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Exam 5

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A Short Guide to Selecting Trend Dates for Premium Trends and Loss Trends
Three-page encapsulation of what you need to know with regard to selecting the appropriate trend-from and trend-to dates.

Study Guide Sections

Section 1: Exposures, Premium, Losses, and Claims

Section 2: Loss Reserves and Loss Adjustment Expenses

Section 3: Underwriting Expenses, Insurance Company Profits, and the Fundamental Insurance Equation

Section 4: Ratemaking Principles, Frequency, Severity, and Pure Premium

Section 5: Average Premium, Loss Ratio, Loss Adjustment Expense Ratio, Underwriting Expense Ratio, and Operating Expense Ratio

Section 6: Combined Ratio, Retention Ratio, and Close Ratio

Section 7: Rules, Rates, and Rating Algorithms in Insurance Rating Manuals

Section 8: Underwriting Guidelines and Rating Manuals in Insurance

Section 9: A Fictional Rating Manual for Homeowners’ Insurance

Section 10: A Fictional Rating Manual for Medical Malpractice Insurance

Section 11: A Fictional Rating Manual for Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Section 12: Moral Hazard Versus Morale Hazard

Section 13: Ratemaking Data Types, Policy Databases, and Claims Databases

Section 14: Aggregation of Insurance Data

Section 15: Insurance Data Aggregation Methods and External Insurance Data

Section 16: The Use of Competitor Rate Filings and Third-Party Data by Insurance Companies and Criteria for Exposure Bases

Section 17: Exposure Bases, Methods of Aggregating Exposures, and In-Force Exposures

Section 18: Risk, Loss Exposures, and Hazards

Section 19: Competition in Property and Casualty Insurance Markets

Section 20: Basic Supply and Demand and Some Factors Affecting Insurance Supply

Section 21: Considerations Regarding Insurance Markets and Pooling of Risk

Section 22: Functions and Properties of Risk Pooling and Insurance

Section 23: Characteristics of Ideally Insurable Loss Exposures

Section 24: Net Income Loss Exposures and Personal Loss Exposures

Section 25: Basic Legal Concepts Relevant to Insurance

Section 26: Intentional Torts, Strict Liability, and Remedies for Torts

Section 27: Distinguishing Characteristics of Insurance Policies

Section 28: Exchange of Unequal Amounts, Conditionality, and Restrictions on Transfer in Insurance

Section 29: Common Insurance Policy Provisions

Section 30: Aggregation of Written, Earned, and In-Force Exposures for Insurance Policies of Unequal Terms and the “15th of the Month Rule”

Section 31: Adjustments to Historical Premium and Written Premium Aggregation for Calendar Years and Policy Years

Section 32: Aggregation of Earned Premium and In-Force Premium by Calendar Year and Policy Year

Section 33: Adjusting Historical Premium to Current Rate Levels: The Extension of Exposures Method and the Parallelogram Method

Section 34: Application of the Parallelogram Method for Adjusting Historical Premium to Current Rate Levels

Section 35: Policy-Year Calculations Using the Parallelogram Method

Section 36: Calculations Using the Parallelogram Method When Some Rate Changes Are Applied to Already Written Insurance Policies

Section 37: Premium Trends, Exposure Trends, One-Step Trending, and Two-Step Trending

Section 38: Analyzing Loss Data by Calendar Year, Accident Year, and Policy Year

Section 39: Catastrophe and Excess Losses

Section 40: Changes in Insurer Losses Due to Reinsurance and Changes in Coverage or Benefit Levels

Section 41: Calculations Pertaining to Workers’ Compensation Insurance Benefit Levels

Section 42: Analysis of Insurance Losses Using the Parallelogram Method and Age-to-Age Development Factors

Section 43: Loss Development, Age-to-Ultimate Development Factors, and Calculations of Loss Trends

Section 44: Calculations of Loss Trends in Insurance - Part 2

Section 45: Trends Pertaining to Total Limits Losses, Basic Limits Losses, and Excess Losses

Section 46: Comparisons of Various Types of Loss Trends in Insurance and Simple Methods of Estimating Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses

