Difference between revisions of "Formulas - Pricing"

From CAS Exam 5
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 15: Line 15:
 
|| Frequency          || ''counts / X''  || counts-per-exposure
 
|| Frequency          || ''counts / X''  || counts-per-exposure
 
|-
 
|-
|| Severity            || L  / counts || dollars-per-count
+
|| Severity            || ''L  / counts'' || dollars-per-count
 
|- style="border-bottom: 2px solid;"
 
|- style="border-bottom: 2px solid;"
|| Pure Premium        || <span style="color: red;">'''L / X'''</span>      || &nbsp; = &nbsp; <span style="color: red;">'''F x S'''</span>
+
|| Pure Premium        || <span style="color: red;">'''''L / X'''''</span>      || &nbsp; = &nbsp; <span style="color: red;">'''''F x S'''''</span>
 
|-
 
|-
|| Loss Ratio (LR)    || L / P      || P is usually EP ''(Earned Premium)''
+
|| Loss Ratio (LR)    || ''L / P''       || P is usually EP ''(Earned Premium)''
 
|-
 
|-
|| LAE Ratio          || LAE / L    || LAE includes ''[[Friedland16.ALAE | ALAE]]'' and ''[[Friedland17.ULAE | ULAE]]''
+
|| LAE Ratio          || ''LAE / L''     || LAE includes ''[[Friedland16.ALAE | ALAE]]'' and ''[[Friedland17.ULAE | ULAE]]''
 
|-
 
|-
 
|| Loss & LAE Ratio    || <span style="color: red;">'''(L + LAE) / P'''</span>    || &nbsp; = &nbsp; <span style="color: red;">'''LR &nbsp; x &nbsp; (1 + LAE Ratio)'''</span>
 
|| Loss & LAE Ratio    || <span style="color: red;">'''(L + LAE) / P'''</span>    || &nbsp; = &nbsp; <span style="color: red;">'''LR &nbsp; x &nbsp; (1 + LAE Ratio)'''</span>

Revision as of 14:53, 6 September 2020

Refer Notation - Pricing for the list of symbols used in the pricing text. The link is also in the sidebar under Miscellaneous Battle Reports, but just as a quick reminder:

X = exposures (number of exposures), P = Premium (dollars), L = losses (dollars)
EP = Earned Premium (dollars), WP = Written Premium (dollars)

In the table below I also use:

F = Frequency, S = Severity, LR = Loss Ratio,
U/W as an abbreviation for Underwriting (so U/W is not a formula)
Ratio Formula Alternate Term/Formula
or Comment
Frequency counts / X counts-per-exposure
Severity L / counts dollars-per-count
Pure Premium L / X   =   F x S
Loss Ratio (LR) L / P P is usually EP (Earned Premium)
LAE Ratio LAE / L LAE includes ALAE and ULAE
Loss & LAE Ratio (L + LAE) / P   =   LR   x   (1 + LAE Ratio)
U/W Expense Ratio (UWER)1 (Comm + Other + TLF) / WP    +    General / EP uses both WP and EP
Operating Expense Ratio (OER) U/W Expense Ratio    +    LAE / EP monitors operational expenditures
Combined Operating Ratio (COR) LR    +    LAE / EP    +    U/W Expense Ratio primary measure of profitability
Retention Ratio ( # of policies renewed )   /   ( # of potential renewal policies ) measures loyalty
Close Ratio ( # of accepted quotes )   /   ( # of quotes ) measures product attractiveness

1 (Comm + Other + TLF)   =   Commissions & Brokerage   +   Other Acquisition Expenses   +   General Expenses