History Repeats Itself, Are You Prepared?
The organization of exposure performance for a PEO is found in its ability to predict and benchmark against the historic results of peers and the industry as a whole. Historical performance is a metric a lot of people lose sight of. We tend to look at current, or maybe past year performance most often, but come time to forecast losses, promulgate a mod or re-price our business 3, 5, 7, or even 10-year performance comes into play.
RiskMD bridges the understanding of potential issues within a given portfolio of business entirely.
We’ve seen time and time again from PEO’s that come time for actuarial review, they are misunderstand or are even surprised with the numbers they are presented. RiskMD bridges the understanding of potential issues within a given portfolio of business entirely. On the fly, you are able to create an accurate Loss Development Triangle with corresponding link ratios for multiple measures. From total incurred, to ‘Loss Time Only’ incurred claims, you can create an accurate triangulation based off your data, for any development interval you would like!
A loss triangle and its corresponding link ratio are the primary methods in which actuaries organize claim data that will be used in an actuarial study. The reason it is called a loss triangle is that a typical submission of claim data from a client company shows numeric values forming a triangle when viewed. The triangle allows you to track loss data at set valuations (development periods) so you can see development from valuation to valuation. The difference between each valuation is known as the link ratio. True development is represented typically in a pure dollar figure, where as a link ratio is represented as the growth between periods.
Within RiskMD you can view a plethora of Loss Triangles. The first selection you need to make is whether you want to organize your triangulation based on accident or policy year. We have taken into account that not all our clients have the same effective dates, so we give you the option to select your program effective date. The next thing you need to think about is what type of triangulation you would like to look at?
Below is what’s available in RiskMD:
- Total Incurred – A pretty standard triangulation, a measure of development for total incurred (total paid + total reserved)
- Total Paid – Measure of development for total paid
- Total Reserve – Measure of development for total reserves
- Med Only – Measure of development for total incurred if the claim is marked ‘Medical Only’
- Lost Time Only – Measure of development for total incurred if the claim is marked ‘Indemnity’
- Medical Paid – Measure of development for all medical paid
- Medical Incurred – Measure of development for all medical incurred (medical paid + medical reserved)
- Indemnity Paid – Measure of development for all indemnity paid
- Indemnity Incurred – Measure of development for all indemnity incurred (indemnity paid + indemnity reserved)
- Number of Claims – Measure of development for claim count. Will show outliers for claims reported late
- % Closed Claims – Measure of development to show your claims closure rate and number of claims still open in correspondence to the accident or policy year it occurred in
RiskMD worked with a pricing actuary who has been in the field for the past 20+ years to create this dynamic model. Powering the visualization is YOUR data. No matter if you want to see the development on a month-to-month basis, or on an annual development, as long as RiskMD has the data, the visualization can be rendered.
Knowing that, if you are having issues producing year end reports, or if you want to stay ahead of the game and know where you sit prior to your next actuarial study, contact us today! We will get you squared, or need I say triangled away!!
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