A logistic regression approach to estimating customer profit loss due to lapses in insurance

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Guillén, Montserrat
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Pérez-Marín, Ana M..
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Alcañiz, Manuela
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Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
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2011
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https://ddd.uab.cat/record/98101
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urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:98101
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This article focuses on business risk management in the insurance industry. A methodology for estimating the profit loss caused by each customer in the portfolio due to policy cancellation is proposed. Using data from a European insurance company, customer behaviour over time is analyzed in order to estimate the probability of policy cancelation and the resulting potential profit loss due to cancellation. Customers may have up to two different lines of business contracts: motor insurance and other diverse insurance (such as, home contents, life or accident insurance). Implications for understanding customer cancellation behaviour as the core of business risk management are outlined.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP)
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Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP). Documents de treball de la Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) ;
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open access
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
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Policy cancellation
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Customer loyalty
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Profit loss
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Customer behavior
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Insurance
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Risk management
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Regression analysis
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Assegurances
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Gestió del risc
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Anàlisi de regressió
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A logistic regression approach to estimating customer profit loss due to lapses in insurance
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Working paper


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