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2010 Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar Presentations and Paper Audio Recordings

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Updated: 30 March 2011

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks and General Session 1:
GS-1: The FASB/IASB Insurance Contracts Project
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session 1:
PD-1: ASOP No. 36: What you need to know
BAS-1: Basic Track I - Considerations in Evaluating Reserves
VR-1: Calculating Reserve Risk Over a 1-year Time-Horizon
HC-2: Current Issues and Trends in Medical Malpractice
HC-3: Health Reform and Health Reserving
INT-1: Intermediate Track I - Considerations in Evaluating Changing Conditions
ST-3: Losses that Impact Multiple Policies: from Pro-Rata to All Sums
VR-4: Open Source Loss Simulation Model
FR-5: Premium Deficiency Reserves: How Much and Why?
SI-2: Reserving for Unusual Coverages – Tips for Solving the Puzzle
FR-8: Solvency Modernization Initiative: The Times They Are a Changing!
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with Speaker Mary Eaton: Attorneys Who Defend Actuaries
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session 2:
FR-1: 10K and MD& A Disclosures- What the SEC Wants to See and Why
ST-1: Asbestos Reserving Issues – Legacy Exposures, But Always A Current Event
BAS-2: Basic Track II: Comparison of Techniques
LOB-1: Commercial Lines - A Potpourri of Reserving Issues
LOB-2: D&O .... What's Next
INT-2: Intermediate Track II - Investigating and Detecting Change
PD-2: Mock Trial - Guilty or not Guilty
ERM-3: Optimal Layer for Cat Reinsurance
HC-1: The Economic Measurement of Medical Errors and Illinois Tort Reform on the Cost of Medical Liability Claims
LOB-6: Workers Comp Permanent Total Pension Cases: Reserving and Commuting Very Large Individual Claims
VR-6: “Why Is My Reserve Distribution Too Narrow?”
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session 3:
BAS-3: Basic Track III - You Set The Reserve!
INTNL-1: Catastrophe Reserving From an International Perspective
CP-1: Call Paper Session: Methodology Exposed! Challenging, Testing, and Improving Reserving Methods and Parameter Selections
ERM1: Comprehensive Actuarial Risk Evaluation Report
HC-4: The State of the Med Mal Market – How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going
VR-2: How To Calculate Risk Margins Under IFRS
INT-3: Intermediate Track III - Case Study
R-3: Reserving for Individual Reinsurance Contracts
FR-7: Risk of Material Adverse Deviation a Regulator and Auditor Viewpoint
PD-3: The Actuarial Disciplinary Process
LOB-5: Title Insurance Reserving Issues - Historical Results and Emerging Trends

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session 4:
R-1: A Historical Perspective on the Underwriting Cycle and a Reinsurer Perspective on Cycle Management
FR-2: A User’s Guide to Writing a Good Actuarial Report
ST-7: Additional Results and Insights from Performance Testing
CP-2: Call Paper Session: Calculating AOE Reserves Using Limited Claim Transaction Data
INT-1: Intermediate Track I - Considerations in Evaluating Changing Conditions
VR-3: Instructional Approach to Mack and Bootstrap Models
LOB-3: Loss Reserving for Loan Default Insurance
ST-4: Mitigating Claim Development through Predictive Modeling
INTNL-2: Solvency II - Update and Current Events
PD-4: Using Your Professionalism GPS to Navigate the Actuarial World
LOB-6: Workers Comp Permanent Total Pension Cases: Reserving and Commuting Very Large Individual Claims
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session 5:
R-2: Are You Properly Calculating Your Ceded Reinsurance Loss Reserves?
CP-4: Call Paper Session:
FR-3: Current Developments Regarding Tax Issues Pertinent to P&C Actuaries
FR-4: Difficult Situations in Statements of Actuarial Opinion
INT-2: Intermediate Track II - Investigating and Detecting Change
VR-3: Instructional Approach to Mack and Bootstrap Models
LOB-7: Medicare Tsunami in Medical Claim Reserves
ST-5: Practical Solutions to Reserving Problems
ERM-4: Rating Agencies on ERM, Reserve Risk and the Financial Crisis
SI-1: Regulatory Approaches to Reserving in a Captive
LOB-8: Workers' Compensation: What About Frequency?
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session 6:
CP-3: Call Paper Session:
ERM2: Economic Capital and Risk Appetite for P/C Insurers
ST-2: Extreme Events: Statistical Extreme Value Theory and its Applications
INT-3: Intermediate Track III - Case Study
LOB-4: Personal Auto and Past Court Rulings: Florida an Example
FR-5: Premium Deficiency Reserves: How Much and Why?
FR-6: Risk Transfer Testing - Accounting Guidance and Case Studies
ST-6: Statistical Weights on Reserve Estimates
VR-5: The Very Very Basic Guide to Reserve Variability and Ranges
INTNL-2: Solvency II - Update and Current Events
2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
General Session 2:
GS-2: Inflation Risk and the Property/Casualty Industry