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Define $N_i={\sum }_{k=1}^N{1}_{\{X_k=a_i\}}$. Grouping equal claim sizes gives the pathwise identityConditional on $N=n$, the $n$ independent claims receive category labels with probabilities $p_i$. There are $n!/(n_1!\cdots n_m!)$ assignments producing prescribed category counts, and every assignment has probability ${\prod }_i{p}_i^{n_i}$. Thus the conditional probability distribution is a multinomial distribution:when the nonnegative counts sum to $n$, and is zero otherwise.

For $0\le z_i\le 1$, condition first on $N$ and use the probability generating function of a Poisson distribution:This factorization is the joint probability generating function of independent Poisson distribution variables. HenceA category with $p_i=0$ has zero count almost surely. The categorical thinning of a Poisson claim count produces independence after averaging over the random total, even though the counts are constrained to sum to $n$ conditional on that total.