On modeling claim frequency data in general insurance with extra zeros

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-163

  Yip, Karen C H ^a   Yau, Kelvin K W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Claim frequency distribution; Double Poisson; General insurance; Maximum likelihood; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844379545     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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