@techreport{eprints1803, publisher = {Carlo Alberto Notebooks}, type = {Working Paper}, institution = {IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca}, author = {Luca Regis}, title = {A Bayesian copula model for stochastic claims reserving}, year = {2011}, keywords = {stochastic claims reserving; bayesian copulas; solvency capital requirement; loss reserving; bayesian methods}, abstract = {We present a full Bayesian model for assessing the reserve requirement of multiline Non-Life insurance companies. Bayesian models for claims reserving allow to account for expert knowledge in the evaluation of Outstanding Loss Liabilities, allowing the use of additional information at a low cost. This paper combines a standard Bayesian approach for the estimation of marginal distribution for the single Lines of Business for a Non-Life insurance company and a Bayesian copula procedure for the estimation of aggregate reserves. The model we present allows to "mix" own-assessments of dependence between LoBs at a company level and market-wide estimates provided by regulators. We illustrate results for the single lines of business and we compare standard copula aggregation for different copula choices and the Bayesian copula approach.}, url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1803/} }