claims: Insurance claims data

In SMIR: Companion to Statistical Modelling in R

Description

The file gives the number of policyholders of an insurance company who were “exposed to risk”, and the number of car insurance claims made in the third quarter of 1973 by these policyholders, arranged as a contingency table cross-classified by three four-level factors: dist, the district in which the policyholder lived (1: rural, 2: small towns, 3: large towns, 4: major cities), car, the engine capacity of the car (1: $<$ 1 litre, 2: 1 – 1.5 litres, 3: 1.5 – 2 litres, 4: $>$ 2 litres), and age, the age of the policyholder (1: $<$ 25, 2: 25 – 29, 3: 30 – 35, 4: $>$ 35)

Usage

data(claims)

Format

[,1]	n	integer, number of policy holders
[,2]	c	integer, number of claims
[,3]	age	Factor w/ 4 levels "<25","25-29","30-35",">35"
[,4]	dist	Factor w/ 4 levels "rural","small towns","large towns", "major cities"
[,5]	car	Factor w/ 4 levels "<1","1-1.5","1.5-2",">2"

Note

See p.271 in SMIR

Source

Baxter, L.A., Coutts, S.M. and Ross, G.A.F., 1980, "Application of linear models in motor insurance", Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Actuaries, Zurich, 11–29.

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