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Bonus-Malus Systems: “Lack of Transparency” and Adequacy Measure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

Paola Verico*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Attuariali e Finanziarie, via Nomentana, 41 00161 – Roma, Italia, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Based on a recent contribution by Baione and others in this Journal, some consequences of the decrease of the mean merit coefficient for portfolios of Bonus-Malus policies, and some alternative ways to measure the “quality” of a Bonus-Malus system are discussed.

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Copyright © International Actuarial Association 2002

References

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