Insurance for the Public Service Vehicle industry in Kenya

dc.contributor.authorChege, Gathu
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-05T08:44:27Z
dc.date.available2016-04-05T08:44:27Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.descriptionA Research Project submitted in Partial fulfillment for the Award of Bachelor of Business Science (Actuarial Science)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Matatu industry has been faced by a myriad of challenges in the recent past in Kenya. One of the most evident challenges is the past poor performance of the Public Service Vehicle Insurance niche under the Motor Commercial class of business, which has resulted in the collapse of many insurance companies. To tackle this problem, this paper seeks to address volatility of claims by charging an appropriate risk premium to enable the general insurer to break even. The model used to calculate the risk premium credibility estimate to be used in premium pricing was the Buhlmann-Straub model. The model used mainly claims statistics from insurance companies and claims statistics from the industry. The outcome of the model was based on a comparison of different individual car models and their risk premium credibility factors. The government in an effort to1 curb such incidences issued a directive to Matatu owners to be organized into SACCOS in 2010. Therefore, this research is based on using these SACCOS as our incentive to develop a model that can incorporate using a risk premium credibility estimate charged as a deductible to formulate an optimal insurance policy that facilitates insurers to break even. The premium will be calculated based on car models as a rating factor. From the risk premium credibility estimate chargeable it can be concluded that this concept is fairly new and if implemented would provide a feasible risk management technique.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/4385
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStrathmore Universityen_US
dc.subjectInsuranceen_US
dc.subjectPublic Service Vehicle Industryen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleInsurance for the Public Service Vehicle industry in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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