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A NEW FAMILY OF F-LOSS DISTRIBUTIONS:
PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS
Abstract
In this paper, a new family of F-Loss distributions known as cosine
F-Loss is proposed. This is an extension of the F-Loss family of
Received: February 4, 2023; Accepted: April 14, 2023
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 62E15, 60E05.
Keywords and phrases: trigonometric distributions, Monte Carlo simulation, heavy-tailed
distributions, insurance loss, maximum likelihood estimation, F-Loss.
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distributions by appropriate use of trigonometric functions. The
proposed method ensures that no additional parameter(s) is/are
introduced in the bit to make the F-Loss family of distributions
flexible. The mathematical properties are derived and maximum
likelihood estimates of the model parameters are obtained. Three
special distributions are proposed; cosine Weibull loss, cosine Burr III
loss and cosine Lomax loss. The densities exhibit different kinds of
right-skewed, decreasing, reversed-J, and approximately symmetric
shapes. The hazard rate functions show different kinds of increasing,
decreasing,
increasing-constant-increasing,
increasing-constant-
decreasing, reversed-J, and upside down bathtub shapes. Monte Carlo
simulations are carried out to assess the behavior of the estimators. It
is realized that the estimators are consistent. The applications of the
proposed distributions are presented with insurance loss datasets. The
results show that the cosine Burr III loss distribution provides the best
parametric fit for both the business interruption claims and the
automobile bodily injury claims datasets compared to the other
classical heavy-tailed distributions considered.
1. Introduction
Modeling insurance claims is vital in risk management problems. Most
insurance loss datasets exhibit right skewness, unimodal shape, and a thick
right tail [4]. A distribution showing these features is desirable in modeling
financial data (insurance loss, assets returns, amongst others) and thus could
be used for evaluating the business risk level. Insurance data are usually
positive, and their distributions are typically unimodal humped shaped, with
extreme values yielding tails heavier than conventional distributions [6].
Therefore, traditional distributions may not be flexible enough in modeling
these heavy-tailed datasets [1]. In many applied fields, including engineering,
medicine, and finance among others, right or left skewness, bi-modality or
multi-modality are features of data sets that can be modeled using statistical
distributions. The commonly used distributions include normal, Weibull,
gamma, and Lindley because of their simple forms and identifiability
properties.
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Some methods of developing distributions like the beta generated,
transformation of variables, compounding of distributions, and addition of
parameter among others are mostly not flexible enough in modeling
insurance loss data adequately and sometimes there are issues of overparameterization. That is, some statistical distributions proposed in the
literature have many parameters in the bit to make them flexible. According
to [3], estimates from such distributions may be challenging to obtain
numerically. Hence, there is the need to develop distributions with fewer
parameters yet with a greater flexibility for modeling insurance loss data.
From the literature, we do not find sufficient study on heavy-tailed
distributions based on trigonometric functions; most of them are based on
algebraic functions [2]. Raab and Green in [8] introduced a cosine
distribution to approximate the normal distribution. Some of the extensions
are the Cos-G family of distributions proposed by [9] and [10] proposing the
Cosine Weibull (CosW). Muhammad et al. [7] introduced the new extended
cosine family of distributions with the extended cosine generalized halflogistic, extended cosine power, and extended cosine Weibull distributions as
special cases.
Moreover, an increased interest in data analysis requires further research
so as to have more choices regarding distributions that dwell on
trigonometric functions [7]. The trigonometric transformation provides
flexibility because of the periodic function, which controls how the
distribution curve behaves, and parameter(s) oscillate with value changes
[11].
Ahmad et al. [2] proposed the F-Loss family of distributions by adding a
shape parameter to the baseline distribution. They proposed the Weibull-Loss
(W-Loss) distribution as a special distribution. The distributions from this
family are mostly not flexible enough in fitting most data set adequately. We
extend this family of distributions without adding any extra parameter(s) by
using trigonometric functions. This is to increase the flexibility of the
F-Loss family of distributions and by extension develop better parametric fit
to a given dataset than some of the conventional heavy tailed distributions.
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The motivation for proposing an extension of the F-Loss family of
distributions is to improve the flexibility of the F-Loss family of distributions
without introducing any additional parameter(s); to develop heavy tailed
distributions with fewer parameters giving better parametric fit to a given
dataset than other existing distributions; to generate distributions which are
capable of modeling monotonic and non-monotonic hazard rates. Therefore,
there is the need to extend the F-Loss family of distributions. This method
contributes to the literature on heavy-tailed distributions that are based on
trigonometric functions.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 presents the
genesis of the proposed family of the F-Loss distributions. The mixture
representation of the CFL family of distributions is presented in Section 3.
Section 4 presents the mathematical properties of the CFL family of
distributions. In Section 5, we present the parameter estimation of the CFL
family using maximum likelihood. Section 6 presents three special
distributions of the CFL family of distributions. The behavior of the
parameters of the special distributions is ascertained in Section 7 using
Monte Carlo simulations. In Section 8, the applications of the special
distributions are illustrated using two insurance loss datasets and the
conclusion is presented in Section 9.
2. Proposed Family of the F-Loss Distributions
From Section 1, it is essential that researchers look for heavy-tailed
distributions with fewer parameters and yet flexible in modeling insurance
loss to improve the flexibility of existing distributions. In this section, we
propose a new family of the F-Loss distributions as an extension of the
F-Loss family of distributions without adding any extra parameter(s). The
proposed method is flexible and avoids over-parameterization. The F-Loss
family of distributions was introduced by [2]. A random variable X is said to
follow the F-Loss family, if the cumulative distribution function (CDF) is
given by
H x; V, Z
1
VF x; Z
,
V log F x; Z
V ! 0, x R,
(1)
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where F x; Z
1 F x; Z
is the survival function of the baseline
distribution, Z is a p u 1 vector of parameters and V is a shape parameter.