Section 47: Risk Management Steps, the Law of Large Numbers, Types of Insurers, and Insurance Functions

Section 48: Independent Agents and Brokers in Insurance

Section 49: Exclusive Agents, Direct Writers, Excess and Surplus Lines Brokers, Agency Premium Billing, and General Functions of Insurance Producers

Section 50: General Underwriting Purposes, Functions, and Information in Insurance

Section 51: General Insurance Underwriting Considerations and Procedures

Section 52: General Underwriting Purposes, Functions, and Information in Insurance - Part II

Section 53: Construction and Occupancy Considerations Pertaining to Fire Risk

Section 54: Occupancy Hazards, Fire Protection Classes, Fire Prevention, and Fire Detection

Section 55: Fire Sprinkler Systems and External Fire Loss Exposures

Section 56: Coinsurance Requirements in Property Insurance, and the Fire, Lightning, Explosion, and Windstorm Causes of Loss

Section 57: Losses Due to Hail, Vandalism, Earthquakes, Water, and Other Perils

Section 58: Concepts Pertaining to Legal Liability and Commercial Liability Insurance

Section 59: Personal and Advertising Injury Loss Exposures, Hold-Harmless Agreements, and Products Liability Loss Exposures

Section 60: Completed Operations Loss Exposures, Professional Liability Insurance, Personal Liability Insurance, and Laws Pertaining to Automobile Insurance

Section 61: Personal Automobile and Commercial Automobile Loss Exposures

Section 62: Underwriting Considerations Pertaining to Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Section 63: Basics of Insurance Claims and Property Claim Adjusting

Section 64: Indirect Losses to Property, Verification of Property Losses, Intentional Property Losses, Replacement Cost, and Actual Cash Value

Section 65: Replacement Cost, Actual Cash Value, Depreciation, Agreed Amounts, Stated Amounts, and Policyholder Duties in the Event of Insured Losses

Section 66: Waiver, Estoppel, Reservations of Rights, Salvage, and Subrogation in Insurance Claims

Section 67: Basics of Liability Claim Adjusting

Section 68: Coverage, Investigation, and Defenses for Liability Insurance Claims

Section 69: Damages and Settlements in Liability Insurance Claims

Section 70: Negotiations, Settlements, and Litigation for Liability Insurance Claims

Section 71: Stages of a Lawsuit, Legal Expense Controls, and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Section 72: Treatment of Expenses in Ratemaking and the All Variable Expense Method

Section 73: The Premium-Based Projection Method and the Exposure-Based Projection Method for Expenses in Insurance Ratemaking

Section 74: Trending of Fixed Expenses, Reinsurance Costs, and Treatment of Profit in Insurance Ratemaking

Section 75: The Pure Premium Method and the Loss Ratio Method in Insurance Ratemaking

Section 76: Criteria for Selecting Underwriting and Rating Variables in Insurance

Section 77: The Pure Premium Approach for Determining Relativities Pertaining to Specific Insurance Rating Variables

Section 78: The Loss Ratio Approach for Determining Relativities Pertaining to Specific Insurance Rating Variables

Section 79: The Adjusted Pure Premium Approach for Determining Relativities Pertaining to Specific Insurance Rating Variables

Section 80: The Minimum Bias Procedure for Two Rating Variables and Two Categories per Variable

Section 81: Multivariate Classification Ratemaking Methods and Basic Principles of Generalized Linear Models

Section 82: Basics of GLM Diagnostics, Validation, and Factor Analysis

Section 83: The Role of Data Mining Techniques and External Data in Enhancing Generalized Linear Models in Insurance

Section 84: Attributes of Territorial Ratemaking in Insurance

Section 85: Increased Limits Ratemaking for Single Limits With Uncensored Losses

Section 86: Increased Limits Ratemaking for Single Limits With Censored Losses

Section 87: Calculations of Increased Limit Factors Using Continuous Loss Distributions and Basic Calculations of Deductible Relativities and Loss Elimination Ratios

Section 88: Calculation of Loss Elimination Ratios Using Observed Data

Section 89: Calculations of Loss Elimination Ratios Using Continuous Loss Distributions and Considerations Pertaining to Expenses in Workers' Compensation Ratemaking

