PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - URBANÍKOVÁ, Marta TI - STOCHASTIC METHODS IN INSURANCE DP - 2009 Jul 1 TA - Trends in education PG - 235--238 VI - 2 IP - 1 IS - 18058949 AB - The contribution deals with the possibility of using the stochastic methods in insurance. The models are based on the probability distribution of a random variable representing the amount of claims. Particularly, Log-normal, Gama, Beta, Paret and compound Poisson distributions are used. These models allow for an effective calculation of a risk premium.