[Math] Probability and deductible

probability

For a certain health insurance policy, losses are uniformly distributed on the interval
[0, b]. The policy has a deductible of 180 and the expected value of the unreimbursed
portion of a loss is 144.

Question is on what does it mean unreimbursed portion,is that portion less than the deductible?

Best Answer

Let Y'=Unreimbursed portion and X=the total loss incurred. Y' =144 = X, for X<180 or 180,for X>180. 144 = integral of (X/b)dx+180*prb(X>180)dx with limit 0 to 180. prb(X>180) = (b-180)/b, this is done using CDF of the uniform distribution.

Doing the integration and evaluation gives b=450

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