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Modeling Pricing and Profit Testing of Chronic Disease's Insurance Policies Using Prostate Cancer Data in Kenya

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Chronic diseases have been on the rise globally and more so in the African continent. Treatment of chronic diseases requires lots of finances hence posing a challenge even to those people who are considered financially stable. Chronic diseases are expected to rise even further due to the rapid lifestyle change. In an attempt to mitigate the challenge of accessing treatment for chronic diseases, we develop a model for pricing and profit testing chronic disease insurance policy using the modified equivalence principle. We use the Kenyan mortality tables for the computation as they reflect the true mortality rate of the population considered. Moreover, we developed a prostate cancer insurance policy using real-time prostate cancer data obtained from an oncology centre in Kenya. The estimated premiums between ages 40-90 where prostate cancer is most prevalent are tabulated in table (4) and represented in figure (1). The reserves model can be used to project premiums for chronic diseases if their cost of treatment is determined. The model provides a good fit to data because it projects premiums which are affordable and profitable with a profit margin of the prostate cancer policy at 8.31%.

DOI

10.21608/esju.2024.318958.1043

Keywords

chronic, Pricing, Profit testing, Cancer

Authors

First Name

Cynthia

Last Name

Mwau

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Affiliation

Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Kisii University

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cynthiamwende@kisiiuniversity.ac.ke

City

Ruiru

Orcid

0000-0002-8882-5570

First Name

Howard

Last Name

Omukami

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Affiliation

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa, The Aga Khan University.

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homukami@gmail.com

City

Dar es Salaam

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0000-0002-0755-5290

Volume

68

Article Issue

2

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52073

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-09-20

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

146

Page End

158

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0542-1748

Online ISSN

2786-0086

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https://esju.journals.ekb.eg/article_396894.html

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1,914

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The Egyptian Statistical Journal

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https://esju.journals.ekb.eg/

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Modeling Pricing and Profit Testing of Chronic Disease's Insurance Policies Using Prostate Cancer Data in Kenya

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28 Dec 2024