

{"id":146019,"date":"2025-07-21T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/?p=146019"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:53:14","slug":"insurance-claim-approval-using-xgboost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/insurance-claim-approval-using-xgboost\/","title":{"rendered":"ML Project \u2013 Insurance Claim Approval using XGBoost Algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Program 1<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A6EraFf7DIdM51WHsSbkdqm1i5vE-fx-\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Insurance Claim Approval Dataset<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\"># Step 1: Import required libraries\r\nimport pandas as pd\r\nfrom sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split\r\nfrom sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder\r\nfrom xgboost import XGBClassifier\r\nfrom sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score, confusion_matrix\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\n# Step 2: Load dataset\r\ndf = pd.read_csv(\"D:\/\/scikit_data\/insurancedata\/insurance_claim_approval.csv\")\r\ndf.head()\r\ndf.isnull().sum()\r\ndf.shape\r\n\r\n# Step 3: Encode categorical features\r\nlabel_encoders = {}\r\nfor col in [\"Gender\", \"Smoking\", \"PolicyType\", \"PreExistingCondition\"]:\r\n    le = LabelEncoder()\r\n    df[col] = le.fit_transform(df[col])\r\n    label_encoders[col] = le  # Save encoders for later use\r\ndf.head()\r\n\r\n# Step 4: Split features and target\r\nX = df.drop(\"ClaimApproved\", axis=1) # Input Data\r\ny = df[\"ClaimApproved\"] # output\r\n\r\n# Step 5: Train-test split\r\nX_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=42)\r\nlen(X_test)\r\n\r\n# Step 6: Initialize and train XGBoost model\r\nmodel = XGBClassifier(use_label_encoder=False, eval_metric='logloss')\r\nmodel.fit(X_train, y_train)\r\n\r\n# Step 7: Predictions and Evaluation\r\ny_pred = model.predict(X_test)\r\nacc = accuracy_score(y_test, y_pred)\r\ncm = confusion_matrix(y_test, y_pred)\r\n\r\nprint(\" Model Accuracy:\", round(acc * 100, 2), \"%\")\r\nprint(\"Confusion Matrix:\\n\", cm)\r\n\r\n# Step 9: User Input Prediction\r\nprint(\"\\n Enter details to predict claim approval:\")\r\n\r\nage = int(input(\"Age: \"))\r\ngender = input(\"Gender (Male\/Female): \")\r\nbmi = float(input(\"BMI: \"))\r\nsmoking = input(\"Smoking (Yes\/No): \")\r\npolicy = input(\"Policy Type (Basic\/Premium\/Gold): \")\r\namount = float(input(\"Claim Amount: \"))\r\ncondition = input(\"Pre-existing Condition (None\/Diabetes\/Heart Disease\/Asthma): \")\r\nstay = int(input(\"Hospital Stay Days: \"))\r\n\r\n# Encode user inputs\r\ngender = label_encoders[\"Gender\"].transform([gender])[0]\r\nsmoking = label_encoders[\"Smoking\"].transform([smoking])[0]\r\npolicy = label_encoders[\"PolicyType\"].transform([policy])[0]\r\ncondition = label_encoders[\"PreExistingCondition\"].transform([condition])[0]\r\n\r\ninput_data = pd.DataFrame([{\r\n    \"Age\": age,\r\n    \"Gender\": gender,\r\n    \"BMI\": bmi,\r\n    \"Smoking\": smoking,\r\n    \"PolicyType\": policy,\r\n    \"ClaimAmount\": amount,\r\n    \"PreExistingCondition\": condition,\r\n    \"HospitalStayDays\": stay\r\n}])\r\n\r\n# Predict\r\nprediction = model.predict(input_data)[0]\r\nprint(\"\\n Claim Status:\", \" Approved\" if prediction == 1 else \" Not Approved\")\r\n\r\n# Step 8: Feature Importance Plot\r\nplt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))\r\nplt.barh(X.columns, model.feature_importances_, color='skyblue')\r\nplt.title(\" Feature Importance - 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