Research Article

Assessing the Performance of the Discrete Generalised Pareto Distribution in Modelling Non-Life Insurance Claims

Table 7

AIC statistics for the negative binomial and DGP.

Distribution20122013201420152016

Reported claims
Negative binomial model329.0927366.1941343.5535352.7973372.5812
DGP model55.936255.999955.999855.999955.9972

Settled claims
Negative binomial model274.8660259.0694269.3573277.0937284.2884
DGP model57.981357.995857.947657.965357.8863