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Winter 2004, Including the 2004 Ratemaking Discussion Papers and A Report on the Risk Premium Project

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Ratemaking Discussion Papers

Equity Risk Premium: Expectations Great and Small
by Richard A. Derrig and Elisha D. Orr

Gradients of Risk Measures: Theory and Application to Catastrophe Risk Management and Reinsurance Pricing
by John A. Major, ASA, MAAA

Integrating Actuarial and Underwriting Disciplines to Improve Underwriting Outcomes
by G. Chris Nyce, FCAS, MAAA

The Cost of Conditional Risk Financing
by Frederic F. Schnapp, ACAS, MAAA

Arbitrage Free Risk Loads For Brokers
by Christopher M. Steinbach, FCAS, MAAA

Credible Risk Classification-How To Create Risk Classification Systems With the Maximum Price Differentiation
While Addressing Concerns of Credibility (Word document)
by Benjamin Joel Turner, MBA, JD

Incorporation of Fixed Expenses
by Geoffrey Todd Werner, FCAS, MAAA

A View Inside the "Black Box:" A Review and Analysis of Personal Lines Insurance Credit Scoring Models
Filed in the State of Virginia
by Cheng-sheng Peter Wu, FCAS, ASA, MAAA, and John R. Lucker, CISA

Additional Papers

Valuing Stochastic Cash Flows: A Thought Experiment
by Leigh J. Halliwell, FCAS, MAAA

A Cash Flow Model for Forecasting Underwriting Investment Income
by Louis B. Spore, ACAS, MAAA

Report of The Risk Premium Project
(In Response to the CAS Committee on Theory of Risk's Request for Research on Valuing Property-Liability Risks)

Final Report of the CAS Research Project on Full Information Equity Betas for Property-Liability Insurance
Including By-Line Estimates
The Risk Premium Project

Estimating the Cost of Equity Capital For Property-Liability Insurers
by J. David Cummins and Richard D. Phillips