k(4x2y2+5xy4),0x1,0y1, find...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 32QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 33QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 34QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 35QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 36QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 37QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 38QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 39QCh. 3.7 - Suppose that each of two urns has four chips,...Ch. 3.7 - Let X and Y be random variables with joint pdf...Ch. 3.7 - Are the random variables X and Y independent if...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 43QCh. 3.7 - Find the joint cdf of the independent random...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 45QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 46QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 47QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 48QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 49QCh. 3.7 - Prob. 50QCh. 3.7 - Suppose that X1,X2,X3, and X4 are independent...Ch. 3.7 - Prob. 52QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 1QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 2QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 3QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 4QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 5QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 6QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 7QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 8QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 9QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 10QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 11QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 12QCh. 3.8 - Prob. 13QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 1QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 2QCh. 3.9 - Suppose that fX,Y(x,y)=23(x+2y),0x1,0y1 [recall...Ch. 3.9 - Marksmanship competition at a certain level...Ch. 3.9 - Suppose that Xi is a random variable for which...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 6QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 7QCh. 3.9 - Suppose two fair dice are tossed. Find the...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 9QCh. 3.9 - Suppose that X and Y are both uniformly...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 11QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 12QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 13QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 15QCh. 3.9 - Let X and Y be random variables with...Ch. 3.9 - Suppose that fX,Y(x,y)=2e(x+y),0x,0y. Find...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 18QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 19QCh. 3.9 - Let X be a binomial random variable based on n...Ch. 3.9 - Prob. 21QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 22QCh. 3.9 - Prob. 23QCh. 3.9 - A gambler plays n hands of poker. If he wins the...Ch. 3.10 - Suppose the length of time, in minutes, that you...Ch. 3.10 - A random sample of size n=6 is taken from the pdf...Ch. 3.10 - What is the probability that the larger of two...Ch. 3.10 - Prob. 4QCh. 3.10 - Prob. 5QCh. 3.10 - Let Y1,Y2,...,Yn be a random sample from the...Ch. 3.10 - Calculate P(0.6Y40.7) if a random sample of size 6...Ch. 3.10 - A random sample of size n=5 is drawn from the pdf...Ch. 3.10 - Prob. 9QCh. 3.10 - Suppose that n observations are chosen at random...Ch. 3.10 - In a certain large metropolitan area, the...Ch. 3.10 - Consider a system containing n components, where...Ch. 3.10 - Prob. 13QCh. 3.10 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.10 - Prob. 15QCh. 3.10 - Suppose a device has three independent components,...Ch. 3.11 - Prob. 1QCh. 3.11 - Suppose a die is rolled six times. Let X be the...Ch. 3.11 - Prob. 3QCh. 3.11 - Five cards are dealt from a standard poker deck....Ch. 3.11 - Given that two discrete random variables X and Y...Ch. 3.11 - Prob. 6QCh. 3.11 - Suppose X, Y, and Z have a trivariate distribution...Ch. 3.11 - Prob. 8QCh. 3.11 - Let X and Y be independent Poisson random...Ch. 3.11 - Prob. 10QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 11QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 12QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 13QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 15QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 16QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 17QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 18QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 19QCh. 3.11 - Prob. 20QCh. 3.11 - For continuous random variables X and Y, prove...Ch. 3.12 - Let X be a random variable with pdf pX(k)=1/n, for...Ch. 3.12 - Two chips are drawn at random and without...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 3QCh. 3.12 - Find the moment-generating function for the...Ch. 3.12 - Which pdfs would have the following...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 6QCh. 3.12 - The random variable X has a Poisson distribution...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 8QCh. 3.12 - Prob. 9QCh. 3.12 - Find E(Y4) if Y is an exponential random variable...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 11QCh. 3.12 - Prob. 12QCh. 3.12 - Prob. 13QCh. 3.12 - Prob. 14QCh. 3.12 - Prob. 15QCh. 3.12 - Find the variance of Y if MY(t)=e2t/(1t2).Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 17QCh. 3.12 - Let Y1,Y2, and Y3 be independent random variables,...Ch. 3.12 - Use Theorems 3.12.2 and 3.12.3 to determine which...Ch. 3.12 - Calculate P(X2) if MX(t)=(14+34et)5.Ch. 3.12 - Suppose that Y1,Y2,...,Yn is a random sample of...Ch. 3.12 - Suppose the moment-generating function for a...Ch. 3.12 - Suppose that X is a Poisson random variable, where...Ch. 3.12 - Prob. 24Q
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