Section 90: Calculations Pertaining to Coinsurance Requirements and Penalties in Property Insurance

Section 91: Rate Calculations for Property Insurance and Considerations Pertaining to Insurance to Value

Section 92: Basics of Classical Credibility, Bühlmann Credibility, and Bayesian Analysis of Credibility

Section 93: Methods for Determining Complements of Credibility

Section 94: Methods for Finding Complements of Credibility: Harwayne's Method and the Use of Competitors' Rates

Section 95: Using Trended Present Rates in Finding the Complement of Credibility, Statistical Methods in Multivariate Classification Analysis, and the Challenges of Excess Insurance Ratemaking

Section 96: Finding Complements of Credibility in Excess Insurance Ratemaking Using Increased Limit Factors, Lower Limits Analysis, and Limits Analysis

Section 97: The Method of Fitted Curves for Finding the Complement of Credibility in Excess Insurance Ratemaking and Cost-Benefit Analysis for Changes in Insurance Rating Structures

Section 98: Formulas for Competitive Comparisons and Measurements of Performance for Insurers

Section 99: Elements of a Personal Automobile Insurance Policy - Part 1

Section 100: Elements of a Personal Automobile Insurance Policy - Part 2

Section 101: Elements of a Personal Automobile Insurance Policy - Part 3

Section 102: Elements of a Personal Automobile Insurance Policy - Part 4

Section 103: Elements of a Personal Automobile Insurance Policy - Part 5

Section 104: Elements of a Personal Automobile Insurance Policy - Part 6

Section 105: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 1

Section 106: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 2

Section 107: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 3

Section 108: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 4

Section 109: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 5

Section 110: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 6

Section 111: Elements of Typical Homeowners' Insurance Policies - Part 7

Section 112: Insurance Non-Pricing Changes and Rating Changes Aimed at Achieving Rate Adequacy

Section 113: The Approximated Average Rate Differential Method of Establishing Base Rates for Insurance Rating Plans

Section 114: The Approximated Change in Rate Differential Method of Establishing Base Rates for Insurance Rating Plans

Section 115: Considerations Pertaining to Insurance Rate Dislocations, Rate Transitions, and New Rating Selections

Section 116: A Fictional Commercial Insurance Experience Rating Plan

Section 117: A Fictional Workers' Compensation  Insurance Experience Rating Plan

Section 118: A Fictional Commercial Insurance Composite Rating Plan

Section 119: A Fictional Commercial Insurance Large Deductible Plan

Section 120: A Fictional Workers' Compensation Insurance Retrospective Rating Plan

Section 121: Occurrence-Based Versus Claims-Made Insurance Policies

Section 122: Common Types of Commercial Insurance

Section 123: Common Elements and Additional Types of Commercial Insurance Policies

Section 124: Aspects of Typical Commercial Property Insurance Coverage Forms and Causes of Loss Forms

Section 125: Covered Perils and Exclusions Under Typical Commercial Insurance Causes of Loss Forms

Section 126: Elements of the "Special" Commercial Property Insurance Causes of Loss Form and Commercial General Liability Insurance

Section 127: Coverages and Exclusions of a Typical Commercial General Liability Insurance Policy

Section 128: Insureds and Limits of Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies

Section 129: Conditions of a Typical Commercial General Liability Insurance Policy

Section 130: Elements of Typical Claims-Made Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies, Certificates of Insurance, and Other Liability Coverage Forms

Section 131: Elements of Workers' Compensation Insurance

Section 132: Elements of Workers' Compensation Insurance - Part 2

Section 133: Elements of Employers' Liability Insurance

Section 134: Special Elements of Some Workers' Compensation Insurance Programs and Basics of Excess and Umbrella Liability Insurance

Section 135: Elements of Umbrella Liability Insurance

Section 136: Elements of Professional Liability Insurance and Management Liability Insurance

Section 137: Elements of Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance, Employment Practices Liability Insurance, Employee Benefits Liability Insurance, and Fiduciary Liability Insurance

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