Souza [9] proposed the cosine-G family of distributions. A random
variable X is said to follow the cosine-G family of distributions, if the CDF is
given by
G x; V, Z
S
1 cos§¨ H x; V, Z ·¸ ,
©2
¹
x R.
(2)
From equations (1) and (2), we propose the cosine F-Loss (CFL) family
of distributions. A random variable X is said to follow the CFL family of
distributions if the CDF is designated as
G x; V, Z
VF x; Z
ªS §
·º
1 cos « ¨1
¸ ,
V log F x; Z ¹»¼
¬2 ©
where F x; Z
V ! 0, x R,
(3)
1 F x; Z is the survival function (sf) of the baseline
distribution which may depend on the vector parameter Z and V is a shape
parameter.
It is constructed from inserting the CDF in equation (1) into the CDF in
equation (2). The PDF is given by
g x; V, Z
S ª Vf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @ º
»
2 «¬
>V log F x; Z @2
¼
VF x; Z
ªS §
·º
u sin « ¨1
¸», x R.
2
log
;
F
x
V
Z
¬ ©
¹¼
(4)
The hazard rate function of the CFL family of distributions is given by
h x; V, Z
S ª Vf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @ º
»
2 «¬
>V log F x; Z @2
¼
VF x; Z
ªS §
·º
u tan « ¨1
¸ , x R.
2
V log F x; Z ¹»¼
¬ ©
(5)
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3. Mixture Representation of the CFL Family of Distributions
The mixture representation of the PDF of the CFL family of distributions
is obtained in this section.
Lemma 1. The PDF of the CFL family of distributions in equation (4)
has a mixture representation of the form
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V Am f
g x; V, Z
x; Z F x; Z m s w
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
<nkm Am 1 f x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w @, (6)
where
<nkm
<nkm 1 s § k ·
¨ ¸, Am
Vm 1 © s ¹
m
§ w m·
¸
¨
w 0© w ¹
f
¦
1 w a
a 0 ma
¦
w
§ w·
¨ ¸ Pa , w
©a¹
and
Am 1
m 1
§ w m 1·
¸
¨
w 0©
m
¹
f
¦
1 w a § w ·
¨ ¸P .
a 0 m 1 a © a ¹ a, w
¦
w
Proof. Using the power series expansion of sine function,
sin x
f
¦
n 0
1 n
x 2n 1.
2n 1 !
(7)
That is, from equation (4),
VF x; Z
·º
ªS §
sin « ¨1
¸
2
V log F x; Z ¹»¼
¬ ©
f
¦
n 0
1 n ª S §
VF x; Z
1
2n 1 ! «¬ 2 ¨©
V log F x; Z
·º
¸»
¹¼
2 n 1
.
(8)
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From the generalized binomial expansion given by
f
¦ 1 k §¨© k ·¸¹ z k ,
1 z n
n
(9)
z d 1,
k 0
and
f
¦ 1 m §¨©
1 z r
m 0
r m 1· m
¸z ,
m
¹
z d 1.
(10)
Substituting equation (8) in equation (4) and making use of equation (9)
and the fact that 0
g x; V, Z
VF x; Z
1, we have
V log F x; Z
S Vf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @
2
>V log F x; Z @2
f
u
¦
n 0
1 n ª S §
VF x; Z
1
2n 1 ! «¬ 2 ¨©
V log F x; Z
S
Vf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @
2
u
f 2 n 1
¦¦
n 0k 0
2 n 1
S
1 n k §¨ ·¸
©2¹
2n 1 !
§ 2 n 1·
¨
¸
© k ¹
ª
º
V k F x; Z k
u«
2 k »
¬ >V log F x; Z @
¼
f x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @
u
f 2 n 1
¦¦
n 0k 0
2n 2
S
1 n k §¨ ·¸
©2¹
2n 1 !
§ 2 n 1·
¨
¸
© k ¹
·º
¸»
¹¼
2 n 1
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ª
«
F x; Z k
u«
« ª
log F x; Z
« V «1
V
¬ ¬
Using
z
the
binomial
expansion
º
»
».
2 k »
º
»
»¼
¼
in
equation
(10)
and
letting
log F x; Z
,
V
g x; V, Z
f x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @
u
f 2 n 1
¦¦
n 0k 0
2n 2
S
1 n k §¨ ·¸
©2¹
2n 1 !
§ 2 n 1· F x ; Z k
¸
¨
V
© k ¹
f
u
m
§ 2 k m 1· ª log F x; Z º
1 m ¨
¸ «
»¼
V
m
©
¹¬
m 0
¦
2n 2
ª
nk m § S ·
¨ ¸
« 1
§ 2 n 1 · § k m 1·
©2¹
«
¨
¸¨
¸
n
2
1
!
k
© k ¹©
¹
n 0 k 0 m 0«
«¬
f 2 n 1 f
¦¦¦
u
1 V f x; Z F x; Z k > log F x; Z @m
Vm 1
S 2n 2
1 n k m §¨ ·¸
©2¹
2n 1 !
u
§ 2 n 1· § k m 1 ·
¨
¸¨
¸
m
© k ¹©
¹
m 1
f x; Z F x; Z >log F x; Z @
k
Vm 1
º
»
».
»
»
¼
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Now, using the expansion;
f
log 1 x t
t
1 w a
§w t·
¨
¸
ta
w ¹
w 0©
a 0
w
¦
¦
§ w·
tw
,
¨ ¸ Pa , w , x
a
© ¹
where a ! 0 is any real value. The constants Pa , w can be calculated,
1 w az z w
Pa , w z for w
w ¦z 1 z 1
recursively, via Pa , w
Pa , 0
1, 2, 3, ... and
1.
S 2n 2
1 n k m §¨ ·¸
©2¹
2n 1 !
