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Since regression trees partition observations into subgroups, the corresponding empirical distributions can be used to define the splitting criterion. Precisely, the parametric approach using Poisson deviance is replaced with a non-parametric one maximizing probabilistic distances between empirical distributions in child nodes. Proceeding in this way, the actuary obtains an estimated conditional distribution for the response, from which a conditional mean can be derived as well as any other quantity of interest in risk management. The numerical performances of the proposed method are assessed with simulated data while a case study demonstrates its usefulness for insurance applications.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #097566;\">Keywords: <\/span><\/strong>Wasserstein distance, regression trees, boosting, conditional distribution, count data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f29719 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f29719\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2952de9 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2952de9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Sector: <\/b>Insurance<\/p><p><b><\/b><b>Expertise: <\/b>Motor Insurance<\/p><p><b>Authors:<\/b> Michel Denuit,\u00a0<\/p><p>Julien\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-f898f31 ); background-color: transparent; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Trufin and Harrison Verelst<\/span><\/p><p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><b>Publisher:<\/b> Detralytics<\/p><p><b>Date:<\/b> July 2023<\/p><p><b>Language:<\/b> English<\/p><p><b>Pages:<\/b> 20<\/p><p><b>Reference :<\/b> Detra Note 2023-5<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ae38d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6ae38d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c05c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a1c05c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f183faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f183faa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the authors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f26ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53f26ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ca7dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45ca7dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d43f55d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d43f55d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2059\" alt=\"Michel Denuit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond.png 500w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-146x146.png 146w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-85x85.png 85w, https:\/\/detralytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Michel_Rond-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0de6fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f0de6fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-224cb75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"224cb75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michel Denuit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dff6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58dff6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michel is a Scientific Advisor at Detralytics, as well as a professor in actuarial science at the Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Louvain. 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Julien has experience as a consultant and a strong academic background developed at prominent institutions, including Universit\u00e9 Laval (Canada), UCL, and ULB (Belgium). 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