Actuarial Notes

CAS Exam 5 Fall 2015, Question 16

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Claim #1

Date Event
January 4, 2012 Accident occurs
May 1, 2012 Claim is reported and opened with initial case outstanding of $5,000
December 1, 2012 A payment of 2,000 is made and case outstanding is reduced to 4,000
January 15, 2013 Claim is closed with an additional payment of $8,000
June 1, 2013 A deductible amount of $1,000 is recovered on the claim

Claim #2

Date Event
December 1, 2012 Accident occurs
January 15, 2013 Claim is reported and opened with initial case outstanding of $1,000
January 31, 2014 Case outstanding is reduced to $500
February 20, 2014 Claim is closed with a total payment of $3,000

Claim #3

Date Event
November 1, 2013 Accident occurs
November 3, 2013 Claim is reported and opened with initial case outstanding of $10,000
January 30, 2014 Claim is closed without payment

Claim #4

Date Event
July 15, 2014 Accident occurs
July 17, 2014 Claim is reported and opened with initial case outstanding of $3,000

Part a (1.75 points)

Using the claims data above, build the following cumulative development triangles with annual December 31 valuations:

i. Report year reported claims net of any recoveries ii. Accident year paid claims net of any recoveries

Part b (1 point)

Briefly discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of using each of the data aggregation methods in part a. above when performing an unpaid claim analysis.

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