Let <nkm
g x; V, Z
f 2 n 1 f
¦ ¦ ¦ ª«¬
§ 2 n 1 · § k m 1·
¸,
¸¨
¨
m
¹
© k ¹©
<nkm 1 V
Vm 1
n 0 k 0m 0
<nkm
V
m 1
f x; Z F x; Z k >log F x; Z @m
º
f x; Z F x; Z k >log F x; Z @k 1 » .
¼
Also, it implies that,
g x; V, Z
f 2 n 1 f
ª <
1 V
« nkm
f x; Z F x; Z k m
m
1
«
V
n 0 k 0 m 0¬
¦¦¦
f
u
1 w a
§ w m·
¸
¨
ma
w ¹
w 0©
a 0
¦
<nkm
V
m 1
¦
f x ; Z F x; Z
k
§ w·
mw
¨ ¸ u Pa , w F x; Z
a
© ¹
m 1
f
w m 1·
¸
w
¹
w 0
¦ §¨©
º
1 w a § w ·
m 1 w
».
¨ ¸ Pa , w F x; Z
m 1 a ©a¹
»¼
a 0
w
u
w
¦
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Letting
Am
m
§ w m·
¨
¸
w 0© w ¹
f
¦
1 w a
a 0 ma
¦
w
§ w·
¨ ¸ Pa , w , m z a
©a¹
and
Am 1
m 1
§ w m 1·
¨
¸u
w 0©
w
¹
f
¦
1 w a § w ·
¨ ¸P
a 0 m 1 a © a ¹ a, w
¦
w
the fact that
>1 F x; Z @k
F x; Z k
¦s
k
§k ·
1 s ¨ ¸ F x; Z s ,
0
©s¹
we get
g x; V, Z
f 2 n 1 f
k
ª <nkm 1 V 1 s Am § k ·
msw
¨ ¸ f x ; Z F x; Z
«
m 1
©s¹
V
n 0 k 0 m 0s 0 ¬
¦ ¦ ¦¦
<nkm 1 s Am 1 § k ·
m 1 s w º
f
x
F
x
;
Z
;
Z
¸
¨
».
©s¹
V m 1
¼
Thus, we get the PDF of the CFL as
g x; V, Z
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦ ¦ ><nkm 1 V Am f
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
x; Z F x; Z m s w
<nkm Am 1 f x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w @.
4. Mathematical Properties of the CFL Family of Distributions
In this section, some mathematical properties of the CFL family of
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distributions including quantile function, moments, moment generating
function, value at risk, tail value at risk, tail variance and tail variance
premium are derived.
4.1. Quantile function
The quantile function is vital in describing the random variable of a
distribution. It helps in simulating random samples which are useful in
simulations. It can also be used to compute measures of shape such as
skewness and kurtosis.
Lemma 2. The quantile function of the CFL family of distributions for
u 0, 1 is given by
ª1 § 2 arccos 1 u ·º >V log 1 t @ V 1 t
¸»
«¬ ¨© S
¹¼
0,
(11)
where t is the solution of the equation
ª1 § 2 arccos 1 u ·º >V log 1 t @ V 1 t
¸»
«¬ ¨© S
¹¼
0,
and u has the uniform distribution on the interval 0, 1 .
Proof. By definition, the quantile function is given by
xu
Qu
G 1 u .
Thus,
2
1 §¨ arccos 1 u ·¸
©S
¹
VF x; Z
.
V log F x; Z
(12)
Solving equation (12) and replacing F x; Z by t, we get
ª1 § 2 arccos 1 u ·º >V log 1 t @ V 1 t
¸»
«¬ ¨© S
¹¼
0.
4.2. Moments
The moments of a distribution are important in estimating measures of
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variation like the variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, mean
deviation, median deviation, kurtosis, skewness amongst others.
Proposition 1. The rth non-central moment of the CFL family of
distributions is given by
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V AmMmsw x; Z
Pcr
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
<nkm Am 1Kmsw x; Z @,
(13)
where
f
³0
Mmsw x; Z
f
³0
Kmsw x; Z
x r f x; Z F x; Z m s w dx,
x r f x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w dx and r
1, 2, ... .
Proof. By definition, the rth non-central moment is given by
Pcr
f
³0
x r g x dx.
This implies that,
f
2 n 1 k
f
¦ ¦¦ ª«¬<nkm 1 V Am ³ 0
Pcr
x r f x; Z F x; Z m s w dx
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
<nkm Am 1
f
³0
º
x r f x; Z F x; Z m s 1 w dx » .
¼
Thus, we get,
Pcr
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V AmMmsw x; Z
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
<nkm Am 1Kmsw x; Z @.
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4.3. Moment generating function
The moment generating function (MGF) helps in determining the
moments of a random variable.
Proposition 2. The MGF of the CFL family of distributions is given by
MX z
f
2 1 k
ª Z r <nkm 1 V Am
Z r <nkm Am 1
Mmsw x; Z
Kmsw x; Z
«
r!
r!
«
¬
n , m, r 0 k 0 s 0
¦ ¦¦
º
».
»¼
(14)
Proof. By definition, the MGF is given as
E e zX
MX z
f
³0
e zx g x dx.
Using series expansion,
MX z
ª f ZrX r º
E«
»
r! »
¬« r 0
¼
¦
f
MX z
¦
r 0
f
¦
r 0
Zr
E Xr ,
r!
Zr
Pc .
r! r
This implies,
f
MX z
2 n 1 k
ª Z r <nkm 1 V Am
«
r!
n , m, r 0 k 0 s 0 ¬
¦ ¦¦
f
u
³0
º
Z r <nkm Am 1 f r
x f x; Z F x; Z m s 1 w dx » .
r!
0
¼
x r f x; Z F x; Z m s w dx
³
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4.4. Value at risk
Value at risk (VaR) is commonly used as a benchmark in measuring
market risk. It is also called the quantile premium principle or quantile risk
measure. It is usually expressed with a confidence level q (usually 90%, 95%
or 99%), and represent the percentage of loss in portfolio value that will be
equaled or exceeded only X percent of the time. The VaR of a random X is
the qth quantile of its CDF [12].
