Actuarial Notes

Exam 8 Practice Question 2

Study guide: Exam 8

Determine which of the following statements about evaluating the validity of rate classes are true.

  • I. Under ASOP No. 12, when the available data are not sufficient for credible inferences about each class, the actuary balances predictability against homogeneity.

  • II. A finer set of classes that lowers the squared error on the data used to fit it has thereby been shown to be valid.

  • III. In a lasso credibility model, a class with plenty of exposure whose modelled coefficient is penalized to zero has experience too close to its complement to deviate from it.

  • A) I only

  • B) I and II only

  • C) I and III only

  • D) II and III only

  • E) The answer is not given by (A), (B), (C), or (D)

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