Danish fire insurance data: A review and additional analysis
Sandile Charles Shongwe,
Walena Anesu Marambakuyana
Abstract:The Danish fire insurance data is one of the most recognised and well-known datasets in the empirical insurance claims literature. This dataset is used in many textbooks and articles to illustrate the analysis of fire insurance claims, more specifically in the application of heavy-tailed loss distributions and extreme value theory. In this paper, we provide a short review of publications that used the Danish fire insurance data and conduct an additional analysis. Our additional analysis on the Danish fire insu… Show more
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