Proposition 3. For V ! 0, the VaRq X
of the CFL family of
distributions is given by
ª1 § 2 arccos 1 q
«¬ ¨© S
·º >V log 1 t @ V 1 t
¸»
¹¼
(15)
0,
where t is the solution of the equation
ª1 § 2 arccos 1 q
«¬ ¨© S
·º >V log 1 t @ V 1 t
¸»
¹¼
0.
Proof. By definition
xq
F 1 t .
Thus, the VaR of CFL distribution is written as
ª1 § 2 arccos 1 q ·º >V log 1 t @ V 1 t
¸»
«¬ ¨© S
¹¼
0.
4.5. Tail value at risk
The tail value at risk (TVaR) is also called the tail conditional
expectation (TCE) or conditional tail expectation (CTE) and is for
determining the average loss beyond a given probability level.
Proposition 4. For V t 0, the TVaRq X
for the CFL family of
distributions is given by
TVaRq X
1
1 q
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦ ¦ ><nkm 1 V AmTmsw <nkm Am 1Tmsw @,
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
(16)
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where
f
³VaR
Tmsw
xf x; Z F x; Z m s w dx
q
and
f
³VaRq xf
Tmsw
x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w dx.
Proof. By definition
TVaRq X
E X _ X ! VaRq
f
1
xg x dx,
1 q VaRq
³
TVaRq X
1
1 q
f
2 n 1 k
ª f
x <nkm 1 V Am f x; Z F x; Z m s w dx
«
VaR
q
n, m 0 k 0 s 0 ¬
¦ ¦¦ ³
º
x <nkm Am 1 f x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w dx » .
VaRq
¼
³
f
Thus,
TVaRq X
1
1 q
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V AmTmsw <nkm Am 1Tmsw @.
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
4.6. Tail variance
The tail variance (TV) is an important risk measure in insurance
sciences. It is vital in determining the risk level at the tails.
Proposition 5. For V t 0, the TVq X
distributions is given by
for the CFL family of
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TVq X
1
1 q
2 n 1 k
f
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V AmVmsw <nkm Am 1Vmsw @
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
2
f 2 n 1 k
ª
º
1
«
^<nkm 1 V Am Tmsw <nkm Am 1Tmsw `» ,
«1 q n, m 0 k 0 s 0
»
¬
¼
¦ ¦¦
(17)
where
f
³VaR
Vmsw
x 2 f x; Z F x; Z m s w dx
q
and
f
Vmsw
³VaR
x 2 f x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w dx.
q
Proof. From definition,
TVq X
E X 2 _ X ! xq TVaRq 2 .
(18)
Using conditional moments,
E Xn_X ! x
1
W x ,
s x n
where
Wn x
f
³x
y n g y dy and s x
1 F x .
This implies that,
E X 2 _ X ! xq
1
1 q
f
2 n 1 k
f
x2 f
®<nkm 1 V Am ³
¦
¦
¦
VaRq
n, m 0 k 0 s 0 ¯
x; Z F x; Z m s w dx
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<nkm Am 1
f
³VaR
q
½
x 2 f x; Z F x; Z m 1 s w dx ¾ .
¿
Therefore,
1
1 q
TVq X
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V AmVmsw <nkm Am 1Vmsw @
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
2
f 2 n 1 k
º
ª
1
«
^<nkm 1 V Am Tmsw <nkm Am 1Tmsw `» .
»
«1 q n, m 0 k 0 s 0
¼
¬
¦ ¦¦
4.7. Tail variance premium
The tail variance premium (TVP) is another important measure that plays
an important role in insurance sciences. It is vital in determining the premium
for a risk.
Proposition 6. For V ! 0 and the fact that 0 G 1 then, the
TVPq X for the CFL distribution is given by
TVPq
1
1 q
f
2 n 1 k
¦ ¦¦ ><nkm 1 V AmTmsw <nkm Am 1Tmsw @
n, m 0 k 0 s 0
ª
f 2 n 1 k
1
«
><nkm 1 V AmVmsw <nkm Am 1Vmsw @
G«
1 q
n
m
k
s
,
0
0
0
«¬
¦ ¦¦
f 2 n 1 k
ª 1
º
«
^<nkm 1 V Am T msw <nkm Am 1T msw `»
«¬1 q n, m 0 k 0 s 0
»¼
¦ ¦¦
2º
».
»
»¼
(19)
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Proof. From definition,
TVaRq GTVq .
TVPq X
(20)
Substituting equation (16) and equation (17) in equation (20) ends the
proof.
4.8. Order statistics
Let X1, X 2 , ..., X n be a sample of size n from the CFL family of
distributions and X 1:n d X 2:n d " d X n:n denote the order statistics of the
sample. The PDF of the jth order statistics g j:n x is defined as
g j :n x
n!
>G x @ j 1>1 G x @n j g x .
j 1 ! n j !
(21)
Using binomial series expansion, we have
n j
>1 G x @
n j
¦ 1 r §¨©
r 0
n j·
r
¸ >G x @ .
r ¹
(22)
That is, equation (21) becomes
g j:n x
n!
g x
j 1 ! n j !
n j
¦ 1 r §¨©
r 0
n j·
r j 1
.
¸ >G x @
r ¹
(23)
Substituting the CDF and PDF of the CFL in equation (23), we get the
jth order statistics as
g j:n x
VF x; Z
ªS §
·º
SVf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @ sin « ¨1
¸» n !
2
Z
V
F
x
log
;
¬ ©
¹¼
2>V log F x; Z @2 j 1 ! n j !
n j
u
r j 1
VF x; Z
§n j· ª
ªS §
·º º
.
