Question 1
The probability that a person aged 40 survives to age 50 is 0.85. What is the probability that the same person dies before age 50?
Correct Answer:
0.15
Question 2
An insurance company covers losses up to $10,000 per claim. If the probability distribution of losses is: P(X≤10,000)=0.7, P(X>10,000)=0.3, and the average claim for losses exceeding $10,000 is $15,000, what is the expected claim amount?
Correct Answer:
$$9,500
Question 3
An insurance company observes that the average claim amount for a policyholder is $1,200, based on past experience. The population mean is $1,000 with a variance of $400. What is the Bayesian estimate of the claim amount if the weight of credibility (Z) is 0.6?
Correct Answer:
$$1,120
Question 4
The hazard rate for a survival model is given by ℎ(?)=0.02. What is the probability that an individual survives beyond time t=5?
Correct Answer:
0.95
Question 5
An insurance company models aggregate losses as the sum of ? independent claims, where ? follows a Poisson distribution with mean ?=5, and each claim amount is $1,000. What is the expected aggregate loss?
Correct Answer:
$$5,000
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