This paper deals with the bivarlate generalized Poisson distribution. The distribution is
fitted to the aggregate amount of claims for a compound class of policies submitted to
clarets of two kinds whose yearly frequencies are a priori dependent. A comparative
study with the bwarlate Poisson distribution and with two bivarlate mixed Poisson
distributions has been camed out, based on dala concerning natural events insurance
in the USA and third party hability automobde insurance in France