Majorization ordering of dependent aggregate claims clustered by statistical machine learning

• Published in: Expert systems with applications Vol. 277; p. 127279
• Main Authors: Nevruz, Ezgi, Yildirak, Kasirga, SenGupta, Ashis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 05.06.2025
• Subjects: Agricultural insurance; Expectation-maximization algorithm; Multivariate actuarial risk; Partial order theory; Schur-convexity; Schur-convexity; Multivariate actuarial risk; Expectation-maximization algorithm; Agricultural insurance; Partial order theory
• ISSN: 0957-4174
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.127279

The primary driver of decision-making is prioritization or ordering of risks, which plays a vital role in optimizing risk management strategies. This paper focuses on ordering aggregate claim vectors across various risk clusters utilizing agricultural insurance data. The data was sourced from the Turkish Agricultural Insurance Pool (TARSİM), the sole entity responsible for compiling agricultural insurance claim datasets. We consider the spatial and temporal features of claims, supposing that individual claims subject to similar environmental risks are dependent. We cluster risks based on meteorological values related to the location and time of the reported crop-hail insurance claims, estimated using an extended spatiotemporal interpolation method that we proposed. Bayesian regularization enhanced the performance of the statistical machine learning approach. Having clustered the risk regions, we order the aggregate claim vectors by using majorization relation and Schur-convex risk measures, which are more flexible for multivariate actuarial risks. Moreover, as a contribution to the literature, we modify the definition of majorization to fulfill the criteria for continuous random variables. The findings of this study indicate that the risk clusters, when ordered according to both the modified majorization conditions and the Schur-convex risk measure, exhibit consistency. These results further demonstrate the compatibility of the climate-based, probabilistic clustering method with the modified majorization relation. •Actuarial risks are ordered to improve risk assessment and management strategies.•The majorization relation eliminates ambiguity in ordering aggregate claim vectors.•The proposed multivariate framework is highly effective for majorization relation.•The majorization conditions are modified based on the continuous aggregate claims.•Bayesian statistical machine learning performed better at clustering risks.