6.6 Other Use of Model

6.6.1 Variance of Prospective Losses

Estimate variance for the next u/w year

  • Need to be given the \(\mathrm{Var}(ELR)\)

Process Variance:

\[\sigma^2 \times \: ELR \: \times Premium\]

Parameter Variance:

\[\left(\sqrt{\mathrm{Var}(ELR)}\times Premium \right)^2\]

Total Variance: Process Variance + Parameter Variance

CoV:

\[\dfrac{\sqrt{Total \: Variance}}{ELR \times Premium}\]

6.6.2 Calendar Year Development

Estimated paid losses over the next 12 months:

\[[G(x+12) - G(x)] \times a \: priori \:Ultimate\]

  • No truncation here

  • a priori from the LDF method here

  • Sum for all AYs and compare with actual calendar year emergence

  • Can calculate the s.d. to see if it’s in range (process var is still \(\sigma^2 \times\) estimate)

6.6.3 Variability in the Discounted Reserves

Similar to the above, but CoV will be smaller since the tail with the most variability gets discounted the most