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Loss Modeling Using Spreadsheet‐Based Simulation

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  • Domingo Castelo Joaquin

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With the dramatic increase in the speed of personal computers and steep decline in the cost of computing, simulation has become one of the standard tools in the risk manager's toolbox and should now become one of the standard tools in the risk management and insurance student's toolbox. This teaching note aims to facilitate this process by showing how to create and run a simulation in a spreadsheet environment, and interpret simulation results to gain insight and understanding about a real‐world problem. Specifically, this teaching note provides step‐by‐step instruction for simulating the present value of payments for losses occurring within a 1‐year policy period. Losses are covered by an aggregate excess of loss treaty. The uncertainty lies in the frequency and severity of losses as well as in claim processing time, and also in the discount rate for calculating the present value of loss payments.

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  • Domingo Castelo Joaquin, 2007. "Loss Modeling Using Spreadsheet‐Based Simulation," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 10(2), pages 283-297, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rmgtin:v:10:y:2007:i:2:p:283-297
    DOI: j.1540-6296.2007.00119.x
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    1. Benninga, Simon, 2006. "Principles of Finance with Excel," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195301502.
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    1. Kevin C. Ahlgrim & James R. Jones, 2014. "Insurance Rating Games: Strikes, Spares, and Bags," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 17(2), pages 297-313, September.
    2. Yu Lei, 2011. "Minimizing the Cost of Risk With Simulation Optimization Technique," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 14(1), pages 121-144, March.

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