1 r ¨
¸ «1 cos « ¨1
¸
V log F x; Z ¹»¼ »¼
¬2 ©
© r ¹¬
r 0
¦
(24)
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The PDF of the first order statistics is defined as
g1:n x
n>1 G x @n 1 g x ,
(25)
we get the PDF of the first order statistics as
g1:n x
VF x; Z
ª ªS §
Ἴ
n «cos « ¨1
¸
V log F x; Z ¹»¼ »¼
¬ ¬2 ©
u
n 1
S ª Vf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @ º
»
2 «¬
>V log F x; Z @2
¼
VF x; Z
ªS §
·º
u sin « ¨1
¸ .
V log F x; Z ¹»¼
¬2 ©
(26)
Also, the PDF of the nth order statistics is defined as
g n :n x
n>G x @n 1 g x ,
(27)
we get the PDF of the nth order statistics as
g n :n x
VF x; Z
·º º
ªS §
ª
n «1 cos « ¨1
¸
V log F x; Z ¹»¼ »¼
¬2 ©
¬
u
n 1
S ª Vf x; Z >1 V log F x; Z @ º
»
2 «¬
>V log F x; Z @2
¼
VF x; Z
ªS §
·º
u sin « ¨1
¸ .
V log F x; Z ¹»¼
¬2 ©
(28)
5. Parameter Estimation
In this section, the unknown parameters of the CFL are estimated using
the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) technique.
5.1. Maximum likelihood estimation
Let X1, X 2 , ..., X n be n random sample from the CFL family of
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distributions. Therefore, the log-likelihood function which is a p u 1
V, Z T is given by
parameter vector 4
S
n§¨ log§¨ ·¸ ·¸ n log V
© © 2 ¹¹
A
n
¦ log f
xi ; Z
i 1
n
¦ log>1 V log 1 F xi ; Z
@
i 1
n
2
¦ log>V log 1 F xi ; Z
@
i 1
n
VF x ; Z
·º
¸ .
xi ; Z ¹»¼
¦ log sin ª«¬ S2 §¨©1 V log Fi
i 1
(29)
The log-likelihood function in equation (29) is differentiated with respect
to each parameter to obtain the score function, U 4
wA
wV
n
V
n
¦
S
2
i 1
1
2
>1 V log F xi ; Z @
n
T
§ wA , wA · ,
¸
¨
© wV wZ ¹
n
¦ >V log 1F
i 1
VF x ; Z
F xi ; Z
·
¸
V log F xi ; Z ¹
xi ; Z
¦ §¨© V log Fi
i 1
VF xi ; Z
ªS §
·º
u cot « ¨1
¸»
2
V
Z
log
;
F
x
¬ ©
¹¼
i
(30)
and
wA
wZ
xi ; Z @
n
¦
i 1
f c xi ; Z
f xi ; Z
n
Fc x ; Z
¦ >1 V logi F
i 1
xi ; Z @
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S
2
n
VF c xi ; Z
VF c x ; Z
·
¸
V log F xi ; Z ¹
xi ; Z
¦ §¨© V log Fi
i 1
VF xi ; Z
ªS §
·º
u cot « ¨1
¸ ,
2
V log F xi ; Z ¹»¼
¬ ©
(31)
where
F c xi ; Z
wf xi ; Z
.
wZ
wF xi ; Z
and f c xi ; Z
wZ
6. Special Distributions
In this section, three special distributions are presented. These are the
cosine Weibull Loss (CWL) distribution, cosine Burr III Loss (CBIIIL)
distribution and cosine Lomax Loss (CLoL) distribution.
6.1. Cosine Weibull loss distribution
If we consider the Weibull distribution as the baseline distribution with
CDF and PDF defined as F x
1 e Dx
E
DExE 1e Dx
and f x
E
for
x ! 0 and D, E ! 0, respectively, we obtain the CWL distribution. From
equation (3), the CDF of the CWL distribution is given by
G x; D, E, V
E
ªS §
Ve Dx ·¸º
¨
»,
1 cos « 1
«¬ 2 ¨©
V DxE ¸¹»¼
x ! 0, D, E, V ! 0,
(32)
where E and V are shape parameters and D is a scale parameter.
The related PDF is given by
g x; D, E, V
SDEV
2
ª xE 1e DxE 1 V DxE
«
«¬
V DxE 2
E
ªS §
Ve Dx ·¸º
»,
u sin « ¨1
«¬ 2 ¨©
V DxE ¸¹»¼
º
»
»¼
x ! 0.
(33)
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The corresponding hazard rate function is given by
E
h x; D, E, V
SDEVxE 1e Dx 1 V DxE
2 V DxE 2
E
ª ªS §
Ve Dx ·¸º º
¨
»» ,
u « tan « 1
«¬ «¬ 2 ¨©
V DxE ¸¹»¼ »¼
x ! 0.
(34)
The different plots of the density function of the CWL distribution are
shown in Figure 1. The density function exhibits right-skewed, decreasing
and approximately symmetric shapes.
Figure 1. Different plots for the density function of the CWL distribution.
Figure 2 shows the different plots of the hazard rate function of the CWL
distribution. The hazard rate exhibits decreasing, increasing, increasingconstant-increasing, reversed-J and upside-down bathtub shapes.
Figure 2. Different plots for the hazard rate function of the CWL
distribution.
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6.2. Cosine Burr III loss distribution
If we consider the Burr III distribution as the baseline distribution with
1 x c k and
CDF and PDF defined as F x
f x
ckx c 1 1 x c k 1
for x ! 0 and c, k ! 0, respectively, we obtain the CBIIIL distribution.
From equation (3), the CDF of the CBIIIL distribution is given by
G x; c, k , V
ªS §
V 1 1 x c k
1 cos « ¨¨1
V log 1 1 x c k
¬2 ©
·º
¸» ,
¸
¹¼
x ! 0, c, k , V ! 0,
(35)
where c, k and V are shape parameters.
