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Chain-Ladder Method And Midyear Loss Reserving

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Although loss reserving has been deeply studied in the literature, there are still practical issues that have not been addressed a lot. One of them is the estimation of reserves during the year, which is necessary for forecasts or closings during the year. We will study the following question: What can be done for forecasts and closings during the year that goes along with the reserving at year end? In order to make it not too complicated, we will focus on the Chain-Ladder method introduced by Mack (1993). We will describe several methods that are used in practice. We will discuss advantages and disadvantages of these methods based on a simple deterministic example. Roughly spoken, we will see that you may shift development or accident periods, or may split development periods, but should not split accident periods.

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  • Dahms, René, 2018. "Chain-Ladder Method And Midyear Loss Reserving," ASTIN Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, vol. 48(1), pages 3-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:astinb:v:48:y:2018:i:01:p:3-24_00
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    1. Greg Taylor & Gráinne McGuire, 2023. "Model Error (or Ambiguity) and Its Estimation, with Particular Application to Loss Reserving," Risks, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-28, October.

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