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Premium Calculation: Why Standard Deviation Should be Replaced by Absolute Deviation

Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: Average absolute (instead of quadratic) deviation from median (instead of expectation) is better suited to determine the safety loading for insurance premiums than standard deviation: The corresponding premium functionals behave additive under the practically relevant risk sharing schemes between first insurer and reinsurer.
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2504064252
FWCI: 0.633
Cites: 13
Cited by: 147
Related to: 10