The related PDF is given by
g x; c, k , V
SckV ª x c 1 1 x c k 1 V log 1 1 x c k º
»
2 «¬
>V log 1 1 x c k @2
¼
ªS §
V 1 1 x c k
u sin « ¨¨1
V log 1 1 x c k
¬2 ©
·º
¸» ,
¸
¹¼
x ! 0.
(36)
The corresponding hazard rate function is given by
h x; c, k , V
SckV ª x c 1 1 x c k 1 V log 1 1 x c k º
»
2 «¬
>V log 1 1 x c k @2
¼
ªS §
V 1 1 x c k
u tan « ¨¨1
V log 1 1 x c k
¬2 ©
·º
¸» ,
¸
¹¼
x ! 0.
(37)
Figure 3 shows the plots of the density function of the CBIIIL
distribution. The density function exhibits right-skewed and reversed-J
shapes.
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Figure 3. Different plots for the density function of the CBIIIL distribution.
From Figure 4, the plots of the hazard rate function of the CBIIIL
distribution show decreasing, increasing-constant-decreasing, upside-down
bathtub and reversed-J shapes.
Figure 4. Different plots for the hazard rate function of the CBIIIL
distribution.
6.3. Cosine Lomax loss distribution
If we consider the Lomax distribution as the baseline distribution with
CDF and PDF defined as
F x
x D
1 §¨1 ·¸
© O¹
and
f x
D§
x · D 1
¨1 ¸
O© O¹
for x ! 0 and D, O ! 0, respectively, we obtain the CLoL distribution. From
equation (3), the CDF of the CLoL distribution is given by
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G x; D, O, V
ª §
x D ·º
¸»
V§¨1 ·¸
«S ¨
O¹
©
¸» , x ! 0, D, O, V ! 0,
1 cos « ¨1
x
2
¨
¸
·
§
«
V D log¨1 ¸ ¸»
O ¹ ¹»¼
«¬ ¨©
©
(38)
where D and V are shape parameters and O is a scale parameter.
The related PDF is given by
g x; D, O, V
ª§
x · D 1 ª
x º
1 V D log§¨1 ·¸º »
¨1 ¸
«
«¬
SDV ©
O ¹»¼
O¹
©
»
«
2
2O «
»
ªV D log§1 x ·º
¨
¸»
»¼
«¬
«¬
O ¹¼
©
D
·º
ª §
§1 x ·
¨
¸»
V
¸
¨
«S
O¹
©
¸» ,
u sin « ¨1
x · ¸»
§
«2 ¨
V D log¨1 ¸ ¸
O ¹ ¹»¼
«¬ ¨©
©
x ! 0.
(39)
The corresponding hazard rate function is given by
h x; D, O, V
ª§
x · D 1 ª
x º
1
1 V D log§¨1 ·¸º »
¨
¸
«
«¬
SDV ©
O¹
O ¹¼»
©
«
»
2
2O «
»
ªV D log§1 x ·º
¨
¸»
«¬
»¼
«¬
O
©
¹¼
D
·º
ª §
§1 x ·
¨
¸»
V
¸
¨
«S
O¹
©
¸» ,
u tan « ¨1
x
2
¨
¸
·
§
«
V D log¨1 ¸ ¸»
¨
O
«¬ ©
¹ ¹»¼
©
x ! 0.
(40)
Figure 5 shows the plots of the density function of the CLoL distribution.
The density function exhibits right-skewed and reversed-J shapes.
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Figure 5. Different plots for the density function of the CLoL distribution.
The plots of the hazard rate function of the CLoL distribution in Figure 6
show upside down bathtub and reversed-J shapes.
Figure 6. Different plots for the hazard rate function of the CLoL
distribution.
7. Monte Carlo Simulation
In this section, the simulation results are presented in examining the
properties of the maximum likelihood estimators for the parameters of the
CLoL distribution. Five different combinations of the parameter values of
this distribution were specified and the quantile function used in generating
four different random samples of size, n
simulations were replicated for N
50, 100, 150, 200. The
1000 times. The properties of the
estimators were investigated by computing average bias (AB) and root mean
square error (RMSE) for each of the parameters. The simulation steps are as
follows:
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(i) Specify the values of the parameters and the sample size n.
(ii) Generate random samples of size n
50, 100, 150, 200 from CLoL
distribution using the quantile.
(iii) Find the maximum likelihood estimates for the parameters.
(iv) Repeat steps (ii)-(iii) for 1000 times.
(v) Calculate the average bias (AB) and root mean square error (RMSE)
for the parameters of the distributions.
Table 1 shows the simulation results for the CLoL distribution. It can be
observed that, as the sample size increase, the AB and RMSE for the
estimators of the parameters decrease. This shows that the estimators are
consistent.
