This project sought to analyze the phenomenon known as Social Inflation, taking a closer look at its definition and what factors affect it. Our team assessed the impact that Social Inflation may be having on the insurance industry through the use of models from the CAS monograph “Stochastic Loss Reserving Using Bayesian MCMC Models.” Utilizing the Correlated Chain Ladder model, our group was able to find a possible indication that Social Inflation has historically impacted the insurance industry. While we were unable to access more recent data, our team feels that the evidence of under-estimations for claim payouts were substantial enough to support this view. We have concluded that Social Inflation has negatively impacted the insurance industry, at least to some degree.

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Creator

• Rehm, Celeste
• Floria, Allyson
• Pineiro, Olivia

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 104996
• E-project-042523-154202

Stichwort

• Social Inflation
• Chain Ladder Method
• Insurance
• Actuarial

Advisor

• Posterro, Barry John
• Abraham, Jon P.

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Actuarial Mathematics

Source

• E-project-042523-154202

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Zuletzt geändert

• 2023-06-22