Table 1. Monte Carlo simulation results: AB and RMSE for the parameters
of the CLoL distribution
Parameter value
N
D
AB
O
V
D
RMSE
O
V
D
O
V
50
1.62
0.12
0.02
0.420
0.232
0.224
0.197
0.184
0.313
100
1.62
0.12
0.02
0.419
0.201
0.182
0.191
0.166
0.236
150
1.62
0.12
0.02
0.412
0.200
0.164
0.190
0.159
0.215
200
1.62
0.12
0.02
0.402
0.176
0.107
0.186
0.117
0.118
50
1.8
3.4
0.08
0.456
2.048
0.582
0.317
4.730
0.912
100
1.8
3.4
0.08
0.433
1.845
0.359
0.271
3.839
0.512
150
1.8
3.4
0.08
0.419
1.835
0.335
0.244
3.786
0.482
200
1.8
3.4
0.08
0.417
1.816
0.229
0.237
3.713
0.418
50
3.64
0.13
1.11
1.654
0.076
0.783
2.740
0.006
0.656
100
3.64
0.13
1.11
1.645
0.075
0.780
2.706
0.006
0.651
150
3.64
0.13
1.11
1.642
0.072
0.774
2.697
0.006
0.647
200
3.64
0.13
1.11
1.641
0.072
0.774
2.692
0.005
0.638
50
1.5
2.02
0.6
0.342
0.405
0.867
0.153
0.352
1.067
100
1.5
2.02
0.6
0.286
0.377
0.761
0.113
0.324
0.907
150
1.5
2.02
0.6
0.239
0.372
0.714
0.084
0.310
0.842
200
1.5
2.02
0.6
0.216
0.355
0.665
0.070
0.290
0.774
50
4.4
0.52
0.2
2.441
0.383
0.857
5.976
0.154
1.323
100
4.4
0.52
0.2
2.438
0.382
0.745
5.960
0.153
1.078
150
4.4
0.52
0.2
2.430
0.380
0.637
5.915
0.151
0.860
200
4.4
0.52
0.2
2.421
0.376
0.555
5.866
0.150
0.670
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8. Applications
This section illustrates the usefulness and flexibility of the CFL family of
distributions using two insurance loss datasets. The performance of the
CWL, CBIIIL, and CLoL distributions were compared with other loss
distributions. The performance of the distributions about providing proper
parametric fit to the dataset was compared using the AIC, BIC, Cramér-Von
Misses W , Anderson-Darling
and K-S statistics. The distribution
A
with the least of these measures provides a reasonable fit to the dataset. The
fit for the CWL, CBIIIL, and CLoL are compared with other heavy-tailed
distributions, including the 2-parameter Weibull, 2-parameter Burr XII (BXII), Weibull-Loss (W-Loss), 2-parameter Burr III (BIII), Fréchet, WeibullLomax and Lomax. The distribution functions of the competitive models are:
(1) Weibull
F x
D
1 e Jx ,
x t 0, D, J ! 0.
(2) B-XII
F x
1 1 x c k ,
x t 0, c, k ! 0.
(3) W-Loss
F x
1
Ve Jx
D
,
x t 0, V, D ! 0.
1 x c k ,
x t 0, c, k ! 0.
V Jx J
(4) BIII
F x
(5) Fréchet
F x
e Dx
E
,
x t 0, D, E ! 0.
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(6) Weibull-Lomax
F x
1
§
x D ·
a ¨¨ §¨ 1 ·¸ 1¸¸
© E¹
¹
e ©
b
,
x t 0, a , b, E, D ! 0.
(7) Lomax
x D
1 §¨1 ·¸ ,
O¹
©
F x
x t 0, D, O ! 0.
8.1. Application 1: Business interruption losses dataset
The first dataset consists of 2,387 French business interruption claims for
losses above 100,000 French Francs. This data is available in CAS datasets
package of R software.
Table 2 shows the descriptive statistics of the business interruption
claims dataset. It can be seen that, the losses are right skewed and leptokurtic,
with a long right tail.
Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the business interruption claims dataset
No. of claims
Mean
Std.
Skewness
Kurtosis
Min.
Max.
2,387
1,096,223
4,751,003
24.444
719.424
100,289
152,449,017
Figure 7 shows the TTT-transform plot for the business interruption
claims dataset. The data exhibits a decreasing hazard rate since it is convex
below the 45 degree line.
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Figure 7. TTT-transform plot for business interruption claims.
Table 3 shows the maximum likelihood estimates for the parameters of
the fitted distributions with their corresponding errors in brackets. The
parameters of all the distributions fitted were significant at the 5% level with
the exception of B-XII distribution which had all its parameters significant at
10% level and the CWL distribution also had D to be significant at the 10%
level.
Table 3. Maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters and standard
errors for business interruption claims dataset
Model
CWL
D̂
Ê
Ô
0.001
0.375
0.076
(0.002)
(0.015)
(0.012)
CBIIIL
CLoL
W-Loss
Weibull
V̂
Ĵ
ĉ
k̂
0.002
0.257
1.483
(0.003)
(0.002)
(0.005)
0.331
0.003
9.536
(0.005)
(0.007)
(0.001)
0.444
0.003
3.510
(0.011)
(0.002)
(0.006)
0.403
0.001
(0.015)
(0.003)
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Lomax
Fréchet
0.149
6.627
(0.003)
(0.001)
7.171
0.150
(0.007)
(0.003)
BIII
B-XII
WeibullLomax
â
b̂
4.663
7.550
0.002
0.117
(0.110)
(0.001)
(0.007)
(0.003)
0.553
1.023
(0.002)
(0.009)
0.898
0.085
(0.469)
(0.045)
Table 4 shows the goodness-of-fit and information criteria of the fitted
distributions. It can be seen that, the CBIIIL distribution is the best
distribution providing reasonable fit to the dataset among the other
distributions fitted since it has the least AIC, BIC, K-S, A , W
and –2l
values compared with the rest of the competitive distributions.
Table 4. Goodness-of-fit and information criteria of business interruption
claims dataset
Model
–2l
AIC
BIC
W*
A*
K-S
CWL
72412.730
72418.730
72436.070
5.106
34.001
0.311
CBIIIL
69059.910
69065.920
69083.260
2.043
14.552
0.052
CLoL
72294.700
72300.700
72318.040
2.417
17.332
0.354
W-Loss
71571.410
71577.440
71594.770
10.508
51.244
0.364
Weibull
71233.400
71237.400
71248.960
11.283
22.083
0.334
Lomax
76037.090
76041.090
76052.650
5.841
35.701
0.855
Fréchet
75968.870
75972.870
75984.430
3.978
27.148
0.999
BIII
70624.600
70628.570
70640.130
2.420
17.340
0.197
B-XII
79313.320
79317.320
79328.870
4.281
29.006
0.586
Weibull-Lomax
70958.520
70966.520
70899.630
12.094
43.480
0.301
Figure 8 shows the plots of the empirical density, the fitted density, the
empirical CDF and the CDF of the fitted distributions. It is evident that, the
CWL, CBIIIL and CLoL distributions also provide reasonable fit to the data
among the other distributions.
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Figure 8. Empirical and fitted density (a) and CDF (b) plots of business
interruption claims.
8.2. Application 2: Automobile bodily injury claim dataset
The second dataset consists of 1,340 U.S automobile injury claims
collected by the Insurance Research Council (part of AICPCU and IIA) in
U.S. dollars. This dataset is reported in CAS datasets package of R software.
Table 5 shows the descriptive statistics of the automobile bodily injury
claim dataset. It can be seen that, the data is right-skewed and leptokurtic.
Table 5. Descriptive statistics of automobile bodily injury claim dataset
No. of claims
Mean
Std.
Skewness
Kurtosis
Min.
Max.
1,340
5.954
33.1362
25.688
794.666
0.005
1,067.697
Figure 9 shows the TTT-transform plot for the automobile bodily injury
dataset. From the plot, there is evidence of a decreasing hazard rate function
because the curve is convex below the 45 degree line.
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Figure 9. TTT-transform plot for automobile bodily injury claims.
Table 6 shows the maximum likelihood estimates for the parameters of
the fitted distributions with their corresponding errors in brackets. The
parameters of the BIII, B-XII, Fréchet, Lomax, Weibull and Weibull-Lomax
distributions were all significant at the 5% level. The CWL distribution also
had its parameters significant at the 5% level with the exception of D and V
which were significant at 10%. CBILL had all its parameters significant at
the 5% level with the exception of V which is significant at 10%. CLoL
distribution had D to be significant at the 5% level whereas V and O are
significant at the 10% level. Also, the W-Loss distribution had all its
parameters significant at the 5% level with the exception of D which is
significant at 10% level.
Table 6. Maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters and standard
errors for automobile bodily injury claims dataset
Model
CWL
D̂
Ê
Ô
0.092
0.755
0.093
(0.131)
(0.002)
(0.556)
CBIIIL
CLoL
V̂
Ĵ
ĉ
k̂
21.834
0.951
0.879
(0.407)
(0.004)
(0.008)
1.068
0.077
13.440
(0.001)
(0.026)
(0.039)
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W-Loss
Weibull
Lomax
Fréchet
1.065
0.006
0.012
(0.308)
(0.005)
(0.175)
0.649
0.434
(0.009)
(0.002)
1.911
4.359
(0.003)
(0.007)
0.475
0.434
(0.008)
(0.002)
BIII
B-XII
WeibullLomax
â
b̂
0.835
0.011
0.024
0.773
(0.004)
(0.776)
(0.663)
(0.002)
1.041
1.484
(0.006)
(0.001)
1.348
0.674
(0.005)
(0.001)
Table 7 shows the goodness-of-fit and information criteria of the
fitted distributions. It can be seen that, the CBIIIL distribution is the best
distribution providing reasonable fit to the dataset among the ten
distributions fitted since it has the least AIC, BIC, K-S, A , W
and –2l
values compared with all the competitive distributions.
Table 7. Goodness-of-fit and information criteria of automobile bodily injury
claims dataset
Model
–2l
AIC
BIC
W*
A*
K-S
CWL
6384.347
6390.347
6405.948
4.390
21.741
0.113
CBIIIL
6384.234
6390.234
6405.835
2.938
15.045
0.083
CLoL
6401.219
6407.219
6422.820
4.068
20.074
0.104
W-Loss
6390.452
6395.279
6408.035
2.992
16.319
0.098
Weibull
6588.228
6592.228
6602.629
3.152
18.409
0.114
Lomax
6491.842
6495.842
6506.243
13.082
47.349
0.410
Fréchet
6406.624
6410.624
6421.025
9.869
51.085
0.515
BIII
6365.081
6369.081
6379.482
3.9985
19.753
0.110
B-XII
6392.537
6396.537
6406.938
4.422
22.028
0.128
Weibull-Lomax
6587.243
6595.244
6616.045
3.137
19.074
0.113
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Figure 10 shows the plots of the empirical density, the fitted density, the
empirical CDF and the CDF of the fitted distributions. It is evident that, the
CWL, CBIIIL and CLoL distributions also provide reasonable fit to the data
among the other distributions.
Figure 10. Empirical and fitted density (a) and CDF (b) plots of automobile
bodily injury claims.
9. Conclusion
In this article, we have proposed a new family of F-Loss distributions
known as cosine F-Loss family of distributions; an extension of the F-Loss
family of distributions. The purpose of the paper is to develop heavy-tailed
distributions with fewer parameters and yet flexible in providing better
parametric fit to a given dataset than some classical distributions and to
generate distributions which are capable of modeling monotonic and nonmonotonic hazard rates. The mathematical properties and maximum
likelihood estimators of the family are studied. Three special distributions,
namely the cosine Weibull loss, cosine Burr III loss, and cosine Lomax loss
distributions, are proposed. Simulations are carried out to examine the
behavior of the parameters of the proposed distributions. It is realized that the
estimators are consistent. The densities exhibit different kinds of rightskewed, decreasing, reversed-J, and approximately symmetric shapes. The
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hazard rate functions show different kinds of increasing, decreasing,
increasing-constant-increasing, increasing-constant-decreasing, reversed-J,
and upside down bathtub shapes. The usefulness of the proposed
distributions is analyzed with two insurance loss datasets. From the
applications, the cosine Burr III loss distribution provides the best parametric
fit for both the business interruption claims and the automobile bodily injury
claims datasets. The proposed model is reasonably good compared with the
competitors. Insurance practitioners can employ the proposed models in
modeling insurance loss since they are flexible. We hope the proposed model
will attract broader application in the actuarial sciences and other related
fields.
Future extensions of this work will be to consider inverse trigonometric
and hyperbolic functions.
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